The Albanese Government is delivering for residents in Sydney’s southwest with the opening of the Fairfield Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.
Located centrally at Fairfield Chase Medical & Dental, the Fairfield Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is now open over extended hours and seven days a week.
No appointment is needed, patients can walk in and all services are bulk billed.
The clinic’s highly trained doctors and nurses are equipped to treat a range of conditions and injuries that need urgent attention but aren’t life threatening.
That could be anything from a cut to a high temperature, a viral infection or a sprained ankle.
The location was decided in consultation between the Australian and New South Wales governments and the South Western Sydney Primary Health Network.
The Fairfield Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will ease pressure on the busy Fairfield Hospital, where more than half of presentations were for semi- or non-urgent conditions in 2022-23.
The 76 existing Medicare Urgent Care Clinics have already seen more than 870,000 presentations since the first sites opened in June 2023. This includes more than 150,000 presentations to clinics in New South Wales.
Almost half of the presentations in the state have been outside standard business hours, which means the clinics are filling an important gap in services across extended hours and over the weekend.
Quotes attributable to Minister Butler:
“The Fairfield Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will be a game changer for families in Sydney’s southwest.
“Almost a third of all visits to Medicare UCCs in New South Wales are from people under 15, giving parents peace of mind that when their kid needs urgent care they’ll be seen.
“The Fairfield Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will ease pressure on the emergency departments at Fairfield Hospital and free staff to provide care to people with more serious conditions.”
Quotes attributable to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy and Member for McMahon, the Hon Chris Bowen MP:
“For too long people in McMahon and Western Sydney have had to wait longer to see a GP or been forced to go to hospital for health care. Being able to see a doctor fast and get the care you need early is the best way to avoid further complications in the long run.
“The Albanese Labor Government is making sure you can access free, high quality medical care when you need it – during the day, after school or work, and on weekends, without having to wait for an appointment or travel far.
“The Fairfield Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will be completely bulk billed; all locals need is their Medicare card – not their credit card.”
