Yurruun.Ga, Gumbaynggir country
Urunga Medical Centre
A local medical centre for comprehensive and holistic patient-centred health care.
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and pay our deepest respects to leaders past, present and emerging.
Appointments
Appointments are available by booking only. Please call reception to book an appointment on 0266556331.
We offer on-the-day appointments for urgent matters. Children are guaranteed to be seen on the day that you call.
Please note at this stage, our books are closed to people from outside of the local area.
Telehealth Medicare Changes
Medicare changes to Telehealth.
These updates affect every clinic in Australia.
Some groups of people, such as children and older persons, have only been charged the Medicare rebate amount on Telehealth consults by doctors at our clinic.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Medicare relaxed the rules that required a patient’s written permission to allow the doctor to only charge the rebate amount (this used to be called bulk-billing’). Only verbal consent from patients was required during this temporary time.
These rules have reverted now. The onerous amount of work required to complete the required paperwork for Telehealth ‘bulk-billing’ is too great for this to be managed by administration staff.
Therefore, all Telehealth consults will now be privately billed.
About Us
At Urunga Medical Centre, we aim for quality primary health care. To enable this, our focus is on patient centred care, anchored by appointments with your regular GP.
We are committed to confidentiality and privacy of information. Read our Privacy Policy.
Please note: due to the high demand for GP appointments in our local area, Urunga Medical Centre has had to make the difficult decision to close our books to new patients residing outside of Urunga, Valla, Raleigh, Repton, Mylestom, Valery and Bellingen.
For after hours care, please call Bellingen Hospital on 6659 5800