A MEDICARE Urgent Care Clinic is set to open in the Tweed region if the Albanese Labor government is re-elected, local MP Justine Elliot has announced.<\/p>\n
Elliot said the clinic would provide free, bulk-billed urgent care for non-life-threatening conditions, reducing pressure on hospital emergency departments.<\/p>\n
“If Labor is re-elected, the Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in the Tweed region will begin operating in the 2025-26 financial year, providing bulk billed care for urgent but non-life-threatening conditions, seven days a week, for extended hours, and with no appointment needed.<\/p>\n
“All you will need is your Medicare card, not your credit card.”<\/p>\n
Urgent Care Clinics operate within existing medical centres, offering faster access to treatment for injuries and illnesses that don’t require hospital care.<\/p>\n
The Tweed clinic is part of a $644 million expansion of urgent care services, which includes 50 new Medicare Urgent Care Clinics nationwide.<\/p>\n
The federal government has already opened 87 clinics, treating more than 1.2 million Australians.<\/p>\n
The expansion aims to ensure four in five Australians live within 20 minutes of a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic once all new sites are operational.<\/p>\n
Elliot said the investment reflected Labor’s broader commitment to strengthening Medicare, describing it as “the single largest investment in Medicare since its creation over 40 years ago”.<\/p>\n
“Only a re-elected Albanese Labor government will deliver a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in the Tweed region so you can get the free, fully bulk billed, urgent care you need,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A MEDICARE Urgent Care Clinic is set to open in the Tweed region if the Albanese Labor government is re-elected, local MP Justine Elliot has announced. Elliot said the clinic would provide free, bulk-billed urgent care for non-life-threatening conditions, reducing pressure on hospital emergency departments. “If Labor is re-elected, the Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in […]<\/p>\n