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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 prioritized 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.


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



Our Practitioners


Our med­ical & nurs­ing 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 St Fam­i­ly Med­ical Cen­tre is com­mit­ted to find­ing the right solu­tions and treat­ments for every patient.

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.

Family

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, Mire­na IUD inser­tion and removal, 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.

Immunisation

Childrens Health & Immunisation

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.

Pregnancy

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.

Medication

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. Our doc­tors are skilled in Mire­na IUD and Implanon insertion.

Specialised Services

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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.

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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.

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Australian Visa Medicals

Bath Street Fam­i­ly Med­ical Cen­tre is a Bupa approved Visa Med­ical Provider. Please care­ful­ly read the fol­low­ing infor­ma­tion so you are ful­ly pre­pared when book­ing an appointment.


Pre Exam­i­na­tion Booking

In order to book an appoint­ment for a Visa Med­ical, you will need to obtain the fol­low­ing items:


Depart­ment of Immi­gra­tion Health Exam­i­na­tion List

If this let­ter has not already been pro­vid­ed to you by the Depart­ment of Immi­gra­tion and Bor­der Pro­tec­tion, please vis­it: bor​der​.gov​.au


eMed­ical Refer­ral Letter

Reg­is­ter your details, fol­low the prompts and once you have filled out the ​“My Health Dec­la­ra­tion” sec­tion of eMed­ical click Print Refer­ral Letter. 


Bupa Refer­ral Letter 

Go to bupamvs​.com​.au, click ​“Make an appoint­ment.” Reg­is­ter your details and select Bath Street Fam­i­ly Med­ical Cen­tre as your Visa Med­ical Provider. BUPA will then send you a copy of your refer­ral let­ter. Alter­na­tive­ly, call 1300 794 919 to receive this referral. 


Inter­preter

If you need an Interpreter/​Translator for your health exam­i­na­tion, please con­tact the clin­ic at least 2 busi­ness days before your appoint­ment. A tele­phone Inter­preter will be booked on your behalf.

Please note, a friend or fam­i­ly mem­ber can­not trans­late for you.


Time Require­ments

Please arrive at least 20 min­utes before your sched­uled appoint­ment time to ensure all your details are filled in cor­rect­ly and to allow time for iden­ti­fi­ca­tion require­ments and pay­ment.

Each appoint­ment may take up to 2 hours to com­plete, includ­ing the Med­ical Exam­i­na­tion, pathol­o­gy and radi­ol­o­gy exam­i­na­tions, if required.

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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
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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.

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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.

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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.

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Aviation Medicals

Dr Geoff Thomp­son is our Des­ig­nat­ed Avi­a­tion Med­ical Exam­in­er (DAME) Ser­vices , includ­ing Class 1, 2 and 3 Avi­a­tion Medicals. 


Please ensure you have an ARN before book­ing your appoint­ment, as we are not able to com­plete the med­ical with­out it. You will need to know your Avi­a­tion Ref­er­ence Num­ber (ARN) and bring your cur­rent Med­ical Cer­tifi­cate with you to the appoint­ment. Use your ARN to log in to the CASA web­site to com­plete your online his­to­ry questionnaire.


Class 1 and Class 3 Avi­a­tion Medical
Class 1 and Class 3 Avi­a­tion Med­ical appoint­ments may require you to fast for four hours pri­or to your appoint­ment. Please check require­ments or call us for advice. Fast­ing means no food but you may drink as much water as you like pri­or to the blood tests. 


Ini­tial Requirements:
Before see­ing Dr Thomp­son please complete:


Online ques­tion­naire 

Fast­ing lipids and glu­cose (Blood inves­ti­ga­tion forms to be obtained from your GP) 

ECG (Bath Street Fam­i­ly Med­ical Cen­tre offers this ser­vice but an appoint­ment with the nurse is required). Please estab­lish the need for Oph­thal­mol­o­gy review, Audio­gram and ECG with CASA before the med­ical.


Audio­gram (refer­ral pro­vid­ed for exter­nal assess­ment)

Oph­thal­mol­o­gy review by Des­ig­nat­ed Avi­a­tion Oph­thal­mol­o­gist or Optometrist. In some sit­u­a­tions the can­di­date may require fur­ther spe­cial­ist review or investigation.


