WEARING OF MASKS
Due to the ongoing high number of COVID-19, Influenza, and other respiratory illnesses in our community, we ask all patients aged 12 and over, doctors, and staff to continue to wear masks until 31st July 2022 while attending our clinic. These measures are in place to keep our clinic teams healthy and at work so we can continue to open and offer patient appointments. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
HAVE YOU TESTED POSITIVE TO COVID-19?
If you have recently tested positive to COVID-19, please read this patient information.
COVID-19 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Before calling our clinic or booking an appointment with your GP, please take a moment to read through these Frequently Asked Questions. They have been developed to help answer some general questions you might have about COVID-19.
COVID-19 VACCINATIONS
Ages 12+ We have limited capacity for vaccination in our clinics, to book an appointment with a state-run clinic, please go to the Tasmanian Vaccination Booking System website or call the Public Health Hotline on 1800 671 738.
5-11 Years Community clinics have been established and appointments are available now. Bookings are required. To find your nearest clinic and to book online, go to https://www.coronavirus.tas.gov.au/vaccination-information/covid-19-vaccination/where-to-get-a-vaccine/community-clinics#5to11clinics
COVID-19 TESTING
We are not conducting COVID-19 testing at our clinic.
ATTENDING YOUR APPOINTMENT
- Please attend your appointment at your appointment time.
- Please do not bring additional people to your appointment with you apart from support persons, where required.
- Please wear a mask, sanitise your hands on arrival and carefully read the screening questions available at Reception.
- If you have any symptoms, please do not enter our clinic. Please call reception and advise them that you have symptoms. Health care will still be available to you.
CORONAVIRUS HEALTH ALERT
The threat level of COVID-19 in Tasmania is escalated. For the safety of our patients and staff, we encourage telephone appointments (where possible).
If a face-to-face appointment is required, it will be time-limited, and we request that all patients wear a face mask while in the clinic.
We also observe social distancing >1.5m and limit the number of patients in our waiting room.
If you have symptoms of the flu, a cold, or a loss of sense of smell or taste, then a COVID-19 test is necessary. Please refer to the Tasmanian Government website for a list of COVID-19 clinics and testing centres.
If you are unwell and have respiratory symptoms, please ask for a telephone appointment with a GP, and a safe review will be arranged. Please be assured that our clinic is COVID-19 safe.
The Government has restricted Medicare GP telehealth items to circumstances where a patient has COVID-19 and/or is a close contact and is required to quarantine or isolate under a state directive, or where there is an existing relationship with a general practice (i.e., the patient has visited a GP in the practice face-to-face in the last 12 months), children aged under 12 months, or patients who are homeless. Please be aware that a private fee may be incurred for telephone or video consults.
Call 000 if you need urgent medical assistance.
For more information on COVID-19, please visit https://www.health.gov.au/health-topics/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov
For the most up-to-date information on COVID-19 in Tasmania, visit https://www.coronavirus.tas.gov.au/
