Medical Centre Northern Beaches Hospital offers the community an on-site medical centre. The medical centre provides bulk billing for all Medicare card holders. It's a walk in service for all patients. Patients are seen in order of their arrival, however patients are triaged by the nursing staff/receptionists and acute patients will be prioritised. There are 13 experienced and friendly doctors on a rotating schedule with three doctors and two nurses rostered each day. Announcement: We are happy to Welcome our Nurse Practitioner Amy Beavan who provides various medical services. Among them women's health, sexual and reproductive care, wound & dressing review, immunisation and ecg monitoring.

Important Information Hours of opening: Monday to Friday 9am - 6.30pm Saturday 9am - 5:00pm Sunday 10am - 4:00pm   Phone: (02) 9105 5875 Email: nbhmedcentre@healthscope.com.au Fax: (02)9105 5874

Our GP staff consist of 4 male and 9 females.

Dr Jonathan Adams	Dr Kate Mellowes
Dr Penny Burns	Dr Joanna Nell
Dr Brian Cho	Dr Ruth Noel
Dr Maree Doherty	Dr Michael Size
Dr Naomi Daykin	Dr Melinda Sullivan-Bunt
Dr Hill	Dr Sara Townend
Dr Emilie Larkin

 

The following services will be provided through the Centre:

General Health:

• Administration of medications includes vaccinations
• Spirometry/respiratory assessment
• Administration of oxygen therapy
• 12 lead ECGs.

Minor Surgeries:

• Lesion removal: Cyst/Ulcer/Scar
• Biopsy of skin lesions
• Single stage local flap
• Removal of small tumour/cyst/ulcer/
• Removal of SCC/BCC and pre-cancerous lesions
• Removal of small melanoma
• Shave biopsies - excision/simple curettage
• Removal of foreign bodies ( e.g. the bead from inside child's nose/ear)

Immunisations:

• Travel
• Childhood/Adult

Skin Clinic Services:

• Dressings/dressing Management - simple to moderate
• Suture removal
• Insertion of sutures to close open wounds, including glue closure
• Post-surgical Wound care

Women's Health:

• Shared Antenatal Care
• Cervical Screening Tests
• Family Planning
• General Wellbeing checks

Minor Procedures:

• Hormone implants
• PAP smear
• Removal of an IUD
• Insertion and removal of Implanon