The Australian Government is delivering on its commitment for a further 50 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics with tender processes underway to identify providers to operate the Chatswood, Dee Why, Marrickville and Burwood clinics. These new clinics will give more Australians access to high-quality and free walk-in urgent health care.
The Chatswood, Dee Why, Marrickville and Burwood Medicare Urgent Care Clinics will be open over extended hours, seven days a week, with no appointment needed, and all patients will be fully bulk billed.
These clinics are intended to take pressure off local hospitals, including Canterbury Hospital, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Northern Beaches Hospitals, Royal North Shore, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and will fill an important gap in services across extended hours and over the weekend.
Tender processes led by the Central and Eastern Sydney Primary Health Network, and the Northern Sydney Primary Health Network have commenced to identify providers to operate the new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in Chatswood, Dee Why, Burwood and Marrickville.
The tender processes 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 355,700 presentations to the 22 existing New South Wales Medicare Urgent Care Clinics as at 4 August 2025.
Over 22 per cent of presentations to Medicare Urgent Care Clinics in New South Wales have been outside standard business hours, which means the clinics are filling an important gap in services across extended hours and over the weekend.
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:
"Whether your family needs urgent or ongoing health care, under Labor, Medicare will be there for all Australians, in every community."
"Medicare Urgent Care Clinics are already fulfilling their promise by making sure Australians can walk in and receive urgent care quickly and for free.
"By offering free, high-quality care every day and into the evenings, Medicare Urgent Care Clinics are easing pressure on emergency departments and improving patient access."
Quotes attributable to Sally Sitou MP, Member for Reid:
"We promised a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in Burwood and I'm proud to say that we are now taking the crucial first step towards delivering this commitment.
"The Burwood Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will help ease pressure on our local hospitals and deliver free and accessible urgent medical care to our community.
"I encourage interested general practices to consider applying.
"I'm excited to visit the new clinic when it opens."
Quotes attributable to Jerome Laxale MP, Member for Bennelong:
"Since opening, the Top Ryde Medicare Urgent Care Clinic has been a game-changer for our local community, giving people fast, free care close to home and easing the load on local hospitals.
"We've already seen the difference Medicare Urgent Care Clinics make in Bennelong, and now more of our community will benefit from that same accessible, bulk billed care."
