The Albanese Government is delivering for residents in Bathurst with the opening of the Bathurst Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.
Located at 129 Howick Street, Bathurst, the Bathurst 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 Bathurst Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will ease pressure on the busy Bathurst Base Hospital, where around 44 per cent of presentations in 2023-24 were for semi-urgent or non-urgent conditions.
New data from the NSW Bureau of Health shows the Albanese 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 UCCs across New South Wales with a total of 14 UCCs to be established across the state this financial year.
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 already seen more than 2.2 million presentations since the first sites opened in June 2023, including over 457,800 presentations to New South Wales Medicare Urgent Care Clinics.
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 Bathurst Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is commissioned by Western New South Wales Primary Health Network.
Quotes attributable to Minister Butler:
“The Bathurst Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is a game changer for families in Bathurst region.
“The Bathurst Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will ease pressure on the emergency department at Bathurst Base Hospital and free up staff at the hospital to provide care to people with more serious conditions.
“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 Senator Deborah O’Neill, Labor Spokesperson for Calare:
“I’m thrilled to see the Bathurst Medicare Urgent Care clinic open and providing services for the local community.
“We pledged this in the 2025 election campaign and now we’re delivering on our promise.
“This is exactly what the Albanese Labor Government is about – delivering real services that make a difference in the lives of all Australians, no matter where you live.”