Umina clinic success leads to call for another
Since opening 12 months ago, over 12,000 patients have been seen at the Peninsula Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in Umina Beach, according to Member for Robertson Dr Gordon Reid.
"That is why I am fighting for another Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in the south of the Central Coast," he said.
The walk-in clinic is open seven days a week with extended operating hours.
"Medicare Urgent Care Clinics help reduce pressure on our hospitals and emergency departments, allowing them to focus on higher urgency and life-threatening conditions.
Dr Reid said: "As an emergency department doctor, practising medicine at the Wyong Hospital Emergency Department, I understand how important Medicare Urgent Care Clinics are.
"Medicare Urgent Care Clinics help reduce pressure on our emergency departments and provide an avenue of urgent care for people when they have urgent but not life-threatening illnesses.
"These clinics treat minor fractures, sports injuries, insect bites, and minor infections, just to name a few.
"It is clear how successful the Peninsula Medicare Urgent Care Clinic has been since opening in 2023.
"Another clinic will ensure even more people can access a free doctor when they need to.
"Over the coming months, I will be taking my petition suburb to suburb, door to door, and asking our Central Coast community for their support.
"I want to gather as much support as possible, for another clinic, to show the Health Minister that this additional clinic is needed," Dr Reid said.
The petition may be signed online, via http://penne.ws/NarXep.
The Peninsula Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is located at 297 West St, Umina.
SOURCE:
Media release, 4 Feb 2025
Gordon Reid, Member for Robertson