New Medicare Urgent Care Clinic
THE Federal Government is delivering on its commitment to provide more Medicare Urgent Care Clinics with a provider being selected to operate the new Rouse Hill Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC).
This follows a competitive tender process led by the Western Sydney Primary Health Network.
Rouse Hill Town Medical C Dental Centre has been identified as the successful provider to operate the Rouse Hill Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, which will be located at Level 1, 10-14 Market Lane, Rouse Hill (Rouse Hill Town Centre).
The clinic will be open seven days a week, operating under extended hours.
The clinic will help to ease pressure on the Blacktown Hospital emergency department, where around 29 percent of presentations in 2023-24 were for semi-urgent or non-urgent conditions.
The Rouse Hill Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will join the existing network of twenty-two UCCs across NSW.
Ninety Medicare UCCs are in operation across Australia, which have already seen more than
2.1 million presentations since the first sites opened in June 2023. This includes over 440,600 presentations to the existing New South Wales Medicare UCCs.
Attorney-General and Member for Greenway, Michelle Rowland said: “At the election we promised to deliver a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in Greenway, and today we are one step closer to making this a reality.
“Whether it’s a cut, rash, infection or injury, you will be able to get the treatment you need free of charge – all you will need is your Medicare card.
“The Albanese Labor Government is delivering on its promises – providing more free healthcare, while also taking pressure off our hospitals.
“I congratulate Rouse Hill Town Medical C Dental Centre for being identified as the successful provider and look forward to sharing more information about when the clinic will open soon.”
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