Fiona Scott (Lindsay, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Today I rise to pass a bouquet to a wonderful local community organisation. They got me out of a spot of bother on Friday night. I was in my electorate doing various things when I managed to get something in my eye that actually cut my cornea. About 10 o'clock at night, after doing community events, I had little choice, as my GP was closed, but to go to Nepean Hospital. We are very lucky in the Nepean-Blue Mountains area that we have an MoU between the Nepean-Blue Mountains Local Health District and the Nepean-Blue Mountains Primary Health Network. The Nepean Blue Mountains Primary Health Network run a fabulous after-hours GP clinic. I turned up there quite late on Friday night and had remarkable service from the doctor on duty. I was talking with Lizz Reay, who is the CEO of the PHN today, and thanking her for this wonderful service. She said, 'We aim to keep people well, well attended to and out of hospital.' This is a wonderful facility right outside the emergency doors of Nepean Hospital. I say to local people that you can go to emergency, but there are doctors on duty and on call at the after-hours GP clinic. It is a wonderful service. As our region grows and more and more people have more reasons to see the hospital in different ways, please see the PHN, please go to the after-hours clinic, because you are guaranteed to get good service.