The Australian Government is delivering for Moreton Bay residents with the opening of the Deception Bay Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.
Located at 75-79 Bailey Road, Deception Bay, the Deception Bay 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 Deception Bay Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will ease pressure on the busy Caboolture Hospital, where around 20 per cent of presentations in 2024-25 were for semi-urgent or non-urgent conditions and Redcliffe Hospital, where around 32 per cent of presentations in 2024-25 were for semi-urgent or non-urgent conditions.
The clinic will join the existing network of 21 existing Urgent Care Clinics across Queensland with a further 5 to be established across the state.
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 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 490,235 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 one in four were weekday after hours visits (at or after 5pm).
The Deception Bay Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is commissioned by Brisbane North Primary Health Network.
Quotes attributable to Minister Butler:
“The Deception Bay Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is a game changer for families in Moreton Bay region.
“The Deception Bay Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will ease pressure on the emergency departments at Caboolture and Redcliffe Hospitals and free up staff at the hospitals 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:
“The Deception Bay Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is now open and receiving their first patients over the busy summer period.
“Nearby Medicare Urgent Care Clinics in Murrumba Downs and Morayfield have seen more than 80,000 visits.
“The new clinic is fully bulk billed and open extended hours 7 days a week, providing Moreton Bay locals greater access to free healthcare.
Quotes attributable to Emma Comer MP, Member for Petrie:
“This clinic will make a real difference for locals by providing convenient, bulk billed urgent care right here in the heart of Deception Bay.
“The opening of the clinic is a huge win for our community, taking the pressure off the emergency department at the Caboolture and Redcliffe hospitals.”
Quotes attributable to Senator Corinne Mulholland, Senator for Queensland:
“As a mum with a young child, I know first-hand how important it is for families to have access to free, urgent healthcare close to home.
“If you have something like a minor sprain, infection or flu you can now get looked after without having to visit the hospital – and the only thing you'll need is your Medicare card.”