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POLITICS
Delivering quality, affordable
health care for our community
with Michelle Rowland MP Federal Member for Greenway
Access to quality, affordable health care close to home is not a luxury, it is essential. I know this matters deeply to families across North West Sydney, which is why I am proud that my promise to deliver a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is now a reality.
Open now at Rouse Hill Town Centre, the clinic is already making health care easier, faster and more affordable for locals. Located at Level 1, 10-14 Market Lane, it is open extended hours, seven days a week, and is fully bulk billed. No appointment is needed- you can simply walk in with your Medicare card and receive care, free of charge.
The clinic can treat a wide range of urgent but non-life-threatening conditions and injuries, so families have somewhere to turn when something can’ t wait for a GP appointment but doesn’ t require a visit to a hospital emergency department.
This forms part of the Albanese Government’ s commitment to strengthening Medicare and our health care system. It joins an existing network of 24 Urgent Care Clinics across NSW – including at Westmead and Rooty Hill. Medicare Urgent Care Clinics have already delivered care to more than 2.2 million
Australians, and I am pleased that our community can now benefit from this vital service.
Additionally, our Government is making the single largest investment in Medicare since Labor created it more than 40 years ago. This $ 8.5 billion investment is delivering more bulk billed GP appointments, helping clinics, including here in Greenway, move to fully bulk billing.
We are also helping families save on medicines, with PBS scripts now capped at $ 25, or $ 7.70 for concession cardholders, and 60-day prescriptions allowing many people to get twice the medication on one script.
Many locals have already visited the Rouse Hill clinic, and I encourage anyone with feedback to get in touch with my office. I also want to thank everyone who supported the community campaign to secure this clinic. I will continue fighting to ensure our community gets the health care services we need, including working with the NSW Government to see construction begin on the new Rouse Hill Hospital.
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