It's now underneath a month till Victorians hit the polls forward of the state election and up to now Labor and the Coalition have pledged billions to improve and revitalise the well beingsystem.
However what does this imply for a healthcare workforce that's already stretched?
Though any funding for well being companies is "significantly welcomed", a peak medical physique has warned of the necessity for fast sensible funding for major well being care as an alternative of pouring billions into hospital infrastructure.
"The present authorities has prioritised billions of dollars of latest spending on well being within the coming years This doesn't enhance the vital state of affairs healthcare staff face on the bottom proper now, whether or not in public hospitals or generally follow," Australian Medical Affiliation Victoria (AMAV) President Dr Roderick McRae mentioned within the AMAV election assertion.
"This disaster has constructed up over a long time, throughout a number of administrations, due, in no small half, to now previous lack of refined, coordinated, long-term planning failing to recognise rising demand and capability constraints as methods stretched to manage."
Dr McRae mentioned to make sure there was sustainability within the Victorian healthcare system, circumstances for normal follow wanted to enhance.
"The plight of normal follow, certainly its enterprise viability, stays dire," he mentioned.
"Basic follow shoulders over 90 per cent of the healthcare burden in Victoria, but receives the least consideration from the state authorities."
'The hospital sector can solely flourish, if GPs can flourish alongside it'
One of many "inherent flaws within the well being system is that there's far an excessive amount of funding" into hospital drugs, Royal Australian Faculty of Basic Practitioners (RACGP) Victorian chair Dr Anita Munoz advised 9news.com.au.
"It is the costliest option to ship care and which emphasises sicknesses on the most extreme finish, which signifies that the chance for illness prevention and management is misplaced by not emphasising care in the neighborhood," she mentioned.
Dr Munoz is looking for better funding in rising the variety of normal practitioners (GP), which in return would offer better assist for the well being system as an entire.
"You will need to recognise that the hospital sector can solely flourish, if GPs can flourish alongside it," she mentioned.
"In any other case, we can have expanded hospital networks treating sufferers that will be often handled in the neighborhood, if the right companies existed.
"We all know if a great GP care is funded correctly, sufferers who're discharged from hospital and see their GP inside seven days have decrease probabilities to returning to hospital for unplanned circumstances.
"However having a great GP means funding."
Dr Munoz believes the following authorities must create equal entry to healthcare outdoors metropolitan Melbourne.
"The federal government can assist GPs to maneuver into distant and rural communities, offering a package deal of assist to relocate themselves outdoors metropolitan areas, which incorporates assist for companions and household," she mentioned.
"We would like equal entry for GPs to be situated in each postcode in Victoria.
"There's a lot that may be carried out from a GP perspective to handle sufferers which are transitioning outdoors hospital care and into the neighborhood."
The well being system is much better than simply hospitals, Rob Moodie, a professor in public well being on the College of Melbourne's College of Inhabitants and International Well being mentioned.
"We do want hospitals nevertheless it's the not the one factor that we want," he advised 9news.com.au.
"We won't be able to maintain up with the prices of tertiary care, it is unimaginable.
Prof. Moodie mentioned it was vital to concentrate on holding Victorians out of hospitals.
He mentioned investing in neighborhood well being, major care and optimistic well being promotion wanted to broaden.
"The extra we will work on stopping folks from moving into hospital, the extra higher will probably be for the system as an entire," he mentioned.
"At present we're targeted in remedy and we have to be re-focused to prevention."
Hospitals plead for funding
Nevertheless, hospital infrastructure can also be wanted and simply final week, a regional well being service took to social mediato plead with the federal government for funding upgrades.
Western District Well being Service (WDHS), which oversees Hamilton Base Hospital, launched the one-minute video begging the Andrews authorities for extra funding.
"It is completely horrendous," WDHS chief govt Rohan Fitzgerald advised 9News.
"When it comes to the scientific care offered, it is fantastic. However in the event you take a look at the bodily infrastructure there isn't a privateness in any respect.
"Our employees have to maneuver mountains to offer care in third-world circumstances in what are fully insufficient circumstances."
The hospital desires the state authorities to commit $17m dollars to assist fund a $32m improve of its emergency division and intensive care unit.
In the meantime, Professor Mark Fitzgerald, the Alfred Hospital's Director of Trauma Service labelled the circumstances on the hospital "insufficient" and harmful.
"It is simply not match for goal, we won't get folks by means of the working theatre quick sufficient," he mentioned.