At the Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, we get a lot of questions about what we can and can't do.
Medicare Urgent Care Clinics are for everybody. It's a place where people who need to be seen today can be seen today.
Patients who have urgent cases but not urgent enough for the hospital. So we are that in between.
Could be burns, you might have broken something, you're bleeding, and you need help.
We're a free bulk-billed clinic that take walk-ins.
You'll be triaged on arrival, and we will assess how urgent your need is to see the GP.
You won't be seen in order that you arrive. You'll be seen in the order of the urgency.
They'll be seen by a highly trained GP or nurse. And we can also organise tests such as pathology or imaging if required.
Medications would be prescribed that are urgently required.
And thereafter, we refer you back to your GP for management.
So, if you're not sure about coming to Urgent Care, I'd recommend looking at the government resources that are online.
They can still phone the Urgent Care Clinic, ask the questions that need to be asked.
If you think that you need to be seen, please come here. We'll triage you, assess you, and we'll let you know what you should do.
So, there are a number of things that can't be treated in a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.
If you needed a mental health care plan or your routine immunisations, those types of things, we would refer you back to your GP for. But if it's a minor infection and injury especially, it's a great option to consider.
Find your nearest Medicare Urgent Care Clinic at health.gov.au/MedicareUCC.
Find your nearest UCC at health.gov.au/MedicareUCC.