The Medibus is a fully equipped mobile health clinic which brings specialist multidisciplinary teams to towns with limited access to healthcare.

Access to holistic diabetes care for rural and remote communities across the Hunter and New England regions is set to improve with the launch of a new custom-built Medibus.

The Medibus is a fully equipped mobile health clinic which brings specialist multidisciplinary teams to towns with limited access to healthcare, including endocrinologists, a diabetes educator, Aboriginal health worker, dietitian and podiatrist.

These clinical teams support patients directly and upskill local General Practitioners, nurses, and allied health providers to provide gold-standard diabetes care and management within the primary care sector.

Diabetes remains one of the most critical health challenges for the Hunter and New England regions, with an estimated 1 in 8 people living with the condition, and many more undiagnosed. If left unmanaged, diabetes can result in serious complications such as heart disease, stroke, kidney failure, blindness, amputations, and premature death.

Diabetes disproportionately impacts those living in low socio-economic communities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, who are three times more likely to develop type 2 diabetes.