Canberra Health Walk-in Centre Worked Well and is Free

I needed a minor health problem looked at and my doctor was busy, so I went to one of  Canberra Health's five Walk-in Centres. Normally I would have gone to one in Belconnen, but the website showed they had five people waiting for treatment, so I went to Dickson, which had only two. The Dickson Center looks like any large medical practice. The difference is the lack of paperwork, the speed, and nothing to pay. I only had to give my name and confirm my phone number, for the receptionist to find my medical record. After a few minutes a nurse practitioner showed me into a very well equipped examination room. After some questions, examination and diagnosis, I was handed medicine, told how to take it and was out the door. The clinics are part of a national system of Urgent Care Clinics and designed to take the load off public hospital emergency departments, by diverting non-urgent cases.