Labor has made an election promise to roll out more urgent care clinics, despite the clinics costing five times more than a standard GP consult.

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Dr Ramya Raman from the Royal Australian College of GPs explained to Perth Live host Russell Collett the problem with Labor’s plan:

“Urgent care clinics are an expensive model of care which could be better and more efficiently delivered through the existing general practices,” she said.

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