Urgent care clinic clocks up 10,000 visits

Federal Member for Dobell Emma McBride has welcomed news that the Medicare Urgent Care Clinic at Lake Haven has seen 10,000 visitors.

At the last election, McBride committed that, if elected, a Labor Government would deliver a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for the northern Central Coast.

In December last year, the Lake Haven Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opened its doors, offering an alternative to the hospital emergency department for urgent but not life-threatening care.

The clinic offers bulk-billed care seven days a week, over extended hours.

One in three visits are children aged under 15, demonstrating that the Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is a trusted alternative to the emergency department for local families.

Earlier this year, McBride welcomed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to Lake Haven where they toured the local Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.

Across the country there are more than 60 Medicare Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, with the Albanese Labor Government providing $227M in the Budget to expand the network to 87 clinics.

There have been more than 700,000 presentations nationally since the first clinics opened in June last year.

“I worked at Wyong Hospital for almost a decade, and I know just how important access to urgent care is for people on the Central Coast,” McBride said.

“Since it opened, more than 10,000 local people have visited the Lake Haven Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, receiving fully bulk-billed urgent care.”