Looking for a health service?

For free instant health advice, call healthdirect

If you or someone you care about needs health advice, treatment or care, call healthdirect for free. When you call healthdirect, a registered nurse will help you get the care you need. They can find you a nearby GP, pharmacist or urgent care service, connect you to a doctor online or call you an ambulance if your situation is life-threatening.

Healthdirect is a free service, available 24/7

✓ Clinical advice
✓ e-scripts sent to your phone or direct to your pharmacy
✓ Medical or carers certificates

Call 1800 022 222 (24/7)
or visit www.healthdirect.gov.au

healthdirect provides general advice and care navigation based on clinical triage.
If symptoms are severe, worsening or life-threatening, call 000 or go to your nearest emergency department.

Coming soon: healthdirect will transition to 1800 Medicare.
You may see both names during the changeover. The service remains the same.

Pharmacies play a vital role in the delivery of after hours healthcare services throughout the MPHN. Many pharmacies, even in small towns, offer extended opening hours on weekdays, weekends and public holidays.

Community pharmacists provide medication, services and professional healthcare advice across a wide range of common after hours health concerns to support and complement primary healthcare. Pharmacies can advise on the best course of action for any health concern you may have.

Visit the National Health Services Directory for opening hours of a pharmacy near you.

13CURE is an after hours home doctor service that provides bulk billed home visits to residents of Wagga Wagga. The service is for non-life-threatening illnesses. Phone 13CURE (132873) to make an appointment

Hours of operation

Weekdays: 6.00pm to 8.00am next day
Saturdays and Sunday: 12 noon to 8.00am Monday
Public Holidays: 24 hours

Wagga Women’s Health Centre offer free counselling and crisis support for women at their Wagga Wagga premises on weekdays and weekends. This service is available to all women living in the Murrumbidgee PHN region.

The service is free and anonymous (if preferred), and can be accessed as often as needed. No appointment is necessary and women do not need to be clients of Wagga Women’s Health Centre to access their services.

Phone: 02 6921 3333
Visit: 22 Peter Street, Wagga NSW 2650
Email: wwhc@waggawomen.org.au
Web: waggawomen.org.au

Opening hours in Wagga
9.30am – 4.30pm Monday to Friday

Telehealth counselling
Available on evenings and weekends

If your health concern is an emergency, go to your nearest emergency department.

In smaller towns, this may be a Multi Purpose Service (MPS), which is a facility that contains a small number of health services generally including an Emergency Department (ED) and NSW Ambulance. In your community, it may be known as the local hospital.

Larger towns and centres have hospitals which contain facilities to treat a range of common primary health concerns. 

The Wagga Wagga Base Hospital is the largest hospital in the region, containing state of the art facilities to support a broad range of medical and allied health services.

See MyHospitals to search for your nearest facility and the services it provides.

In the case of an emergency, dial 000.