About our medical centre

With extended hours, on-site services and dedicated doctors, our medical centre is ready to help you become healthy and stay that way. Serving the people of Caroline Springs, Deer Park, Taylors Hill, Burnside, Derrimut, Hillside, St Albans and surrounding suburbs.

Move your way to good health

Physical activity is vital in ensuring your optimal health. Don't let Melbourne's frosty and foggy mornings stop you from getting active. Join us for a 5km run or walk. Parkrun is a free weekly event where people all over Australia and the world get up and stay active.

Our medical centre is taking over Brimbank's Parkrun on Saturday 27th July at 8am. Get active and join us!

Sign up: To register and receive your barcode (which also enables you to record a timed run), visit: www.parkrun.com.au/brimbank/

When: 8am, Saturday 27th July

Where: Brimbank Park, Keilor Park Dr, Keilor East, VIC 3033. Meet near the 'Lumbar & Co' cafe or visit the Parkrun website for more details.

Need help in getting active? Check out "Health Matters - Move your way to good health" for more tips and suggestions.

Patient fees

We are a mixed billing clinic. Our fees and Did Not Attend Policy are detailed in our Billings section (see below).

 

Medical centre hours

Opening until 8pm Mondays to Fridays

Appointments

Standard appointments

For standard appointments (where you need to talk about one health related issue), we provide online booking services through a third party. By continuing with your booking, you agree to their Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Collection Notice.

For our current patients, when booking online, please use your name as it appears on your Medicare Card. This will help ensure we match your patient file.

*Not all appointments are published online*

There are always some appointments allocated to emergency or non-emergency walk-in consultations. You may not be able to see your preferred GP under these circumstances and lengthy wait times are likely to occur. Please call us so that we can advise you on a suitable time.

Non standard appointments

Please call us to arrange the following types of appointments:

• Early morning appointments
• Long or pro-longed consultations
• If you do not have an scheduled appointment but need to see a GP
• Immunisations
• Travel clinic (usually a 30min appointment)

Appointment information

Visit the Your Appointments page to learn more about:

• Communicating with your doctor and our Communication Policy
• Reminders
• Interpreter services
• Test results
• Home visits

You can also learn more about making, attending and what happens after your appointment.

All new patients welcome from Caroline Springs., Deer Park, Taylors Hill, Burnside, Derrimut, Hillside and more. Talk to our GP about your health and how we can help you live and stay healthy.

Billing

Monday-Friday after 8am, before 8pm and Saturdays 9am – 1pm:

Weekdays before 8am, after 8pm, Saturdays after 1pm and Sundays:

Missed appointments

We understand that things change, therefore, if you need to cancel or reschedule your appointment please call us. We can help you reschedule your appointment. However, patients that habitually Did Not Attend (DNA) their appointments can impede our ability to provide quality care. From 1/6/2019, our medical centre has introduced a DNA Policy where patients that miss three appointments can be invoiced a fee of $30.

Please review our full DNA Policy by downloading a copy or asking for a copy from our reception team.

BULK BILLING

• Bulk Billing of any consultations is at the discretion of each Medical Practitioner
• Patients must have a valid Medicare Card
• Children 15 years and under, Health Care Card, Pension and DVA Card Holders will be bulk billed
• Childhood immunisations are also bulk billed and are generally performed by our practice nurse