Urgent care clinics would be rolled out in every state and territory, the policy said, and be open "at least 8am to 10pm - seven days a week".īefore the election, there were a number of occasions on which senior shadow ministers discussed the timeline of this promise.
All patients will need is their Medicare card." The types of medical services offered would include "important and time-critical treatments that don't need a hospital emergency department", such as treating burns, wounds and broken bones.
The details of the pledge were fleshed out in a pre-election policy document that said Labor would establish "at least 50" urgent care clinics "in existing GP clinics and Community Health Centres", where they would provide "bulk-billed" medical care at no cost to patients.
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