Emma McBride chatting with staff at the Lake Haven Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.

29 January 2025

 

OF the presentations to the urgent care clinic, 1 in 5 were children under 15, demonstrating Medicare Urgent Care Clinics are a trusted alternative to the ED for local families.

 

Assistant Minister McBride said “Your healthcare is my priority, and that’s why Labor is strengthening Medicare here on the Central Coast.

 

“I worked a Wyong Hospital for almost a decade, and I know just how important access to timely and affordable healthcare is for locals.

 

“I’m delighted that over 15,000 people have now accessed free, urgent care at the Lake Haven Medicare Urgent Care – a trusted alternative to the Wyong ED.”

 

The Lake Haven Medicare Urgent Care Clinic offers care for urgent but not life-threatening injuries – a cut, break or bite.

 

The clinic offers fully bulk-billed care 7 days a week, over extended hours.

 

The clinic opened in December 2023 and is located at Coastal Lakes Medical in the Lake Haven Shopping Centre.

 

Across the country, more than one million people have visited one of the 87 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics.

 

On the Central Coast, Labor is strengthening Medicare opening the Lake Haven Medicare Urgent Care Clinic, establishing the Tuggerah Medicare Mental Health Centre, increasing the bulk billing incentive so more locals can see the GP for free, and making medicines cheaper by freezing the cost of PBS prescriptions.

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