I took my kid to an urgent care clinic with a gnarly cut to his head. They said it needed stitches and they didn’t do that there. So we went to the children’s hospital emergency dept. They said it didn’t need stitches and put some glue on it. It didn’t fill me with confidence in urgent care clinics.
‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’: Urgent care clinics failing to relieve pressure on hospitals, say doctorsFrontline health workers say taxpayers are funding an expensive system that leaves emergency departments overrun and regular GPs struggling.www.theage.com.au