FEDERALLY funded after-hours GP clinics do make a difference at least on Australia Day, the bloodiest night of the year, according to a Perth emergency physician.The celebrations in WA involved thousands of mainly good-humoured revellers, but many still ended up at emergency departments with lacerations and fractures, often drug- or alcohol-related.With high-level pressure on services, Dr Steve Dunjey, an emergency physician at Royal Perth Hospital, said being able to redirect patients to the after-hours clinic run by Perth and Hills Division of General Practice proved a success. The clinic was one of four in WA set up last June to reduce access block and waiting times, amid claims by the AMA they were a waste of money.Dr Dunjey said:...
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