Class 2 Avi­a­tion Medical

Ini­tial Requirements:

Online ques­tion­naire to be com­plet­ed before see­ing Dr Thompson.

  • Spirom­e­try (Lung func­tion) (done at Bath Street Fam­i­ly Med­ical Cen­tre pri­or to see­ing Dr Thompson)
  • Please estab­lish the need for Oph­thal­mol­o­gy review and/​or Audio­gram with CASA before the medical.
  • Oph­thal­mol­o­gy review and/​or Audio­gram may be required.

Renewal Aviation Medicals

Renew­al require­ments vary depend­ing on age and may include any com­bi­na­tion of the above tests. The Avi­a­tion Med­ical Cer­tifi­cate is valid for:


  • Class 1 – one year
  • Class 2 – four years (two years if over 40)
  • Class 3 – two years
  • For Class 1 and Class 3, ECG is required every 2nd year from age 30, then annu­al­ly from age 40.
  • DAO (eye) review required every 2nd year from age 60.
  • Air­line Trans­port Pilot License after age 60 requires 6 month­ly renewals.


Please be aware that Dr Thompson’s Pri­ma­ry Spe­cial­ty is Sport and Exer­cise Med­i­cine, and he vis­its Alice Springs one week in six. A min­i­mum of four weeks notice is required for Avi­a­tion Medicals.


Scuba Dive Medicals SPUMS

Dr Geoff Thomp­son con­ducts scu­ba dive med­icals. The med­ical assess­es car­diac, pul­monary, ear, nose, throat, neu­ro­log­i­cal and gen­er­al health issues. As part of the med­ical you will also require a lung func­tion test (spirom­e­try) and hear­ing test which are per­formed at Bath Street Med­ical Cen­tre. A med­ical his­to­ry form may be down­loaded to be com­plet­ed pri­or to your appointment.

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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.

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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+)
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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.

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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

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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
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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.

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Sports Medicine

Our vis­it­ing sports and exer­cise physi­cian offers a range of ser­vices to help you return to sport, work and life. Mus­cu­loskele­tal prob­lems such as joint, mus­cle, move­ment and spinal prob­lems can affect peo­ple of all ages, not just sports­men and women. Pain and stiff­ness result in the inabil­i­ty to par­tic­i­pate in activ­i­ties and sports we love, and which keep us fit and healthy.


Dr. Geoff Thomp­son is a very expe­ri­enced Sports and Exer­cise Physi­cian. Geoff’s pro­fes­sion­al inter­ests are very broad, hav­ing treat­ed all sports for many years both in cov­er­age, treat­ment and pre­ven­tion. Pre­ven­tion pro­grams are one of his spe­cial­i­ties in active peo­ple or those wish­ing to be active.

Dr Thomp­son con­sults every 6 weeks in Alice Springs at Bath Street Fam­i­ly Med­ical Cen­tre, call (08) 8985 2759 for appointments. Contact Dr Thompson via email ntsports@​bigpond.​net.​au

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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.

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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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Orthodontist

Dr Neena Chisholm has been visiting Alice Springs as a visiting specialist Orthodontist for the last 16 years. She provides specialist orthodontic treatment to Children of all ages and Adults. At Chisholm Orthodontics we pride ourselves in treating children and adults to achieve the best orthodontic and orthopedic results which improves your bite, your smile, and your self-esteem. The practice provides functional orthopedic appliances, clear and metal braces, lingual braces and

Invisalign.


There is no barrier to age in the treatment of orthodontics!

No referral is required for a consultation, and you will receive a treatment plan on the day.

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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 and 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, Can­tonese, Man­darin, Malay, Urdu and Arabic.


Trans­lat­ing and Inter­pret­ing Ser­vices (TIS) tis​na​tion​al​.gov​.au 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 please don’t hesitate to call us on 08 8952 2000. One of our friendly staff members will respond to you in a timely manner. Please do not email for an appointment. Private Practice fees apply. No bulk billing.

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).

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