Medicare Urgent Care Clinic Opens in Our Medical Penrith
14 August 2023
The Clinic will accept walk-ins from 8:00am - 8:00pm, seven days a week, 365 days a year, for treatment of minor illnesses and injuries that can’t wait for your usual GP.
Wentworth Healthcare, provider of the Nepean Blue Mountains Primary Health Network, has commissioned Cornerstone Health to establish the Clinic at Our Medical Penrith, 2227 Wolseley Street, Jamisontown.
Wentworth Healthcare CEO, Lizz Reay, said that the new service offers an additional layer of healthcare support, bridging the gap between primary and acute care for patients, by providing an alternative to presenting to the emergency department when a GP isn’t available.
“The Urgent Care Clinic will provide additional and timely access to healthcare, without the need for an appointment, for those with urgent but not life-threatening illnesses or injuries, leaving emergency departments for those who need it most,” said Ms Reay.
“All services are free for Medicare cardholders, and patients will have access to a team of healthcare professionals, without the long wait times often associated with non-critical presentations at emergency departments,” she said.
Henry Bateman, CEO of Cornerstone Health, which operates Our Medical Penrith commented, “The Penrith Urgent Care Clinic will provide the Greater Penrith and Lower Blue Mountains community with an alternative to presenting at a hospital emergency department for non-life threatening injuries and illness such as fractures, burns, gastro and infections. We are pleased that this is another way in which we’re providing accessible, quality healthcare to the local community.”
Read Full Release (114 KB)
