BY OLIVIA DILLON
A new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic has been announced for Cessnock.
Expressions of Interest are now open for the clinic, which will provide bulk billed treatment for non-life threatening emergencies.
It would be open seven days a week for extended hours, for residents seeking treatment outside hospital emergency rooms.
It's hoped, the clinic will help take the pressure off Hospitals in Cessnock, Kurri Kurri, Maitland, and Singleton, as well as the John Hunter.
Federal Member for Hunter Dan Repacholi, says Hunter residents should be able to access to top quality healthcare.
"Ever since I started campaigning to try and win this election, that's what people have been telling me the most; how hard it is to get in to see a doctor, how hard it is to actually pay for appointments."
Expression of Interest submissions for the clinic will close on the 12th of April.
