The Albanese Government is pleased to announce a provider has been selected to operate the new Erina Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) following a competitive tender process led by the Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network.
Erina Fair Medical Centre has been identified as the successful provider to operate the Erina Medicare Urgent Care Clinic which will be located at Shop Med1 "The Hive" Erina Fair, 620-658 Terrigal Drive, Erina.
The clinic will be open seven days a week operating extended hours.
The new clinic will begin delivering urgent care services for the community over the coming months.
The clinic will help to ease pressure on the Gosford Hospital emergency department, where around 44% of presentations in 2023-24 were for semi-urgent or non-urgent conditions.
The Erina Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is the third on the Central Coast, joining existing clinics in Lake Haven and the Peninsula.
91 UCCs are in operation across Australia, which have already seen more than 2.2 million presentations since the first sites opened in June 2023. This includes over 452,000 presentations to the existing New South Wales UCCs.
Quotes attributable to Minister Butler:
"The Albanese Government is getting on with the job of delivering more Medicare Urgent Care Clinics for people in New South Wales".
"The new clinic in Erina will be open seven days a week, extended hours and most importantly they'll be fully bulk billed."
"This clinic will take pressure off the local hospitals, including the Gosford Hospital, and will fill an important gap in services across extended hours and over the weekend."
Quotes attributable to Assistant Minister McBride:
"The Lake Haven and Peninsula Medicare Urgent Care Clinics have had more than 50,000 visits since opening in 2023.
"The new Erina Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will provide Coasties greater access to urgent care, 7 days a week, over extended hours.
"The Albanese Labor Government is strengthening Medicare by delivering more fully bulk-billed healthcare, close to home."
Quotes attributable to Dr. Gordon Reid MP, Member for Robertson:
"Our community fought hard to secure this additional Medicare Urgent Care Clinic for the Central Coast.
"We launched a community petition several months ago calling for another Medicare Urgent Care Clinic to service our region and help take more pressure off our hospital emergency departments.
"With the Peninsula Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in Umina Beach, and our new clinic in Erina, this will mean even more people will be able to access urgent care for those times when you are too sick for the GP but not sick enough for the emergency department."
