Firstly, Dr. James Rickcord has joined us and is working every Monday (Dr. Phil Aitken will be still coming once a month).

Secondly, Anne-Maree Cheffins (Nurse Practitioner) does a Heart and Lung Health clinic with us every second Thursday. She is trained in Respiratory and Cardiac Nursing and so is able to assess lung function and heart health. As a nurse practitioner she can also do scripts, medical certificates, dressings etc. (almost exactly like James, Phil and I, but in a dress!)

Thirdly, Deborah Crosby is our own Practice Nurse who works every Friday. She is here to help coordinate care, run specific clinics (vaccines, Women’s Health), do home visits, Aged Care and Dementia Assessments. She can also do medical certificates, dressings and discuss the pros and cons of goat raising!

Fourthly, Mark Roberts, exercise physiologist/physio and local identity, is running a muscular-skeletal, injury clinic every second Monday.

Finally, next year Mary Carter (local psychologist) will be running three group based workshops dealing with anxiety, depression and child mental health.

Apart from a small payment for the group sessions with Mary Carter, all the other services here at Dunoon are bulk-billed through Medicare and free for all patients in the local area.

The free script delivery service (from Southside Pharmacy only) is open to all patients in the local area.

We are usually open Mondays, Thursday and Fridays.

Please contact us and ask the wonderful Narelle for a booking to see any of the above people or more information.

Thanks,

Dr Nathan Kesteven
November 2017