Sussan Ley (Farrer, Liberal Party, Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

I am delighted to assist the member for Ballarat with detailed questions about our responses in the budget to important areas like GP after-hours access. In fact, it was the Prime Minister as the minister for health who first introduced the practice incentive payments that specifically assisted general practice to open after hours to support people in those important times after work, particularly with sick children. The funding to GP after-hours will be delivered through our Primary Health Networks. There is a significant allocation. There are two GP after-hours networks—one in the Hunter and the other one escapes me. But there are two that are being provided in the context of the Medicare Locals. Those will have ongoing funding, which has been recently signed off, to continue uninterrupted to provide those services. The other services, if you would let me finish, Madam Speaker—

See this speech in context