Medicare Urgent Care Clinic Opens in Coorparoo

The Australian Government is delivering for residents in Coorparoo with the opening of the new Coorparoo Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.
 
Located at 332 Old Cleveland Road, Coorparoo, the Coorparoo 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 Coorparoo Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will ease pressure on the busy Princess Alexandra Hospital, where around 21 per cent of presentations in 2024-25 were for semi-urgent or non-urgent conditions.
 
The clinic will join the existing network of 23 existing UCCs across Queensland with a further two to be established across the state over the coming months.
 
This is part of the Australian Government’s commitment to deliver more Medicare Urgent Care Clinics across the country with 4 out of 5 Australians to live within a 20 minute drive from their local clinic.
 
Medicare Urgent Care Clinics have already seen over 2.5 million presentations since the first sites opened in June 2023, including over 515,700 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 Coorparoo Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is commissioned by Brisbane South Primary Health Network.
 
Quotes attributable to Minister Butler:
 
“The Coorparoo Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is a game changer for families in Brisbane’s south.
 
“The Coorparoo Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will ease pressure on the emergency department at Princess Alexandra 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 Assistant Minister McBride:
 
“Across Queensland, more than 515,000 people have visited a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.
 
“The new Coorparoo Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will provide greater access to urgent care, 7 days a week, over extended hours.
 
“The Albanese Labor Government is strengthening Medicare by delivering more fully bulk-billed healthcare on Brisbane’s Southside.
 
Quotes attributable to Renee Coffey MP, Member for Griffith:
  
“This clinic will make a real difference for locals by providing convenient, bulk billed urgent care right here in the heart of Coorparoo.
 
“The opening of the clinic is a huge win for our community, taking the pressure off the emergency department at Princess Alexandra Hospital.”