Currently, government funding assistance for the Kallangur Minor Trauma Centre is expected to cease in the New Year. This will result in the closure of the urgent care and afterhours treatment room in the Family Practice at Kallangur.

This petition is being conducted to show the Federal Government, particularly the Department of Health, the level of patient and community support for the medical centre. The Minor Trauma Centre has been providing much needed access to urgent (non-emergency) and afterhours medical care for a population base of 200,000 Brisbane North-side residents. Without the Minor Trauma Centre,urgent care patients from this area will be forced to travel to theRedcliffe or Caboolture hospitals, applying greater and unnecessary pressure to the emergency departments.

Please show your support for the Minor Trauma Centre by signing this petition. This will be presented to the Federal Government along with the results of a public opinion survey in the hopes of continuing funding for the this vital healthcare resource.