According to Hastie, the new ACT Health Centre provides holistic and best practice health care to ADF members posted in and around Canberra, ensuring they are fit to fight, fit to work, and fit for life.

"The health and wellbeing of our Defence personnel is key to our operational capability and these upgraded facilities will enhance the quality of life of individuals, their families and the broader community," Hastie said.

"The Duntroon health centre delivers integrated primary health care services, dental services, mental health care, physiotherapy, rehabilitation and pharmacy, as well as an 18-bed ward for low dependency inpatient care."

The new health centre will be able to support approximately 6,700 ADF members across the ACT and surrounding NSW region, including members undergoing training at the Australian Defence Force Academy, the Royal Military College-Duntroon and the Australian Defence College at Weston Creek.

There are 185 highly skilled and committed staff working at the health centre including military personnel, public servants and contracted health professionals providing high quality health care.

Assistant Minister Hastie thanked the staff at the ACT Health Centre for their hard work during the COVID-19 pandemic. The staff provided COVID-19 testing services to the local Defence community and administered over 15,000 vaccine doses to Canberra-based ADF members and Australian Public Service and Australian Signals Directorate personnel.

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"The new ACT Health Centre is a demonstration of the Morrison government’s commitment to providing the very best in healthcare and rehabilitation services to meet the needs of our ADF personnel," Hastie said.

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