An initial Registration of Interest (ROI) process is being undertaken to allow accredited general practices to review the information on the Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (UCC) before submitting their ROI.
Seven Medicare UCCs will be established in WA, with the first locations including Perth City, Joondalup and Rockingham. Practices in these locations and surrounding suburbs may wish to submit a ROI. A future tender will seek respondents from Midland, Murdoch, Bunbury and Broome.
As part of a staged rollout, ROIs are only being sought for the first three WA Medicare UCCs, which will be located in Perth City, Joondalup and Rockingham, and their respective surrounding suburbs.
Accredited general practices and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services located within the three initial designated areas can submit a ROI from Friday 10 February until 12.00pm, Thursday 23 February 2023.
This approach is governed by a Commonwealth and State bilateral agreement and the staged roll-out is intended to enable effective development and implementation of the WA Medicare UCC model.
WA Primary Health Alliance will commission the WA Medicare UCCs, working closely with the Australian Government, the WA Department of Premier and Cabinet, WA Department of Health and local Health Service Providers.
The new clinics will be located in existing facilities, such as general practices and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services.
Medicare UCCs will provide treatment for urgent, but not life-threatening, illnesses and injuries requiring same day assessment for people who may otherwise have visited an emergency department.
The clinics will have extended hours of operation, appropriately trained doctors and nurses, walk-in availability, access to a pooled network of resources and the ability to streamline referrals into local hospitals. They will be bulk billed, be open seven days a week and accept walk in patients.
If your practice is within the three initial designated locations and you have not yet received an email inviting you to register an interest, please contact tenders@wapha.org.au
As this ROI is part of a competitive tender process, all queries must be sent to tenders@wapha.org.au