The Central Coast Respiratory Clinic, operated by local not-for-profit Central Coast Primary Care, has upgraded their Erina based COVID-19 testing clinic within the grounds of the EV Church. Originally funded by the Federal Government in May for a three-months period, Central Coast Primary Care leased rooms from the EV Church to establish the Clinic. With COVID-19 restrictions easing and the Federal Government extending funding for the clinic into 2021, Central Coast Primary Care have completed clinic renovations for a new Clinic, still situated within the grounds of the EV Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As one of the largest COVID-19 testing clinics in Australia, the Clinic will continue to provide touchfree testing for over 300 people each day within our local community. The Clinic provides assessment and COVID testing of people with mild to moderate respiratory symptoms such as cough, sore throat, or fever and is free to attend for Australian residents with a Medicare card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Chair of Central Coast Primary Care\u2019s Board, Peter Coomber, says \u201cThe clinic upgrade could not have happened without a combination of federal government and state government support. We also recognise the local businesses and tradespeople who achieving quick turnaround in getting the new purpose built COVID-19 Testing Clinic up and running in 4 weeks. Finally, we would like to acknowledge the Central Coast community for their diligence in undertaking testing and ensuring that the community stays safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lucy Wicks MP Federal Member for Robertson said that the GP led Respiratory Clinics (GPRC) play a crucial role in the Australian Government\u2019s response to COVID-19, providing free testing for patients with respiratory illness. \u201cGPRC\u2019s protect other general practices from potential COVID-19 cases while ensuring ongoing patient care is maintained,\u201d Ms Wicks said. \u201cWe have great COVID-19 testing rates here on the Central Coast. Since 1 May 2020, the Erina GPRC has assessed more than 36,000 patients which shows how important this purpose-built facility will be for our community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Parliamentary Secretary for the Central Coast and Member for Terrigal Adam Crouch said the work was fast-tracked, with four months of approvals and construction undertaken in just four weeks. \u201cThanks to support and funding from the NSW and Australian Governments, Central Coast residents have access to the first purpose-built COVID-19 testing clinic in the country,\u201d Mr Crouch said. \u201cThe recent renovations also provided work for 30 local painters, earthworkers, carpenters and suppliers of plumbing, flooring and air conditioning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new Clinic was officially opened by local Federal Member Lucy Wicks and State Member Adam Crouch on Friday 18 December, and will provide testing from 9am to 4pm Monday to Friday and 10am to 2pm on Saturdays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Appointments can be made by visiting Central Coast Primary Care\u2019s website, www.ccpc.com.au.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Advertorial supplied by Central Coast Primary Care<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Central Coast Respiratory Clinic, operated by local not-for-profit Central Coast Primary Care, has upgraded their Erina based COVID-19 testing clinic within the grounds of the EV Church. Originally funded…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-wellbeing"],"yoast_head":"\n