Broadmeadows electorate
Mr McGUIRE (Broadmeadows) (14:56): (6195) My question is for the Minister for Health. How are young people in my electorate benefiting from the pop-up clinics? I raise this because I want to thank the minister for his investment in these communities of need and disadvantage where the pandemic has had an epicentre. These have been highly valuable, these pop-up clinics, to actually get to these families and to do it through the schools. The Victorian government is encouraging GPs and community pharmacists to establish additional mini vaccination clinics at schools. That is a $4 million investment. This is vital and urgent, and it is part of the primary care vaccination in schools program. This has benefitted some 22 priority LGAs, including Hume City Council, and it goes to the critical point that we are all connected. Until you fix health in Broadmeadows we cannot advance together. This is a great opportunity we have to do that, and we can extend the centre of excellence for health in this community as well.