The Albanese Government is delivering on its commitment to open a further 50 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics with a tender process underway to identify a provider to operate the Windsor Medicare UCC. This new clinic will give more Australians access to high quality and free walk-in urgent health care.
The new Windsor Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will be open over extended hours, seven days a week, with no appointment needed, and with patients fully bulk billed.
The Windsor Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will take pressure off the Hawkesbury District Hospital, and will fill an important gap in services across extended hours and over the weekend.
A tender process led by Nepean Blue Mountains Primary Health Network has commenced to identify providers to operate the new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in New South Wales.
This tender process will be open to general practices, community health centres and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services.
Ninety Medicare Urgent Care Clinics have opened across Australia, which have already seen more than 1.8 million presentations since the first sites opened in June 2023, including over 355,000 presentations to New South Wales Medicare UCCs.
Over one in four visits to Medicare Urgent Care Clinics in New South Wales have taken place on a weekend, while one in five weekday visits took place at 5pm or later.
And with one in four visits treating a young person under 15, New South Wales Medicare Urgent Care Clinics are giving families timely health care and peace of mind.
Quotes attributable to Minister Butler:
"I know how much Susan Templeman and her community campaigned for a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for Windsor.
"The Windsor Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will take pressure off the Hawkesbury District Hospital.
"Importantly, it will be fully bulk billed so all locals will need is their Medicare card.
Quotes attributable to Susan Templeman, Member for Macquarie:
"With thousands of people across the Hawkesbury joining my calls for a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic earlier this year, I'm really pleased that the tender process is now underway.
"The UCC is able to be located within a wide area from Windsor to North Richmond, provided it meets the required criteria, so I hope we will see a number of interested practices.
"People are already anticipating the benefits such as having sporting injuries assessed on the weekends and evenings without having to go to the hospital emergency."
