Urgent Care Services Victoria

When you need urgent healthcare now, but it's not life-threatening, and you can't wait to see your GP, help is available.

Victoria's range of Urgent Care Services offer free help faster. Whether it's day or night, weekday or weekend, you can find the right urgent care you need now.

• Get free help faster, no waiting in a hospital emergency
• No appointments or GP referral needed
• 24/7 or extended hours
• Available across Victoria
• Open to everyone, with no Medicare card needed
• Staffed by expert urgent care doctors and nurses

You can choose to get urgent care in three ways:

• Walk into an Urgent Care Clinic, open late and on weekends
• Video call with Virtual Emergency Care 24/7
• Phone 1300 60 60 24 Nurse-on-Call 24/7

If you are in a life-threatening situation and need emergency care now, call triple zero (000) or visit your nearest emergency department.

Fact sheet in your language: English (PDF) | العربية  - Arabic (PDF) | 简体中文 - Chinese Simplified (PDF) | 繁體中文 Chinese Traditional (PDF) | Ελληνικά - Greek (PDF) | Italiano - Italian (PDF) | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ - Punjabi (PDF) | Türkçe - Turkish (PDF) | tiếng Việt - Vietnamese (PDF)

Rural Urgent Care Centres continue to operate across rural Victoria. Fees may apply for some services Rural Urgent Care Centres offer. They are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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