NSW Health is partnering with primary health networks to deliver additional urgent care services across the State to ease pressure on busy hospital emergency departments and ensure people continue to “receive the right care in the right place at the right time”.
Minister for Health, Ryan Park, announced Auburn urgent care services are now operating on weekends, boosting availability for local communities to seven days a week.
To access urgent care services, patients should call Healthdirect on 1800 022 222. A registered nurse will assess the patient’s condition and guide them to the care they need, which may include booking an appointment at an urgent care service on the patient’s behalf.
Minister Park said the urgent care services had been expanded “where our community needs them most and come at an important time as our emergency departments deal with an extremely busy and challenging winter period”.
“These urgent care services mean people can receive care quickly for conditions which can be safely and appropriately treated outside our busy EDs, including minor wounds that need stitches, suspected broken bones and skin infections that need antibiotics,” he said.
State MP for Auburn, Lynda Voltz, said the services provided wouldl be bulk billed and they would be open every day, from 8am to 8pm, and be staffed by general practitioners and nurses, with important diagnostic services nearby including radiology and pathology.
Expand local health care services
THE sick and injured will now be able to access healthcare more quickly and avoid unnecessary trips to the emergency department (ED), with the expansion of Auburn’s urgent care services.