Gordon Reid (Robertson, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Health on The Streets is a mobile health clinic for people experiencing homelessness and is staffed by healthcare professionals and outreach workers. The mobile health clinic travels to several areas on the Central Coast and ensures that those who are homeless, those experiencing homelessness and those otherwise unable to access health care are able to get medical assistance or advice. As well as this, HoTS provides referral services to ensure residents who are facing difficult periods receive a holistic health treatment plan.

Recently, I was able to announce that HoTS—Health on The Streets—would continue operating and receive $400,000 from the Albanese Labor government. Without this $400,000, HoTS faced a very uncertain future and risked no longer continuing its life-saving work. I am happy to report that HoTS can now continue with its work and have a strong presence on the Central Coast. HoTS is too important a service to lose on the Central Coast, and ensures that less pressure is placed on our already-struggling emergency departments.

I would like to thank our Health on The Streets team; Coast and Country Primary Care and its CEO, Kathy Beverley; and the several partner organisations that ensure this phenomenal service continues to deliver effective health results on the Central Coast. I look forward to working closely and collaboratively with Coast and Country Primary Care over my term in this place.

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