Local COVID-19 Testing Clinics
# Castle Hill Respiratory Clinic- Level 1, Castle Mall, 4-16 Terminus st Castle Hill 8am-5pm Mon-Fri
book online
# Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, Building 93, Burdett st Hornsby 2077
Around the corner from hospital 8am-6pm 7 days.
# Ryde Hospital, Denistone rd Eastwood 2122, please call 9858 7233 on arrival at the hospital,
DO NOT ENTER any section of the hospital until instructed to do so 10 am-7.30 pm 7 days
# Ryde Respiratory Clinic, 11 Khartoum Road, Macquarie Park 2113 8am-5pm 7 days- Book online
# Roseville Respiratory Clinic 132A Pacific Highway Roseville 2069 8am-4pm, Mon-Fri 8am-12.30 pm Sat.
To book, call or text name & preferred time to 0458 604 096 or 0422 991 731.The clinic is the white marque on the left hand side of the main medical centre- Rosecentre. Pedestrian access-down the left side walkway.
# Hillview Community Health Centre, 1334 Pacific Highway Turramurra 2074, 8am-4pm 7 days
enter via Boyd Rd
# Royal North Shore Hospital, level 6, The Douglas Building, Reserve Rd, St Leonards 2065 8am-8pm 7 days
#Histopath Pathology - 55 Coonara Ave, West Pennant Hills 0414 814 408
Monday - Sunday 9am-4pm. No appointment required, no referral required, testing for all patients.
Flu vaccination
The surgery currently has stock of Flu vaccinations for children, over 65's & patients with chronic illnesses such as Diabetes & Asthma.
Private flu vaccines are also available, please phone to book an appointment.
Zostavax (Shingles)
The National Immunisation Program now includes a free vaccine for patients aged between 70 - 79 for the protection of herpes zoster (Shingles).
Please talk to your GP about getting your Vaccine.
Prevenar 13
Prevenar 13 immunisation is administered to vaccinate against Pneumococcal disease. It replaces the Pneumovax vaccination previously given at the age of 65 years.
Prevenar 13 is a single dose vaccination for patients 70 years & over.
Please discuss this vaccination with your GP, at your next consultation.
My Health Record
Have you spoken to your GP about registering for Ehealth? Here's a video that explains a little more about it, and if you want to know more, why not mention it at your next consult with your GP?
Over the Counter Codeine: Changes to Supply
From 1 February 2018, medicines that contain low-dose codeine will no longer be available without prescription in pharmacies.
The medicines affected include codeine-containing combination analgesics, available under brand names such as Panadeine, Nurofen Plus and Mersyndol, and pharmacy generic pain relief products, and codeine-containing cough, cold and flu products, available under brand ranges such as Codral, Demazin and pharmacy generic cough, cold and flu medicines.
Research shows that current over-the-counter low-dose (< 30 mg) codeine-containing products offer little additional pain relief when compared to similar medicines without codeine.
There is evidence to suggest that paracetamol/ibuprofen combinations available as a single pill can be offered as an alternative to codeine-based analgesics for short-term management of pain in patients able to take NSAIDs and for whom paracetamol alone is not sufficient
Any patient of our surgery will need to make an appointment with a Doctor for any Codeine related scripts
Changes to Immunisation Requirements from 1/1/2018
The NSW Parliament has passed a Bill to amend the Public Health Act to strengthen vaccination enrolment requirements in child care (also known as early childhood education and care). From 1 January 2018 children who are unvaccinated due to their parent’s conscientious objection will no longer be able to be enrolled in child care. Read more
Changes to Cervical Smears
From the 1st December this year, the way we screen for cervical abnormalities will change
Instead of looking at cells, the lab will look for certain types of HPV (human papillomavirus virus). These types cause 99% of cervical cancer. For the patients, there is no difference in how the test is done. A speculum will still be used. If the patient does not have the high risk HPV (and there are no other symptoms such as abnormal bleeding, the next test will be in five years instead of two years.
If the high risk HPV is seen, the lab will look at the cells to look for any abnormality. Screening will start from 25 years and end at 74 years, in normal circumstances.
If you wish to have screening earlier, you can have a test but there will be no medicare rebate unless it meets specific criteria for increased testing.