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The Australian: 600,000 Patients Risk Losing Care Over $220k Grant

Emerge provides direct patient support through telehealth, patient support groups, peer support and evidence-based information services, staffed by experienced nurses and a health system navigator. For many Australians, Emerge Australia is the only outreach, the only evidence-based specialised service of its kind for people who find themselves housebound, if not bedbound, as the public health walls close around them.

Emerge chief executive Anne Wilson speaks of distraught callers, some suicidal on the other end of the line. The nurses who take these calls are highly specialised health professionals who offer support, advice, succour and access to support services.

Federal funding of the patient health service effectively paid for telehealth, information and support service delivery and development. On November 30 that funding ceases and Wilson says there is no certainty of new funding of a service to some of the most vulnerable people in the country.