Free GP care for all urged by society

A REPORT by a voluntary organisation which supports hospital services has called for free GP care for everyone, arguing it would cost less than widening the M50.

The Adelaide Hospital Society accuses the Government of failing to ensure equity of access to health services as promised in its 2001 National Health Strategy and of failure to extend the medical card scheme to an extra 200,000 people.

The free GP care package is a key part of the comprehensive primary care service proposed by the society in a report to government outlining a prescription for tackling health inequalities.