The Albanese Government is delivering for residents in Victor Harbor with the opening of the Victor Harbor Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.
Located at 61-67 Ocean Street Victor Harbor, the Victor Harbor 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 Victor Harbor Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will ease pressure on the busy South Coast District Hospital, where around 41 per cent of presentations in 2023-24 were for semi-urgent or non-urgent conditions.
The clinic will join the existing network of seven existing Medicare Urgent Care Clinics across South Australia with one further to be established in 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 129,100 presentations to South Australian Medicare Urgent Care Clinics.
Over one in five 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 Victor Harbor Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is commissioned by Country SA Primary Health Network.
Quotes attributable to Minister Butler:
The Victor Harbor Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is a game changer for families in the South Coast region.
“The Victor Harbor Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will ease pressure on the emergency department at South Caose District 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 Wong:
“Thousands of South Australians on the Fleurieu will now be able to access quality health care close to home from December.
“The new Victor Harbor Medicare Urgent Care Clinic builds on Labor’s commitment to expand the availability of fast, reliable, and affordable health care where all you need is your Medicare card.
“And it delivers on Labor’s commitment to increase access to bulk-billed health services in regional areas – providing peace of mind this holiday period.”
Quotes attributable to Senator Walker:
“The community will now have access to reliable and fully bulk billed health care closer to home. As someone who grew up on the Fleurieu, urgent care has been limited so I know how important it is to close this gap.”
“As the holidays approach, the urgent care clinic will help to ease pressure on an already busy hospital.”