15,000 Visits to Medicare Urgent Care Clinic

Assistant Health Minister and Member for Dobell, Emma McBride MP, has welcomed the news that more than 15,000 people have presented to the Lake Haven Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.

Of these presentations, 1 in 5 are children under 15 demonstrating Medicare Urgent Care Clinics are a trusted alternative to the ED for local families.

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.