IF YOU are requiring urgent medical care in the Redlands and Inala areas, your chances of gaining appropriate treatment have just increased.
The Federal Government has announced Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCC) to open in the areas.
Locals will be able to access care seven days a week, over extended hours, with no appointment required. Importantly, the clinics will be completely bulk-billed, meaning more people can access high-quality care quickly, at no cost – all they’ll need is their Medicare card.
Inala and Redbank were chosen in consultation with the Queensland Government to help meet the needs of local communities and ease pressure on the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital and Ipswich Hospital.
Both clinics will help reduce the number of people attending emergency departments for urgent, but non-life threatening, conditions, such as sprains, infections or cuts.
In 2022-23, 24 per cent of all presentations to QEII Jubilee Hospital, and 23 per cent at Ipswich Hospital, were for semi-urgent or non-urgent care.
Speaker of the House and Member for Oxley, Milton Dick said: “Access to good medical health is a top priority in the Inala and Redbank area. Residents should not have to compromise with their health.
“The Inala and Redbank Medicare UCCs will be a welcome addition to the health services available in our community.
“I know this announcement of free, high-quality care will be warmly received by our community.”
Member for Blair, Shayne Neumann commented:
“These new Medicare Urgent Care Clinics will make a real difference to the people of Inala, Redbank and surrounding communities.
“The Redbank Medicare UCC will ease pressure on the emergency department at Ipswich Hospital, freeing up our hardworking doctors and nurses to focus on saving lives.
FAST FACT
There have been more than 450,000 visits across Australia since the first Medicare UCCs opened in June 2023, with more than 70,000 of these visits happening in Queensland.
