After hours or urgent care services offer an important alternative to the emergency department for urgent, but not life-threatening, injuries or illnesses, and in cases where your regular GP may not be open.

Our DoctorClosed.com.au website can help residents across our region to search for a GP who is open after hours, for doctors who can make home visits or for your closest Urgent Care Clinic. You can also use the online symptom checker, find pharmacies that are open, or talk to a health professional 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by calling the healthdirect helpline on 1800 022 222.
The Doctor Closed website is accessible for multicultural communities, with translated pages in six different languages.

If you or someone you know is experiencing mental health concerns during this time, then our Medicare Mental Health Centres can help. They is no need to make an appointment and services are free, without the need for a Medicare Card, can help.  

Hawkesbury Medicare Mental Health Centre is located at 1 Musson Lane, Richmond. The Centre is open Monday-Wednesday and Friday 1:00pm to 5:00pm, Thursday and Saturday 1:00pm to 7:00pm, and public holidays 1:00pm to 7:00pm (excluding Easter Sunday).

We are proud to support these after hours services, offering our community alternative options to going to a hospital, especially during long weekends and public holidays when wait times can be long and emergency departments are often under additional pressure. I encourage everyone to visit DoctorClosed.com.au to find out what other local healthcare options are available.

In an emergency always call 000. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call Lifeline on 13 11 14. For those seeking urgent mental health support, you can also call the NSW Mental Health Line on 1800 011 511, which is available 24/7 including public holidays.