The Australian Government is delivering for residents in northern Perth with the opening of the Nollamara Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.
Located at 82 Hillsborough Drive Nollamara, the Nollamara Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is now open extended hours, seven days a week.
No appointment is needed, patients can walk in and all services are bulk billed.
The highly trained doctors and nurses are equipped to treat a range of conditions and injuries that need urgent attention but aren't life threatening, including cuts, viral infections, or a sprained ankle.
New data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows the Australian Government's Medicare Urgent Care Clinics across Western Australia are easing pressure on Western Australian hospitals. Non-urgent presentations to Western Australian emergency departments have dropped by 6.8 per cent and semi-urgent presentations have dropped by 2.7 per cent.
The clinic will join the existing network of eight existing Medicare Urgent Care Clinics across Western Australia with a further five to be established across the state.
This is part of the Australian Government's commitment to deliver more Medicare Urgent Care Clinics across the country with 4 out of 5 Australians to live within a 20 minutes drive from their local clinic.
The Government's Medicare Urgent Care Clinics have already seen more than 2.4 million presentations since the first sites opened in June 2023, including 266,900 presentations to Western Australian Medicare Urgent Care Clinics.
Over one in four of these were patients aged under 15 years old, more than one in four were on weekends, and over one in five were weekday after hours visits (at or after 5pm).
The Nollamara Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is commissioned by WA Primary Health Alliance.
Quotes attributable to Minister Butler:
"The Nollamara Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is a game changer for families in northern Perth.
"The Nollamara Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will ease pressure on the emergency department at Royal Perth Hospital and free up staff at the hospital to provide care to people with more serious conditions.
"This clinic is a key part of the Albanese Government's commitment to strengthen Medicare and make health care more accessible and affordable."
Quotes attributable to Minister Aly:
"By expanding access to fully bulk billed urgent care, we're making Medicare stronger and fairer for people right here in Cowan.
"This Urgent Care Clinic means families in Nollamara and surrounding suburbs can get the care they need, when they need it, without worrying about the cost.
"We're delivering our second Urgent Care Clinic in Cowan, giving local people access to the care they need close to home and taking pressure off emergency departments."
