Appointments at East Brunswick Medical Centre

Call to arrange appointments Monday to Thursday  from 8.15am until 6pm and on Friday 8.15am until 5pm

Saturday 8.30am until 12pm

Sunday no appopintments are made we are open  between 9am - 10am

We provide daily access to a doctor - please call us on the day you would like to see your GP

If you wish to plan ahead and pre book an appointment we can accommodate that but you may need to book 3-4 weeks in advance for this service.

 

On SATURDAYS one Duty Doctor sees urgent medical issues - appointments can only be made by ringing Saturday morning from 8.30am. The Duty Doctor carries the on-call mobile and can provide phone advice for the remainder of the weekend (Saturday 12pm -7pm and Sunday 10am - 5pm). We do not see new patients on Saturday mornings

On SUNDAYS the surgery is open from 9am until 10am - we do not make appointments and patients are seen in order of arrival. We only see registered patients of the practice on Sunday mornings

On Sundays full private billing rate apply - that means there is no discounted billing or bulk billing available

New Patient Appointments  

In order to enable new patient to access a doctors of their choice at the centre we have developed a process where patients may choose to have "registration" appointments with one of our practice nurses. This appointment would be used to collect relevant information about your medical history and to arrange for any old records to be transferred from a previous medical centre if appropriate. Once this appointment has been completed you would be free to call the surgery at any time to arrange an appointment with  a doctor of your choice.

You will be sent a questionnaire to complete and bring with you to your "nurse registration" appointment

Cost for this appointment is $56.00 - no medicare rebate applies for this fee.

If you need to see a doctor as a new patient because you have medical needs to be attended to, that can be arranged but may have a longer waiting period attached to it.

For further details please call the surgery and ask to speak with our new patient coordinator.

Appointments with our nursing staff

Ros and Teresa, our practice nurses, do IMMUNISATIONS, injections and wound dressings, as well as checks for blood pressure and diabetes. They also see patients with chronic conditions who need regular review. Appointments for the practice nurses can be booked ahead as needed.

Appointments for our visiting Specialists 

Dr Michael Marks (paediatrician) and Terrill Bruere (dietician), can be made at any time

If you are experiencing difficulty in getting appointments then please reflect on how hard to doctors are working to service the needs of their patients - we are all very aware of the acute doctor shortage in Victoria.