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Monday, 20th January 2025

Doorstop - Charlestown

ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: It's fantastic to be here at the Charlestown Urgent Care Clinic. This is one of 87 that we've opened around the country. We promised 50, we've delivered 87 because they've been such a success. More than 2500 locals, since the end of November, have been to this clinic. They've got the care they needed, when they needed it, and all they've needed is their Medicare card, not their credit card. And that is why this is just so important in taking pressure off John Hunter Hospital, but also giving people that care they need when they need it. Including some of the young people I've spoken to here this afternoon who've fallen off their scooter or got a bit of a cut and abrasion or got an infection, they're able to get the care. And they're just a group of the one in four people who've been to this Urgent Care Clinic, have been under the age of 15. So, Medicare Urgent Care Clinic is something we promised to strengthen Medicare - it's doing just that, helping with primary health care and taking pressure off our emergency departments of our hospitals. And a big shout out to all the doctors and nurses and health professionals who are helping out at this facility, looking after local people here in Charlestown and throughout the Hunter. Thanks.

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Authorised by Anthony Albanese, ALP, Canberra.