Calls for more community health funding

Calls for more community health funding

Infrastructure Victoria (IV) is calling on the state government to invest a further $150 million to $300 million into community health infrastructure over the next five years, in light of a recent report released by the independent advisory body. The IV report found that in 2023-24, about 546,000 people in Victoria could have avoided visiting a hospital emergency department if their health was managed by primary care or the community health sect…