General Medical Services

Woonona Medical Practice (north of Wollongong) offers the following services to our patients:

• Health Assessments:
  • 75 years and over
  • Care Plans
  • 45 – 49 year old health checks
  • 4 year old health checks
  • Diabetes and Heart clinics
  • Asthma and Emphysema checks
  • Mental Health Care Plans
  • Full medical check ups
• Women's Health including:
  • Pregnancy testing,
  • Pap smears,
  • Implanon insertion (contraceptive rod), and
  • Sexual Health advice
• Worker's Compensation/Occupational Health including:
  • Pre-employment checks
  • Sports injuries
  • Workers Compensation
  • Third Party Insurance
  • Public Liability
• Quit smoking advice/support
• Diet and Lifestyle modification advice and support
• Electrocardiogram (ECG)
• Ankle-brachial Index (ABI)
• Spirometry
• INR Testing
• Overseas travel (advice and vaccinations)
• Childhood Immunisations
• Wound care and dressings
• Skin cancer checks
• Minor Surgery* (removal of warts, moles, skin lesions, ingrown toenail surgery)
• Cryotherapy (freezing of skin lesions)
• Drainage of abscess / haematoma
• Intra articular (joint) injections
• Iron Infusions
• Ear Microsuction

 * Instruments used during procedures are single use disposable or autoclaved to prescribed standards

Scripts

You may now obtain repeat prescriptions in the following ways:

1. By phone ($20 fee or $15 for Centrelink Pension/Centrelink Health Care Card Holders)
2. At a brief bulk billed appointment with our daily script doctor to tide you over until your next appointment with your regular doctor.

If your doctor has not reviewed you in the last few months you will usually be asked to make an appointment.

Please allow 48 hours for your request to be processed.

Certificates

If you need a medical certificate for the day and can’t get an appointment online please phone reception and we will do our best to accommodate you.

Referrals

You may now obtain ongoing specialist referrals in the following ways:

1. By phone ($20 fee or $15 for Centrelink Pension/Centrelink Health Care Card Holders)
2. At a brief bulk billed appointment with our nurses

If your doctor has not reviewed you in the last few months you will usually be asked to make an appointment

Please allow 48 hours for your request to be processed

Results

It is the responsibility of the patient to phone for test results ordered by their doctor.

For results deemed clinically significant, it is our policy that a doctor or staff member will contact you by phone or letter to organise a consultation. As an extra safeguard to ensure that clinically significant results are not overlooked, please do not assume that any test results are normal just because you haven't heard from the practice. Please call for results after 3.00pm.

Reminders

To continue ongoing care we have a reminder system, which may from time to time issue you with a reminder notice for health services appropriate to your care. If you wish to receive this service it is preferable if we can have your up to date email address. If you do not wish to participate in this service please advise staff.

Other Services

Southern Pathology is conveniently located on the 1st floor of the Woonona Medical building.
1st Floor, 44-46 Hopetoun Street, Woonona, NSW.
(ph.) 02 4283 7011
(fax) 02 4283 7011
Open Monday – Saturday. No appointment necessary.

Please Visit Southern Pathology for further information.
 

Woonona Medical Imaging is conveniently located on the ground floor of the Woonona Medical building.
Ground Floor, 44-46 Hopetoun Street, Woonona, NSW.
(ph.) 02 4284 8887
(fax) 02 4284 8882
Open Monday – Saturday.

Please Visit Woonona Medical Imaging for further information.

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