Bega Medicare Urgent Care Clinic Now Open
The Australian Government is delivering for residents in Bega with the opening of the Bega Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.
Located at 61 Carp Street, Bega, the Bega Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is now open extended hours, seven days a week.
No appointment is needed, patients can walk in and all services are bulk billed.
The highly trained doctors and nurses are equipped to treat a range of conditions and injuries that need urgent attention but aren't life threatening, including cuts, viral infections, or a sprained ankle.
New data from the NSW Bureau of Health shows the Australian Government's Medicare Urgent Care Clinics across New South Wales are easing pressure on NSW hospitals. Semi-urgent presentations to NSW emergency departments have dropped by 5.1 per cent while non-urgent presentations have dropped by 8.7 per cent.
The clinic will join the existing network of 32 existing Medicare Urgent Care Clinics across NSW with three further clinics to be established in the state.
This is part of the Australian Government's commitment to deliver more Medicare Urgent Care Clinics across the country with 4 out of 5 Australians to live within a 20 minutes drive from their local clinic.
The Government's Medicare Urgent Care Clinics have already seen more than 2.4 million presentations since the first sites opened in June 2023, including over 503,000 presentations to New South Wales Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, as at 19 January 2026.
In New South Wales, over one in four of these were patients aged under 15 years old, more than one in four were on weekends, and over one in five were weekday after hours visits (at or after 5pm).
The Bega Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is commissioned by South Eastern New South Wales Primary Health Network.
Quotes attributable to Minister Butler:
"The Bega Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is a game changer for families in the Bega valley.
"This clinic is a key part of the Albanese Government's commitment to strengthen Medicare and make health care more accessible and affordable.
"This new data shows Medicare Urgent Care Clinics are taking the pressure off New South Wales hospitals and making sure patients can get the care they need when they need it."
Quotes attributable to Kirsty McBain MP, Member for Eden-Monaro:
"This clinic will make a real difference for locals, as well as tourists in our busy summer season by providing convenient, bulk billed urgent care right here in the heart of Bega.
"The opening of the clinic is a huge win for our community, taking the pressure off the emergency department at South East Regional Hospital."
https://www.health.gov.au/ministers/the-hon-mark-butler-mp/media/bega-medicare-urgent-care-clinic-now-open?language=en
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