When to come to the Urgent Care Clinic
Medicare Urgent Care Clinics give you more options to see a GP or nurse when you need care for urgent, but not life-threatening, injuries and illnesses. We treat people of all ages. Urgent care can help treat:
- Minor infections
- Minor fractures, sprains, sports injuries and neck and back pain
- Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
- Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
- Minor cuts
- Insect bites and rashes
- Minor eye and ear infections
- Respiratory illness
- Gastroenteritis
- Mild burns
When you arrive, a nurse will check your condition and decide how soon you should be seen. People with more serious issues go first, so you might wait longer even if you arrived earlier.
When to call Triple Zero (000)
Medicare Urgent Care Clinics are not emergency services. If it’s an emergency, call 000 or go straight to your nearest hospital emergency department.
Call Triple Zero (000) or visit your nearest
emergency department if you or someone is experiencing the following:
- Chest pain or tightness
- Breathing difficulties
- Uncontrollable bleeding
- Severe burns
- Poisoning
- Unconsciousness or seizures
- Numbness or paralysis
- A life-threatening injury
- On-going fever in infants
- Unresponsive