Coronavirus (COVID-19) Advice
Anyone with a fever or respiratory symptoms is advised to ring the 24-hour hotline 1800 675 398
Health Department Coronavirus Information Line : 1800 020 080
Screening clinics have been established at seven Melbourne hospitals – our closest ones being Ringwood EACH, Austin Hospital, Box Hill Hospital, and Monash Hospital Clayton. Patients who have symptoms compatible with COVID-19 may present to these screening clinics but are asked to call the hospital before doing so.
If you are concerned you have COVID, or are suffering from a high fever and respiratory symptoms, and have performed the DHHS self assessment for COVID meeting criteria for swabbing, please contact the coronavirus hotline or one of the 3 hospitals listed above for testing and further management. If you’re unsure please let our reception staff know on the phone, so that you may speak with one of our doctors or nurses to determine the best course of action to get you medical help. PLEASE DO NOT COME TO THE CLINIC WITHOUT SPEAKING TO OUR STAFF FIRST.
Please check our website post on the Novel-Coronavirus COVID-19 (the post with the sneezing man) before ringing us (to answer FAQs and reduce phone waiting time)
New Telephone consultations with your GP is now available for ALL patients. Please indicate that you would like a “TELEHEALTH APPOINTMENT” when ringing our receptionists. Please check the Website Post on Telehealth (the one with the picture of the old style telephone) for more information.
Flu Vaccine Update 2/4/2020
We now have ALL influenza vaccines available for the following groups :
Please ring and book with reception for your flu vaccine.
Please look out for any updates to our flu vaccine availability in this space, which will be updated regularly.
Phone : (03) 9720 9000
Fax : (03) 9720 9555
Heathmont General Practice is a new medical practice established in 2013. Our team of experienced doctors are committed to providing quality health care for you and your family. We take pride in practising honest, evidence-based medicine with professionalism and compassion. Our doctors are locally trained and have chosen General Practice as their specialty. All our doctors are Fellows of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), and have had extensive experience providing medical care in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
Our support staff is trained to ensure your visit with us runs smoothly.
Heathmont General Practice first achieved accreditation by Australian General Practice Accreditation Ltd. (AGPAL) in 2013. In October 2016, and again in August 2019, we have consistently achieved excellent standards and were successfully re-accredited by AGPAL. Achieving and maintaining this independent, nationally recognised level of standards set by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) confirms our commitment to maintaining quality health care and patient safety.
Our practice is eHealth ready and our doctors are trained to assist you in creating and updating your My Health Record (MyHR).
Please note that information is changing at a rapid rate, we will try to update as soon as we can but we are also busy with patients and phones calls at the moment! Remember that social distancing and regular hand washing is essential to help decrease the incidence of infection! Anyone with a fever or…
New telehealth services providing GP consultations over the phone has been approved by medicare on 30/3/2020. These appointments allow ANY patients to consult with their GPs over the phone to decrease their risk of infection in the waiting room. Please note that depending on the nature of the medical matter a physical appointment at the clinic…
Can you believe that Heathmont General Practice turned 7 in the last week? Among the chaos of the last months, filled with bushfire smoke related illnesses, phone outages from Telstra-NBN and now the spread of COVID-19 in Australia, our staff have been working extra hard and we have not really had much time to celebrate this milestone. …
