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Seacombe Medical Centre is committed to providing comprehensive medical care to all of our patients. For the safety of our patients and staff some restrictions may apply. Screening will occur when booking an appointment and on arrival. Please be HONEST and respectful at all times. Our staff members are here to help and deserve to be treated with respect. We thank our patients for their continued patience and understanding.
For the time being, our waiting room will return to strict social distancing. We ask that, where possible, you remain in your car until invited inside to enable us to maintain this distancing. We also ask that only essential persons attend the appointment. You will be required to wear a surgical mask while inside the clinic.
We encourage phone or video consultations, where appropriate, to minimise traffic through the surgery. Please note consultation gap fees apply for Telehealth consults as they do for face to face consultations.
Patients with any respiratory symptoms are requested to attend a Covid-19 swab clinic to be tested, and a negative result obtained, prior to any face to face appointments. Phone consults can still be made to assist with medical certificates or other questions regarding your health whilst awaiting Covid-19 swab results.
Respiratory Symptoms include;
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Sneezing or
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Coughing or
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Shortness of breath or
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Runny nose or
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Sore throat or
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Loss of taste or smell or
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Fever or
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Sinus or ear pain
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Vomiting or Diarrhoea
Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines are available. Our patients aged 12 years and over can book online to make an appointment in our Saturday or weekday afternoon vaccination clinics. Please call our reception staff to book paediatric Pfizer appointments for children aged 5 to 11 years who are patients of the practice.
At this time we are unable to accept new patients for Covid vaccinations.
Please visit our COVID-19 page and the SA Health website for helpful information.
CARING FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
Monday 8.30am - 5.30pm
Tuesday 8.30am - 6.00pm
Wednesday 8.30am - 5.30pm
Thursday 8.30am - 5.30pm
Friday. 8.30am - 5.30pm
Saturday 9.00am - 11.30am
ABOUT SEACOMBE MEDICAL CENTRE
Caring for you and your family
Seacombe Medical Centre is a fully accredited general practice that has provided comprehensive medical care to individuals and families for over 40 years.
Our doctors, nurses and support staff are committed to ensuring you receive the very best of care.
Family medicine specialists
Our doctors are specialist GPs and fellows of the Royal Australian College of GPs . They participate in the RACGP continuing education program and support the training of doctors completing their specialist GP program.
OUR SERVICES
Our team of highly trained doctors and nurses offer a wide variety of comprehensive health services for our patients delivered with care and compassion. We provide care for both acute and chronic health issues as well as preventive and family care.
Our medical centre remains open to assist you with regular check ups, childhood immunisations, antenatal care, chronic disease management and new acute health issues.
Preventive Care and Health Checks
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Health check for babies and young children
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Postnatal checks
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Annual health checks for patients aged over 75 years
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Annual Health checks for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients
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Health check for patients aged 45-49
All medicare funded health checks are bulk billed for eligible patients
Paediatric & Adolescent Care
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Children and babies health care
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Immunisations (we usually have 2 nurses available to improve the experience for your baby)
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Health checks
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Acne management
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Acute and chronic health care
All patients aged 15 years and under are bulk billed
Skin Checks & Surgical Procedures
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Skin cancer examinations
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Procedures for skin cancers, cyst, warts, abscess, ingrown toe nails
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Cryotherapy with liquid Nitrogen
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Acute care for lacerations and minor fractures
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Wound and ulcer management and dressings
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Ear syringing
Obstetric and Perinatal Care
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Antenatal share care
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Pre- pregnancy planning and fertility review
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Postnatal care
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Threatened miscarriage treatment
Chronic Disease Health Care
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GP Health Plans, Team Care Arrangements and funded allied health referrals (for eligible patients)
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Diabetes management
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Asthma and COPD management
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Hypertension and heart disease
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Arthritis
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Gastointestinal issues
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Hepatitis C treatment
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Nurse education and support
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...and many more!
