Access to temporary telehealth services extended
26th April 2021
The Hon Greg Hunt has extended telehealth through 2021.
“Telehealth will be extended for the next six months from the 30 June to the 31 December whilst we co-design with the AMA and the College of General Practitioners, with the Rural Doctors Association of Australia and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine, as well as Allied Health and specialists, the permanent change to embed telehealth in the Australian system”.
Read the transcript of the press conference with Minister Hunt and Commodore Eric Young with an update on Telehealth measures, COVID-19 cases and the vaccination rollout on 26 April 2021.