Provider Identified for the Whyalla Medicare Urgent Care Clinic

The Hon Mark Butler MP
Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister for Disability and NDIS

Karen Grogan
Senator for South Australia

PROVIDER IDENTIFIED FOR THE WHYALLA MEDICARE URGENT CARE CLINIC

The Albanese Government is pleased to announce a provider has been selected to operate the new Whyalla Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) following a competitive tender process led by the Country South Australia Primary Health Network.

Doctors at Westlands has been identified as the successful provider to operate the Whyalla Medicare Urgent Care Clinic which will be located at 24-26 Ekblom Street, Whyalla.

The clinic will be open seven days a week operating extended hours. The new clinic will begin delivering urgent care for the community over coming months.

The clinic will help to ease pressure on the Whyalla Hospital and Health Services Emergency Department, where around 55 percent of presentations in 2024-25 were for semi-urgent or non-urgent conditions.

The Whyalla Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will join the existing network of 8 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics across South Australia.

Over 123 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics are in operation across Australia, which have already seen more than 2.5 million presentations since the first sites opened in June 2023. This includes over 145,700 presentations to the existing South Australia Medicare Urgent Care Clinics. 

Quotes attributable to Minister Butler:

“The Albanese Government is getting on with the job of delivering more Medicare Urgent Care Clinics for people in South Australia.

“The new clinic in Whyalla will be open seven days a week, extended hours and most importantly they’ll be fully bulk billed.

“This clinic will take pressure off the local hospitals, including Whyalla Hospital and Health Services, and will fill an important gap in services across extended hours and over the weekend.

Quotes attributable to Senator Grogan:

"This is a critical piece of regional infrastructure that will provide essential services for communities right across the North and West of South Australia.

“Better access to healthcare is essential for attracting and retaining the skilled workforce that Whyalla needs to prosper and grow.

“This clinic will support the Federal Government’s ongoing investment in Whyalla’s health infrastructure, with upgrades to the hospital well underway, and expanded bulk billing services reducing barriers to access.”

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Lucy Caruso: 0408 803 428 (Butler)

Max McHenry: 0415 922 253 (Grogan)