Member for Robertson Dr Gordon Reid is pushing for a third Urgent Care Clinic on the Central Coast, following the success of clinics at Umina Beach and Lake Haven.
The walk-in clinics are open seven days a week with extended operating hours.
Medicare Urgent Care Clinics help reduce pressure on hospitals and emergency departments, allowing them to focus on higher urgency and life-threatening conditions.
Since opening 12 months ago, more than 12,000 patients have been seen at the Peninsula Medicare Urgent Care Clinic at Umina Beach.
The Government announced in the 2024-25 Budget a further $227M to establish 29 more clinics and Reid wants one of those for the Central Coast.
“As an emergency department doctor, practising medicine at the Wyong Hospital Emergency Department, I understand how important Medicare Urgent Care Clinics are,” he said.
“Medicare Urgent Care Clinics help reduce pressure on our emergency departments and provide an avenue of urgent care for people when they have urgent but not life-threatening illnesses.
“These clinics treat minor fractures, sports injuries, insect bites and minor infections, just to name a few.
“It is clear how successful the Peninsula Medicare Urgent Care Clinic has been since opening in 2023; it has seen over 12,000 patients.
“That is why I am fighting for another Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in the south of the Central Coast.
“Another clinic will ensure even more people can access a free doctor when they need to.
“Over the coming months, I will be taking my petition suburb to suburb, door to door, and asking our Central Coast community for their support.
“I want to gather as much support as possible for another clinic, to show the Health Minister that this additional clinic is needed.”
To download a copy of the petition or to sign online, visit drgordonreidmp.com.au/our-coast-community/we-need-another-medicare-urgent-care-clinic/
For more information about the Australian Government’s Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, visit www.health.gov.au/find-a-medicare-ucc/about
The Peninsula Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is located at 297 West St, Umina Beach.
The Lake Haven Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is located at Shop 127, Lake Haven Shopping Centre, Lake Haven Dr.
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