SERVICES
HOME VISITS
Home visits are available for regular patients whose condition prevents them from attending the surgery and who live near the practice.
These can only be arranged in advance. Please call our practice for further details.
IMMUNISATION
Childhood and adult immunisations against all common infectious diseases are available including influenza and Covid 19. Stocks of vaccines including Hepatitis A & B are kept on the premises. If you have not had a tetanus booster in the last ten years please inform your doctor.
SKIN CANCER CHECKS
Drs Uhlenbruch, Neil, Wu, Nguyen and Dabestani have undertaken additional training in dermoscopy (a specialised skin examination under magnification) and are available to provide skin cancer surveillance and biopsy and removal of skin lesions where appropriate.
WOMEN'S AND CHILD HEALTH
Shared Antenatal care – Drs Uhlenbruch, Neil, Wu, Gavralas and Nguyen
Breastfeeding, menopause and vulval health – Drs Baker, Uhlenbruch, Lim, Neil, Wu, Gavralas and Nguyen
Lactation consultant – Dr Nibo Wu has postgraduate qualifications as a lactation consultant.
Children’s health – all doctors
Adolescent Mental health – all doctors.
FAMILY PLANNING
All doctors provide sexual health, family planning and pregnancy planning counselling.
Intra-uterine devices (Mirena and copper) insertion and removal are provided on-site by appointment with Dr Nibo Wu.
Drs Wu, Gavralas, Nguyen and Neil provide Implanon insertion and removal.
IRON INFUSIONS
Drs Wu, Gavralas and Nguyen offer this service for patients with significant iron deficiency.
COUNSELLING
All doctors are willing to make extended appointments for counselling a broad range of relationship, family and mental health issues.
AGED CARE
Belmore Road Medical Centre provides support for older patients both living at home and in selected residential aged care facilities (RACFs). Please contact the surgery for available doctors, our billing policy and the list of RACFs visited.
PREVENTIVE HEALTH
This practice offers annual health assessments to patients aged 75 years and over. All doctors encourage regular monitoring of risk factors including blood pressure, weight, cholesterol levels and diabetes risk in accordance with evidence-based recommendations.
ONSITE PATHOLOGY
St Vincent’s Pathology is available on-site Mon-Fri 8.30am-12.30pm and 1.30pm-5pm. No appointment is necessary except for testing for Covid 19. Call the practice to book this test.
PATHOLOGY RESULTS
We use a recall system for patients with abnormal results. Our doctors check their results and notify nurses to contact you for a follow up appointment if the doctor has any concerns to discuss with you.
Patients can call reception to check if results of pathology tests are available. Reception staff without nursing qualifications cannot give results. If requested, a practice nurse or doctor will call you back. A follow-up appointment may be recommended even if the result is normal.
TRAVEL MEDICINE
Belmore Road Medical Centre is an accredited Yellow Fever vaccination clinic. This allows us to offer our patients a full travel medical service. Doctors credentialled for yellow fever vaccination are Drs Uhlenbruch,Wu,Lim,Gavralas and Dabestani.
Preparing for travel overseas is more than being appropriately immunised however – so if you are planning a trip please allow at least 8 weeks before your departure and book an appointment – alerting our receptionists to the nature of the consultation so that sufficient time is allowed. Some of our nurses are trained in immunisation and can offer preliminary advice by telephone and perform vaccinations.
Doctors prefer to give advice specific to individual patients based on their medical history and medications – so an appointment with the doctor will always be needed as well.
We keep several vaccinations in stock – but sometimes a prescription will be required. If so we will arrange immunisation for a subsequent date.