MERRI-BEK: Urgent care centre promised for Coburg
Coburg will get a free bulk-billed urgent care clinic if the Albanese Labor Government is re-elected.
“Labor will open a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in Coburg as part of a $644 million commitment,” said a statement from Wills MHR Peter Khalil (pictured).
“Once all of Labor’s clinics are open, 4 in 5 Australians will live within a 20-minute drive of a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic,” said a Labor repesentative.
“If Labor is re-elected, the Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in Coburg 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.
“The Urgent Care Clinic will take pressure off the Royal Melbourne Hospital, which saw 29,732 non-urgent and semi-urgent presentations in 2023-24.
“All you will need is your Medicare card, not your credit card.”

