{"id":10444,"date":"2012-09-10T08:47:40","date_gmt":"2012-09-09T22:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=10444"},"modified":"2012-09-10T08:47:40","modified_gmt":"2012-09-09T22:47:40","slug":"more-money-for-patient-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/09\/10\/more-money-for-patient-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"More Money For Patient Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"

September 10, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

The State Government has announced that the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme will be doubled for Queenslanders living in rural and remote areas.<\/p>\n

Premier Campbell Newman said the accommodation subsidy would increase from $30 to $60 per night per person and the mileage subsidy from 15 cents to 30 cents per kilometre. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first time since 1987 that the accommodation subsidy has been increased,” Mr Newman said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe previous Labor government increased the petrol mileage subsidy by just 5 cents per kilometre in 2007, but this increase truly helps patients who have to drive long distances.\u201d <\/p>\n

The scheme provides financial support for public and private patients to access specialist health services that are more than 50km away from their closest public hospital. <\/p>\n

Health Minister Lawrence Springborg said the boost would help ease the financial burden and stress of travelling to access health services. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is part of this government\u2019s commitment to revitalising frontline services,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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