Fed: Push to run Australia's first national health hotline

AAP General News (Australia)
04-19-2006
Fed: Push to run Australia's first national health hotline

The company behind the world's largest healthcare hotline wants to set up Australia's
first national medical telephone advice service.

CAS Service hopes to replicate the NHS Direct medical hotline .. which runs in England and Wales.

It would allow anyone in rural or metro areas to seek advice over the phone .. on a
range of health problems.

Earlier this year federal .. state and territory governments agreed to set up a 24-hour
National Health Call Centre Network.

Tenders to help run the hotline are expected to be called for in the next few months.

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