Health Plan | ALP ACT

When you or someone you love is sick, there’s nothing more important than getting the very best care, close to home.

That’s why ACT Labor’s making the biggest investments in free public healthcare in territory history.

We've opened the Canberra Hospital Expansion – as promised. Now we're building the new Northside Hospital and delivering more free services at our nurse-led Walk-in Centres.

We are opening new health centres so you can access more local services, and we are working to increase bulk billing in the ACT.

We're hiring 800 more health workers, so you and your family get the care you need, when you need it.

It’s all part of our plan to deliver better healthcare, closer to home.

Chief Minister

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We are hiring more health workers to provide more healthcare.

That's more nurses, doctors, specialists and other health workers providing free healthcare – right across Canberra.

From our Walk-in Centres to our new hospitals, it will mean more specialist appointments, mental healthcare and paediatric services, where and when you need them

It's all part of our plan to deliver more healthcare, closer to home.

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Only Labor will build the new Northside Hospital in Bruce.

It's a billion dollar investment to deliver a world-class hospital that'll support our growing city for decades to come.

And it'll provide our health workers with state-of-the-art facilities that'll support them to care for our community.

Only Labor invests in our healthcare system and
only Labor looks after those who work in it, and those who rely on it.

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Every day Labor's network of Walk-in Centres provide free healthcare for illnesses and injuries - right across our community.

We know Canberrans want access to even more free health services.

That's why we're hiring more nurses and delivering more services like x-rays at Belconnen Walk-in Centre.

And under Labor, Walk-in Centres will always be free.

Because we built Walk-in Centres - and we'll always back them.

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Labor is working with local GPs to increase bulk billing, saving you and your family hundreds of dollars a year.

With a new $11 million fund, we'll financially support new bulk billing practices to open, while helping existing bulk billing practices to expand.

At the same time, we'll focus on increasing bulk billing rates for children across our city.

It's all about helping families with the cost of living, while making sure every kid in Canberra can get the care they need, close to home.

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We're building new health centres across Canberra to deliver specialised healthcare for local communities.

From the South Tuggeranong Health Centre in Conder to the West Belconnen Health Centre in Macnamara.

From the Inner South Health Centre in Griffith to the North Gungahlin Health Centre in Casey.

Our health centres will mean better healthcare, closer to home.

No matter where you live in Canberra.

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Better Healthcare, Closer To Home

800 More Health Workers

New Northside Hospital

Even Better Walk-in Centres

More Bulk Billing

New Health Centres

What's Labor ACT up to?