Our practice has recently been inundated with new patient requests.
Only one GP within our practice currently has her patient books open to new patients. However, new patient initial consultation appointments are fully booked until December.
Though we understand that the situation of having to find a new doctor can be distressing for patients, our priority as a practice has always been to ensure that our doctors have enough time to provide care for each patient currently registered.
With this in mind, we have placed a temporary hold on any further new patient registrations. This will be reassessed in early December when we have had time to triage the patients already registered with us and ensure that our doctors are not overwhelmed with additional bookings.
For patients, who require access to a new GP more urgently, there are several fee-paying practices and bulk-billing medical centres within the local areas of Corrimal, Corrimal East, Towradgi, Bellambi & Woonona.
We thank you for your understanding in this matter.
(** Our practice is a full fee-paying practice. Patients with a government-issued blue pensioner or green health-care concession card are eligible to be bulk-billed.)
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