Western NSW faces healthcare crisis with no urgent care clinics despite crowded ERs and GP shortages.

Western NSW lacks urgent care clinics despite having overcrowded emergency departments and a shortage of GPs. With 87 UCCs across Australia and 22 in NSW, none are in western NSW, leaving regions like Orange, Bathurst, and Dubbo without this service. The government cited factors like need and workforce capacity for location decisions but did not explain the oversight in western NSW.

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