The Australian Government is delivering for residents in South Australia with the opening of the Whyalla Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.
Located at 24-26 Ekblom Street, Whyalla Norrie, the Whyalla 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.
The Whyalla Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will help to ease pressure on the busy Whyalla Hospital and Health Service, where around 55 per cent per cent of presentations in 2024-25 were for semi-urgent or non-urgent conditions.
The clinic is part of a network of nine Medicare Urgent Care Clinics across South Australia.
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.
Labor's Medicare Urgent Care Clinics have already seen more than 2.8 million presentations since the first sites opened in June 2023, including over 165,000 presentations to Medicare Urgent Care Clinics in South Australia.
Over one in five of these were patients aged under 15 years old, more than one in four were on weekends, and almost one in five were weekday after hours visits (at or after 5pm).
The Whyalla Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is commissioned by the Country South Australia Primary Health Network.
Quotes attributable to Minister Butler:
"We're delivering on our promise to open more Medicare Urgent Care Clinics in South Australia.
"This new clinic will be open seven days a week, for extended hours and most importantly patients will be fully bulk billed.
"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 Assistant Minister McBride:
"More than 165,000 people have accessed care at one of our Medicare Urgent Care Clinics across South Australia.
"The new Whyalla Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will provide 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 for people in rural and regional communities."
Quotes attributable to Senator Grogan:
"This clinic will make a real difference for locals by providing convenient, bulk billed urgent care right here in the heart of Whyalla.
"This is a huge win for residents in Whyalla and across the region, relieving pressure on the emergency department at the Whyalla Hospital and local health services."
