Appointments

Patients may schedule appointments from Monday to Friday by contacting us at 8952 2000 starting at 8:00 am. We are committed to providing availability for your desired doctor and preferred time slot. In addition to weekday appointments, we also offer Saturday availability, as well as a convenient walk-in service for our patients.

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Same-Day Appointments Available for Patients with Urgent Medical Needs

A majority of appointments are typically scheduled in advance; however, there are limited same-day appointments reserved for patients with urgent medical needs. These appointments cannot be booked in advance and are specifically allocated for urgent medical matters.


Our standard appointment times are set for 15 minutes each. If you anticipate having a complex issue or multiple matters that require discussion, we kindly ask that you inform our receptionist when scheduling your appointment, so that we may allocate a longer duration accordingly. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.


Kindly be advised that medical emergencies and instances of sick children are always prioritised at our clinic. Our dedicated doctors ensure to spend ample time with each patient, resulting in potential delays at times. To help streamline the process, we recommend scheduling a longer appointment for complex or multiple concerns.


Appointment reminders are sent via SMS 24 hours prior to the appointment. Please confirm if you are able to attend.

Our Practitioners


Our med­ical team is a ded­i­cat­ed group of high­ly-trained pro­fes­sion­als with a range of med­ical spe­cial­i­sa­tions. With up-to-date med­ical knowl­edge and tech­niques and an unwa­ver­ing com­mit­ment to the high­est stan­dards of care, Bath Street Fam­i­ly Med­ical Cen­tre is com­mit­ted to find­ing the right solu­tions and treat­ments for every patient.

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Areas of Practice


Our health ser­vices include ini­tial and fol­low up con­sul­ta­tions, pro­fes­sion­al and com­pre­hen­sive advice, spe­cialised treat­ments by high­ly skilled, qual­i­fied prac­ti­tion­ers with prac­tice nurse and ongo­ing sup­port, main­te­nance and pre­ven­ta­tive mea­sures for a vari­ety of health con­di­tions.

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  • Family Medicine

    Our fam­i­ly physi­cians pro­vide a com­pre­hen­sive con­tin­u­um of care for all mem­bers of your fam­i­ly ‑from new­borns to seniors. We pro­vide a range of acute, chron­ic and pre­ven­ta­tive med­ical care ser­vices, for ongo­ing phys­i­cal and men­tal well­be­ing. All our Doc­tors are voca­tion­al­ly reg­is­tered and com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing qual­i­ty care. We are com­mit­ted to ongo­ing edu­ca­tion and train­ing to main­tain and improve our pro­fes­sion­al skills to pro­vide you and the Alice Springs com­mu­ni­ty the best pos­si­ble service.

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  • Women's Health

    Bath Street Fam­i­ly Med­ical Cen­tre is com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing a com­pre­hen­sive range of women’s health care ser­vices. This includes pap smears, breast exam­i­na­tion, fam­i­ly plan­ning & repro­duc­tive health, sex­u­al health issues and menopause care. 


    Some of our doc­tors have addi­tion­al train­ing in women’s health and can help you with a range of con­di­tions includ­ing endometrio­sis, fibroids, peri­od prob­lems, con­tra­cep­tion, Implanon insertion, incon­ti­nence, sex­u­al health and sex­u­al problems.

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  • Men's Health

    Bath Street Fam­i­ly Med­ical Cen­tre strong­ly pro­motes pre­ven­ta­tive men’s health care and well­be­ing. Our men’s health ser­vice includes but is not lim­it­ed to heart health check (BP, ECG and blood tests), prostate health check and prostate can­cer screen­ing, bow­el can­cer screen­ing, sex­u­al prob­lems and STD assess­ments, skin checks, weight man­age­ment and dia­betes risk assessment.

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  • Children's Health & Immunisations

    Our fam­i­ly physi­cians wel­come chil­dren of all ages. We pro­vide a range of ser­vices includ­ing car­ing for chil­dren with gen­er­al child­hood ill­ness­es, new born health checks and child health checks, and child­hood immunisation. 


    We offer child­hood immu­ni­sa­tion for chil­dren from 5 years of age. These vac­cines are usu­al­ly offered free of charge from the NT Health Depart­ment. We also offer ​“catch-up dos­es” of immu­ni­sa­tions to school age children.

