Funds granted for after-hours service

Member for Robertson Mr Jim Lloyd has announced a grant of $98,000 for the Woy Woy After Hours Medical Service to provide community access to after-hours care from local doctors on the Peninsula.

"The Woy Woy After Hours Medical Service has proven to be a huge success on the Peninsula, and I am pleased that I have been able to secure this additional Commonwealth Government funding for the service to meet costs and remain financially viable," Mr Lloyd said.

"I am also extremely grateful for the generosity of the local doctors who, in the past, have made every effort to maintain and administer the service.

"The after hours facility is located at Woy Woy Hospital and complements existing health services at the hospital while also enhancing cooperative arrangements with health care providers to improve services to the community.

"This funding will ensure that the current service will provide people on the Peninsula with access to affordable, high quality after hours GP services

The funding is part of the "Round the Clock" Medicare initiative, a five-year $106.2 million national plan to help after-hours GP care across Australia.

Press release, May 24 Jim Lloyd, Member for Robertson