Austral Medicare Urgent Care Clinic now open

The Australian Government is delivering for residents in south-west Sydney with the opening of the Austral Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.
 
Located at 8 Landaise Road, Austral, the Austral Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is now open extended hours, seven days a week and will be operated by Austral Medical Practice.
 
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 NSW Bureau of Health shows the Australian Government’s Medicare Urgent Care Clinics across New South Wales are easing pressure on NSW hospitals. Semi-urgent presentations to NSW emergency departments have dropped by 5.1 per cent while non-urgent presentations have dropped by 8.7 per cent.
 
The clinic will join the existing network of 31 existing Medicare Urgent Care Clinics across New South Wales with a further 4 to be established across the state.
 
This is part of the Albanese 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 seen nearly 2.4 million presentations since the first sites opened in June 2023. This includes over 495,800 presentations to the existing clinics in New South Wales.
 
In New South Wales, 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 Austral Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is commissioned by South Western Sydney Primary Health Network.
 
Quotes attributable to Minister Butler:
 
“The Austral Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is a game changer for families in south-west Sydney.
 
“This clinic is a key part of the Albanese Government’s commitment to strengthen Medicare and make health care more accessible and affordable.
 
“This new data shows Medicare Urgent Care Clinics are taking the pressure off New South Wales hospitals and making sure patients can get the care they need when they need it.”
 
Quotes attributable to Assistant Minister McBride:
 
“The Austral Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is now open and receiving their first patients over the busy summer period.
 
“Nearby Medicare Urgent Care Clinics in Liverpool and Campbelltown have seen more than 41,000 visits.
 
“The new clinic is fully bulk billed and open extended hours 7 days a week, providing South-West Sydney locals greater access to free healthcare.
 
Quotes attributable to Anne Stanley MP, Member for Werriwa:
 
“This clinic will make a real difference for our community by providing convenient, bulk billed urgent care .
 
“The opening of the clinic is a huge win for the people of Werriwa, taking the pressure off the emergency departments at Fairfield and Liverpool Hospitals.”