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  • Shared Antenatal Care

    Shared Ante­na­tal care is a pop­u­lar choice among women who have a low risk preg­nan­cy. Sev­er­al of our doc­tors have the addi­tion­al train­ing in women’s health and preg­nan­cy. They work as part of a col­lab­o­ra­tive team with obste­tri­cians and mid­wives. Shared care offers an oppor­tu­ni­ty for con­tin­ued care for both the moth­er and baby dur­ing preg­nan­cy and after birth. 


    Our doc­tors offer pre­con­cep­tion coun­selling with prospec­tive par­ents to pre­pare and sup­port par­ents to enjoy a healthy preg­nan­cy. We also offer fer­til­i­ty advice and can help you with choic­es around con­cep­tion and assist­ed fer­til­i­ty options.

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  • Contraception Choices

    Our doc­tors are expe­ri­enced in giv­ing advise on the types of con­tra­cep­tion avail­able and help­ing you decide the most appro­pri­ate. Cer­tain forms of con­tra­cep­tion suit cer­tain peo­ple at dif­fer­ent stages in their life.

Specialised Services

  • Skin Checks

    Aus­tralia has one of the high­est rates of skin can­cer in the world. Two out of three Aus­tralians will be diag­nosed with skin can­cer by the age of 70. If detect­ed ear­ly most skin can­cers are suc­cess­ful­ly treat­ed. Our doc­tors are expe­ri­enced in per­form­ing skin checks. A der­mato­scope which allows high mag­ni­fi­ca­tion of the skin lesion may be used to assist the doc­tor in per­form­ing skin checks. Minor lesions may be removed or biop­sied by the doctor.

  • Flu Vaccination

    Influen­za (flu) is a high­ly con­ta­gious, acute viral infec­tion which infects the upper air­ways and lungs. It is eas­i­ly spread from per­son to per­son and vac­ci­na­tion is the best way to reduce the risk of get­ting the flu. The vac­cine pro­tects you against influen­za by build­ing immu­ni­ty to the virus and pre­vent­ing trans­mis­sion of the virus to oth­er people. 


    Vac­ci­na­tion is rec­om­mend­ed for any­one aged 6 months and old­er who wish­es to pro­tect them­selves from influen­za and its complications.

  • Assessment of Fitness to Drive

    Bath Street Fam­i­ly Med­ical Cen­tre offers a range of med­ical exam­i­na­tions required by your Insur­ance or Super­an­nu­a­tion Funds or Employ­er. Our doc­tors also pro­vide work place injury assess­ments and treat­ment for work relat­ed injuries.


     Assess­ment of fit­ness to drive:

    • Pri­vate vehicles
    • Com­mer­cial vehicles
    • H endorse­ment
    • Dan­ger­ous goods
    • Truck­Safe
    • Speed­way

  • Pre-Employment Medicals

    Bath Street Fam­i­ly Med­ical Cen­tre offers a range of med­ical exam­i­na­tions required by your Insur­ance or Super­an­nu­a­tion Funds or Employ­er. Our doc­tors also pro­vide work place injury assess­ments and treat­ment for work relat­ed injuries.

  • Insurance Medicals

    Bath Street Fam­i­ly Med­ical Cen­tre offers a range of med­ical exam­i­na­tions required by your Insur­ance or Super­an­nu­a­tion Funds or Employ­er. Our doc­tors also pro­vide work place injury assess­ments and treat­ment for work relat­ed injuries.

  • Work Cover

    Bath Street Fam­i­ly Med­ical Cen­tre offers a range of med­ical exam­i­na­tions required by your Insur­ance or Super­an­nu­a­tion Funds or Employ­er. Our doc­tors also pro­vide work place injury assess­ments and treat­ment for work relat­ed injuries.

  • Driver Medicals CAMS

    The Con­fed­er­a­tion of Aus­tralian Motor Sport (CAMS) is the licens­ing body for motor vehi­cle rac­ing in Aus­tralia. Most of the CAMS issue motor sport licens­es require a med­ical exam­i­na­tion to con­firm your fit­ness to drive.


    CAMS require cer­tain med­ical stan­dards to be met to ensure the safe­ty of the dri­ver, sup­port team and spec­ta­tors. Motor rac­ing is a demand­ing and dan­ger­ous sport and CAMS must ensure every­one involved is capa­ble of dri­ving safely.


