Government has so far paid $1.6 million for the private general practitioners scheme and around 58,425 people have benefitted from this scheme.
$5 million was allocated for this scheme in the 2021/2022 National Budget.
Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum says when the scheme was initially rolled out in June last year, around 1,400 patients were seen on a weekly basis which has increased to around 1,700 patients a week over the last couple of months.
Sayed-Khaiyum says it was also announced in the budget that they will increase the type of services that will be made available in this scheme.
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The Attorney General says as announced in the revised budget, they want to expand this scheme and have received 28 expressions of interest in a number of new areas.
Sayed-Khaiyum says they will be announcing the names of the new private general practitioners next week.
He has also revealed they have received 6 expressions of interest for the private dental practitioners scheme.