We have a reminder system to assist patients stay up to date
Women's Health & Family Planning
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Cervical Screening (pap smears)
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Contraception advice and prescriptions
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Implanon insertion and removal
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IUD (Mirena) removal
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Depo injection
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Menopause health care including HRT
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Osteoporosis management
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Sexual health, STI testing and management
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Infertility assessment and management*
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Fertility Awareness education*
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Education for natural contraception*
Specialised Investigations & Infusions
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Intravenous Iron Infusions
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ECG
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Spirometry (Lung Function Testing)
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INR Testing (Point of Care monitoring - instant result)
Men's Health
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Men's physical and mental health care
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Sexual health, STI testing and management
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Male infertility assessment and management*
Aged Care
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Chronic disease and complex health care
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Immunisations
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Annual health checks
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Individualised health care
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GP Management Plans & Team Care Arrangement
OUR GPs
Dr. Tim Slimming
MBBS FRACGP
Dr. Helen Parry
MBBS FRACGP MPH
Dr. Susan Wells
BMBS FRACGP
Dr. Krista Maier
MBBS FRACGP
Dr. Catherine Peterson
MBBS FRACGP
Dr. Rachel Dawson
BMBS MPH MMed BNutDiet
Dr. Sarah Sutton
MBBS, Bach. Applied Science (Physiotherapy)
Online Bookings
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HEALTH NEWS & UPDATES
APPOINTMENT INFORMATION
Please phone 8296 0122 or Book Online for an appointment
We provide traditional face-to-face clinic and Telehealth consultations.
Please book a TeleHealth (phone) consultation if you have a fever, cough or cold symptoms or any risk factors for COVID-19.
Pricing Information
Seacombe Medical Centre provides high quality medical care for our patients.
Most traditional clinic appointments and telehealth consultations will be privately billed as outlined below.
Due to significant federal government cuts to Medicare support for bulk-billing, our billing policy changed on January 1st 2020 in order to allow us to continue to provide quality care in a sustainable way.
We will continue to provide no gap (bulk-billed) consultations for:
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Children 15 years and younger
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Veterans DVA Gold Card Holders
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Seniors annual health assessments
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Booked GP management plans
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Immunisation appointments with a Registered Nurse
Our fee structure remains competitive, with gap payments for privately billed consultations less than those of the majority of other practices that are facing similar Medicare cuts and lower than the Australian Medical Association’s recommended rates. We will continue to offer reduced gaps to patients with current pension and Health Care Cards.
The standard consultation fee is:
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Standard fee $73 (gap is $33.90)
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Concession fee $59 (gap reduced to $19.90)
The Medicare rebate is $39.10
Medicare can deposit the rebate into your designated bank account within 48 hours. Payments can be made by cash, EFTPOS or credit card. Additional information is available from our reception staff.
A standard consultation is approximately 15 minutes. Longer face to face consultations have higher fees as well as higher Medicare rebates, with the gap payment being similar. If you require a longer appointment, please arrange this at the time of booking. Please note that Medicare has stopped funding longer telehealth consultations at the higher rebate so larger gap fees will apply for long telehealth consultations.
To be eligible for a Medicare Rebate for a TeleHealth consult you must have seen a GP in the clinic in the previous 12 months. This is a requirement from Medicare.
New patients are welcome to Seacombe Medical Centre. Please phone our clinic on 8296 0122 or make a booking online to make your appointment. If possible, print and complete the New Patient Form below.
From 1st October 2020 Medicare require you to visit our medical centre and have a face-to face consult for your first visit to be eligible for a Medicare payment. If you choose to have a Telehealth appointment as your first visit a private fee with no rebate will be charged.
CONTACT US
CONTACT US
PHONE 08 82960122
TO BOOK AN APPOINTMENT
OR BOOK ONLINE
Our Address
Opening Hours
44 Miller Street
Seacombe Gardens SA 5047
Fax: 08 8296 0225
Monday – Friday 8.30AM – 5.30PM
Tuesday 8.30AM – 6.00PM
Saturday 8.30AM – 11.30AM
Conveniently located in the inner southern suburbs of Adelaide. Just a short walk from Westfield Marion, and short drive from Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University. We are close to public transport and there is plenty of free parking available.