Since July 2024, more than 3,400 local residents have received care at the Long Jetty Urgent Care Service, sparing them from waiting in emergency departments at Wyong and Gosford Hospitals.
The service, located at Long Jetty Healthcare Centre, provides residents with access to urgent care and is open to the community 365 days a year from 8am to 8pm.
Staffed by GPs, nurses and allied health clinicians, the service provides high quality and safe healthcare for patients with a range of illnesses and injuries.
“The Long Jetty Urgent Care Service is well-supported to treat a range of illnesses and injuries which are urgent, but not life-threatening, such as wounds, minor burns, infections, sprains, minor breaks, gastroenteritis, rashes and conjunctivitis,” Member for The Entrance David Mehan said.
“I’ve stood alongside my community advocating for an expansion of health services at Long Jetty for a long time and I’m really pleased we have achieved this for patients and families on the Central Coast.”
To access the service, patients should call Healthdirect on 1800 022 222.
A registered nurse will assess the patient’s condition and guide them to the care they need, including booking an appointment at the service on the patient’s behalf, referring them to another service such as virtualKIDS, or if required, escalating their care to other services like NSW Ambulance.
The last 2 times I tried to use this service it wasn’t available. The one at Lake Haven had only one doctor and was fully booked for the rest of the day. Go to A+E. Next time Bridges was shut when my grandson needed stitches. A+E again. You can open clinics but there aren’t enough doctors. They are older and overworked. A+E beds are Ok but they aren’t free as there aren’t enough ward beds or staff. The system has been broken for over 20 years. Thank you all health workers. 🙏