Our health system is facing significant challenges.

We have a serious shortage of GPs. Under Labor, the GP bulk billing rate has dropped 11 per cent and 372,000 Australians are going without the affordable mental health support they need.

A Coalition Government will:

• Guarantee the growing funding of Medicare.
  Support Australians to receive healthcare in a timely way wherever they live.
• Invest $9 billion into general practice to restore Medicare bulk billing and ensure all Australians have affordable access to healthcare.
• Grow our GP workforce through new incentive payments, entitlements and training support.
• Restore the number of Medicare-subsidised mental health sessions from 10 to 20 on a permanent basis.
• Support Australians to access suicide prevention services.
• Build on our historical work in Government to support women’s health through developing new endometriosis and pelvic pain clinics.
• Invest in cancer treatments, such as specialist cancer nurses to support Australians with Ovarian Cancer – the deadliest cancer affecting women.
• Invest in cutting-edge medical research to drive treatment breakthroughs and advancements for Australians.
• Deliver new investments in best-practice training for health professionals to address women’s health issues, including endometriosis, menopause and peri-menopause.
• Support regional health worker attraction, recruitment and retention initiatives.
• Ensuring cheaper medicines and targeted healthcare for women through a specific review to ensure they are able to get the best quality care when they need it most.
• Continue support for the timely access to medicines through community pharmacies.

These priorities will ensure we deliver quality healthcare.