A tender process led by the South Western Sydney Primary Health Network has commenced to identify a provider to operate the new Medicare urgent care clinic in Green Valley.
The tender process is open to general practices, community health centres and Aboriginal community controlled health services.
The new clinic will be open over extended hours, seven days a week, with no appointment needed, and all patients will be fully bulk billed.
Once operating, the clinic is expected to take pressure off local public hospitals and fill an important gap in services across extended hours and over the weekend.
The Green Valley clinic is part of the Albanese Government commitment for a further 50 Medicare urgent care clinics.
“I am excited that the Albanese Government is delivering on our promise for an urgent care clinic in Green Valley,’’ says Anne Stanley, the federal member for Werriwa.
“Available 7 days per week, the urgent care clinic provides peace of mind and bulk billed medical advice; this is needed in our growing community.
“I look forward to the process continuing.”
Over 22 per cent of presentations to Medicare urgent care clinics across NSW have been outside standard business hours, which means the clinics are filling an important gap in services across extended hours and over the weekend.
More than one in four visits to Medicare urgent care clinics in NSW have taken place on a weekend, while one in five weekday visits took place at 5pm or later.