The Albanese Government is pleased to announce the Bega Valley Medical Practice has been selected as the successful provider to operate the new Bega Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC), which will be located at 61 Carp Street, Bega.

The announcement follows a competitive tender process led by the South Eastern New South Wales Primary Health Network.

The clinic will be open seven days a week, initially from 8:00am to 6:00pm. It is expected opening hours will be extended.

The new clinic is expected to start delivering urgent care to patients from 31 January 2026.

The clinic will help to ease pressure on the Bega - South East Regional Hospital emergency department, where around 56 per cent of presentations in 2023-24 were for semi-urgent or non-urgent conditions.

The Bega Medicare Urgent Care Clinic will join the existing network of over 25 UCCs across New South Wales. 

Over 100 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics have opened across Australia, which have already seen more than 2.2 million presentations since the first sites opened in June 2023. This includes over 457,800 presentations to the existing New South Wales Medicare Urgent Care Clinics. 

Quotes attributable to Minister for Health and Ageing Mark Butler:

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

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

“This clinic will take pressure off the local hospitals, including the South East Regional Hospital, and will fill an important gap in services across extended hours and over the weekend.”

Quotes attributable to Member for Eden-Monaro Kristy McBain:

“Congratulations to the Bega Valley Medical Practice - I’m thrilled the new Bega Urgent Care Clinic will soon be up and running.

“This clinic will offer walk-in care to the community for a range of urgent treatments such as minor burns, cuts or infections, insect bites, respiratory illnesses, urinary tract infections or minor fractures.

“Medicare Urgent Care Clinics are a great back up should you need urgent care that doesn’t require a trip to the emergency department.”

Quotes attributable to COORDINARE – South Eastern NSW PHN CEO Prudence Buist:

“This new Medicare UCC will make it easier for people on the Far South Coast to get the urgent treatment they need – from highly qualified doctors and nurses.  

“The clinic will be completely bulk-billed meaning that people needing urgent but non-life-threatening care will save on out-of-pocket costs. 

“The Bega clinic will support health system resilience by providing timely care locally, reducing pressure on South East Regional Hospital, and complementing local GP and community health services.”