    Depend­ing on the type of license, some or all of the fol­low­ing are required:

    • Gen­er­al examination
    • Med­ical history
    • Total Cho­les­terol
    • HDL Cho­les­terol
    • Glu­cose
    • Rest­ing ECG
    • Eye­sight test

    CAMS require a med­ical exam­i­na­tion on appli­ca­tion for or renew­al of a license. Par­tic­i­pants aged 45 or over are required to renew their med­ical exam­i­na­tion every two years.


    If a Speed­way Aus­tralia License is required, CAMS Med­ical exam­i­na­tions must be com­plet­ed every five years, regard­less of age.

  • Preventative Health

    At Bath Street Fam­i­ly Med­ical Cen­tre we aim to pro­mote good health by assist­ing our patients in the pre­ven­tion of ill­ness, which often leads to chron­ic dis­ease. The risk of many seri­ous ill­ness­es can be reduced by mak­ing changes to your lifestyle.


    We pro­vide:

    • Lifestyle Mod­i­fi­ca­tion Services
    • Quit Smok­ing Services
    • Lung Func­tion Assessment
    • Weight Man­age­ment Services
    • Dia­betes Risk Assessment
    • Car­dio­vas­cu­lar Risk Assessment
    • 45 to 49 Health Check
    • Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander Health Assessments
    • Aged Care Health Assess­ment (70+)

  • Chronic Disease Management & Care Plans

    In Gen­er­al Prac­tice, chron­ic dis­ease man­age­ment involves the appro­pri­ate pre­ven­tion, ear­ly inter­ven­tion and best prac­tice strate­gies. Our doc­tors are often the first point of con­tact for you in the pro­vi­sion of sup­port­ive care of your health condition.


    At Bath Street Fam­i­ly Med­ical Cen­tre, our doc­tors coor­di­nate the devel­op­ment of team care arrange­ments to work out a plan which best suits your needs. We pro­vide qual­i­ty care for patients with long term con­di­tions like type 2 dia­betes, asth­ma, arthri­tis, heart dis­ease, high blood pres­sure, chron­ic lung dis­ease, osteo­poro­sis, depres­sion, anx­i­ety, bipo­lar dis­ease and oth­er conditions.

  • Mental Health Care Plans

    A GP Men­tal Health Care Plan (MHCP) is a plan gen­er­at­ed for you by your doc­tor, for the ongo­ing man­age­ment of a men­tal health con­di­tion that inter­feres with cog­ni­tive, emo­tion­al or social abilities. Your doc­tor will work togeth­er with you to assess your men­tal health, work out what help you require, set goals and choose treat­ment that best suits you. 


    What are the ben­e­fits for hav­ing a MHCP?

    It can help you to set and achieve goals and mon­i­tor your progress. A MHCP helps deliv­er a holis­tic ser­vice with all mem­bers of the health care team (i.e. psy­chi­a­trists & psy­chol­o­gists) work­ing to pro­vide qual­i­ty care. Patients who are treat­ed under a MHCP are eli­gi­ble for up to 10 sub­sidised indi­vid­ual ses­sions per cal­en­dar year with an allied health pro­fes­sion­al who is reg­is­tered with Medicare

  • Travel Health

    The doc­tors at Bath Street Fam­i­ly Med­ical Cen­tre are able to pro­vide you with advice and vac­ci­na­tions for all your trav­el needs. We are an approved NT Vac­ci­na­tion Cen­tre. Trav­el vac­cines pro­tect against a range of bac­te­r­i­al and viral dis­eases that are more preva­lent overseas. The Yel­low Fever vac­cine is also a require­ment to enter cer­tain coun­tries. We rec­om­mend trav­ellers make an appoint­ment at least four weeks pri­or to trav­el­ling to dis­cuss their vac­cine requirements.


