Queensland's Darling Downs and West Moreton Primary Health Network (DDWMPHN) has launched a free after-hours service providing GP consultations delivered by Telstra Health's ReadyCare telehealth joint venture.

The service is available to all people in the large catchment area, including vulnerable people in the main cities of Toowoomba and Ipswich as well as those in rural areas. The PHN is also piloting an after-hours diabetes service involving face-to-face consultations in Toowoomba and remote consultations by phone and Skype to the rest of the region.