Carina-Carindale and Capalaba Medicare Urgent Care Clinics now open

The Albanese Government is delivering for residents in Carindale, Capalaba and surrounds with the opening of the Carina-Carindale and Capalaba Medicare Urgent Care Clinics.  
  
Located at 805 Old Cleveland Road, the Carina-Carindale Medicare Urgent Care Clinic and the Capalaba clinic located at 2/8 Dollery road, Capalaba are 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. 
 
New data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows the Albanese Government’s Medicare Urgent Care Clinics across Queensland are easing pressure on Queensland hospitals. Non-urgent presentations to Queensland emergency departments have dropped by 6.6 per cent and semi-urgent presentations have dropped by 3.2 per cent.
 
The clinics will join the existing network of 19 existing Urgent Care Clinics across Queensland with a further 5 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 already seen more than 2.4 million presentations since the first sites opened in June 2023, including over 477,100 presentations to Queensland 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 four were weekday after hours visits (at or after 5pm). 
  
The Carina-Carindale and Capalaba Medicare Urgent Care Clinics are commissioned by Brisbane South Primary Health Network.
 
Quotes attributable to Minister Butler:

“We’re delivering on our promise to open more Medicare Urgent Care Clinics in Queensland.
 
“These new clinics will be open seven days a week, for extended hours and most importantly patients will be fully bulk billed.
 
“This new data shows Medicare Urgent Care Clinics are taking the pressure off Queensland hospitals and making sure patients can get the care they need when they need it.”
 
Quotes attributable Kara Cook MP, Member for Bonner:
 
“We committed to bringing better healthcare access to the Bayside, Redlands and Brisbane’s eastern suburbs – and today the government is delivering on that commitment.

“These new clinics means locals can get urgent care quickly and easily, without the stress of long waits or high costs.

“By opening these Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, we’re easing the strain on emergency departments and ensuring people get the right care, close to home.

“This is about putting patients first – providing bulk billed urgent care in a convenient location for families across Bonner.”