Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon said that doctors should make an attempt to become more competitive if they feel that due to government's GP super clinics they are losing patients.

She stated this as she visited the seat's Strathpine GP Super Clinic amid claims established that doctors were suffering.

According to Dr Morris Williams, due to clinics, patients who are already moving through established practices are getting affected. The Australian Medical Association stated that a huge advantage was taken by certain people in the sector due to grants for super clinics.

AMA national vice-president Steve Hambleton said, "We're not against the concept; we're against unfair competition. You are giving someone a huge leg-up to out-compete people who don't have any subsidy and have been investing in their suburbs for years."

Roxon said that super clinics were important for easing pressure mounted on hospital emergency departments.

She said, "There's plenty of work in this community. It defies belief that a doctor couldn't sustain a practice."

She said that if doctors feel that they were being affected by these clinics then they must look into the kinds of patient care they were offering and they needed to step up to cope up with the demand.