    Vac­cines stocked include:

    • Chick­en Pox
    • Diph­the­ria & Whooping cough
    • Hepati­tis A
    • Hepati­tis B
    • Measles, Mumps, Rubella
    • Meningo­coc­cal
    • Polio
    • Tetanus
    • Typhoid
    • Yel­low Fever
    • Oth­er Vac­ci­na­tions available:
    • Influen­za (Flu)
    • Pneu­mo­coc­cal
    • Shingles

  • Procedures & Wound Management

    Our doc­tors at Bath Street Fam­i­ly Cen­tre per­form minor pro­ce­dures. These include but are not lim­it­ed to repair of lac­er­a­tions, removal of skin lesions and cysts, treat­ment of ingrown toe­nails, inci­sion of exter­nal haemorrhoids.

  • Fertility Services

    After grad­u­at­ing from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Queens­land in 1986, Dr Nicky Purs­er worked in coun­try Queens­land before com­ing to Dar­win in 1990 to work at Roy­al Dar­win Hos­pi­tal. Since then, she has lived and worked in most NT towns – Dar­win, Kather­ine and Gove as well as four hap­py years in Alice Springs.


    Since her return from Alice Springs in 2000, she has been work­ing in Gen­er­al Prac­tice in Dar­win, with spe­cial inter­ests in Women’s Health, Pae­di­atrics and GP Anaesthetics. She has been very pleased to be able to expand her inter­est in Women’s Health with her com­mence­ment at Repromed in May 2009.

  • Cardiologist

    Dr Richard Yeend is our vis­it­ing car­di­ol­o­gist. Car­di­ol­o­gy is the spe­cial­ty that is con­cerned with heart dis­or­ders and prob­lems. A Car­di­ol­o­gist or Heart Spe­cial­ist spe­cialis­es in the diag­no­sis and treat­ment of con­gen­i­tal heart defects (defects in the struc­ture of the heart and oth­er blood ves­sels present at birth), coro­nary artery dis­ease, heart fail­ure, dis­eases of the heart valves and elec­tro­phys­i­ol­o­gy (the elec­tri­cal activ­i­ties of the heart). For appoint­ments please con­tact recep­tion on 08 8952 2000.

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Billing

Bath Street Fam­i­ly Med­ical Cen­tre is a pri­vate billing prac­tice and we do not rou­tine­ly bulk bill. How­ev­er, patients of the Prac­tice with Cen­tre­link Health Cards are eli­gi­ble for a dis­count­ed fee. Depart­ment of Vet­er­ans’ Affairs is billed direct­ly for DVA card hold­ers. Please present your card to the recep­tion team on arrival. Our fees are based on the Aus­tralian Med­ical Asso­ci­a­tion sched­ule. Please ask our recep­tion staff for a copy of our cur­rent fees. All pri­vate accounts must be paid at time of con­sul­ta­tion. We accept cash, EFT­POS or cred­it cards.


For your con­ve­nience, we can process your claim through Medicare Easy­claim with your refund deposit­ed into your nom­i­nat­ed bank account with­in 48 hours. You will need to reg­is­ter your bank details with Medicare to take advan­tage of this ser­vice. Alter­na­tive­ly you can take your print­ed receipt to the Medicare office to claim your rebate.


On occa­sion and at the doctor’s dis­cre­tion you may be bulk billed, but this is not the gen­er­al rule.

  • Workers Compensation & MACA Claimants

    Patients have to pay for their con­sul­ta­tions and med­ical cer­tifi­cates relat­ing to these claims at the time of the con­sul­ta­tion. They can then claim the mon­ey back them­selves from the rel­e­vant Insur­ance Company.

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Communication Service

All the doc­tors and staff at Bath Street Fam­i­ly Med­ical Cen­tre are flu­ent in Eng­lish. Oth­ers lan­guages spo­ken include Ital­ian, Hin­di, Marathi, Gujarati, Malayalam, Punjabi, Can­tonese, Man­darin and Malay.

  • Trans­lat­ing and Inter­pret­ing Ser­vices

    TIS also pro­vides patients hold­ing a Medicare Card its free inter­pret­ing ser­vice. An inter­preter can also be arranged from AUS­LAN for patients who are deaf or hard of hearing.


    Should you require any of these ser­vices please inform our recep­tion staff when book­ing your appointment.

For any enquiries regarding our services, treatments, practitioners or to secure an appointment call us on 08 8952 2000. One of our friendly staff members will respond to you in a timely manner.

If you are unable to attend your sched­uled appoint­ment, please con­tact us to can­cel or change your appoint­ment time. A full fee is charged to patients who miss their appointments (not claimable through Medicare).