The Albanese Government is delivering for residents in Maitland with the opening of the Maitland Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.
Located at Unit 8/555 High St, Maitland, the Maitland 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 Maitland Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will ease pressure on the busy Maitland Hospital, where around 46 per cent of presentations in 2023-24 were for semi-urgent or non-urgent conditions.
The clinic will join the existing network of UCCs across New South Wales with further clinics 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 2.2 million presentations since the first sites opened in June 2023, including over 446,300 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 Maitland Medicare UCC is commissioned by Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network.
Quotes attributable to Minister Butler:
“The Maitland Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is a game changer for families in Maitland region.
“The Maitland Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will ease pressure on the emergency department at Maitland 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 Meryl Swanson MP, Member for Paterson:
“Earlier this year, our community made it clear through the petition that this is exactly what Maitland wanted – better access to urgent care, close to home. The community has spoken, and now we’re delivering with a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic right here in Maitland.
“This is about putting people first. Seven-day, fully bulk-billed urgent care will take pressure off our hospital and give locals more options.
“Today, the Albanese Government is continuing to deliver for the people of Paterson. I’m proud to be part of a team that backs our region, a team that makes promises and delivers on them.”