title: Capacity census - a pilot study of general practices in Western Australia.
abstract: The GP Super Clinics that will provide multidisciplinary primary care services are seen as a key feature of the Federal Government's health infrastructure development. They are designed to improve convenience for patients when accessing services – especially patients with multiple comorbidities requiring visits to multiple providers – as well as providing the space and equipment for teaching and research in primary care. In addition, Medicare Locals are seen as facilitating ‘investments in primary healthcare infrastructure, including GP Super Clinics’. Enhancements to existing private general practices to ‘support a broader team, teaching or visiting sessions from other health professionals’ are also seen as infrastructure development possibilities. Although no one model is provided for GP Super Clinics, it is intended that each ‘will bring together general practitioners, nurses, visiting medical specialists, allied health professionals and other healthcare providers to deliver better healthcare, tailored to the needs and priorities of the local community’.
authors: School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia. tom.brett@nd.edu.au
authors: Tom
authors: T
authors: Brett
authors: Diane
authors: D
authors: Arnold-Reed
authors: Cam
authors: C
authors: Phan
authors: Frank
authors: F
authors: Jones
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D058006:General Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006295:Health Resources / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D014904:Western Australia