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Appointments & Information
A standard consultation is charged at $81.00, the Medicare rebate is $39.75
After 8pm weeknights and 1pm Saturday, while surgery is open, an overtime fee of $120.00 for a standard is charged, the rebate is $48.05
FHC has a TYRO eftpos system which will allow you to claim your Medicare rebate straight away on-site. You can pay via any means you desire (eftpos, cash, or credit card), but to get your instant refund will need an eftpos card with savings or cheque options.
Pensioners, Centrelink Health Care Card holders and children under the age of 16, are bulk billed.
Veterans Affairs pensioners are bulk billed.
Longer consultations and certain procedures attract a higher fee.
Full lists of these are available on request at reception.
Difficulties with payment, or queries about the cost of any consultation/procedure may be raised with your doctor.
PLEASE NOTE: NEW PATIENT BOOKINGS MUST BE DONE OVER THE PHONE OR IN PERSON, our online system cannot take new patients. Once you are signed up with the practice and have a valid email address recorded, the HotDoc app will work. (We also require a long appointment for new patients in order to gather pertinent medical history and open a file as well as help you with your medical issue, single appointments will not be honoured if family members book themselves in in-place of a new patient)
FHC provides a number of services, these include:
- Spirometry
- Acupuncture
- Womens Health Checks
- Childrens Immunisation clinics
- Men's Health Checks
- Home Visits
- INR checks on site
- Antenatal doppler on site
- Antenatal checks
- Flu Vaccine Clinics in the practice
- 45-49 year old Health Checks
- Nursing Home Visits
- ECG on site
- Diabetes Clinics
- Children's Health Checks
- Flu Vaccine Clinics at your workplace
- 75+ Health Checks on site and in your home
- Infrared download of accucheck glucometers