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First Avenue Family Practice
161-163 First Avenue
Five Dock NSW 2046
Telephone: (02) 9713 5869
Facsimile: (02) 9713 6404
The First Avenue Family Practice is an accredited general practice providing good quality medical care to all ages, races and religions. All doctors in the practice work as a team with a commitment to good general medicine.
We deal with acute and chronic care, psychological health, vaccinations, travel advice, skin checks, male and female checks. We participate in antenatal shared care with RPA and Canterbury Hospitals.
Dr Sophie Bernard
MBBS (Syd) FRACGP, M Paeds(UNSW) ( practice principal)
Dr Megan Ulrick MBBS (Syd, Hons), FRACGP, Diploma of Child Health
Dr Ruth Mann
MBBS (Syd)
Dr Nigel Woodhead
MBBS (Hons, Syd), FRACGP, Diploma Paediatrics
Dr Suhanthy Rajalingam going on maternity leave
MBBS (Syd), BSc Med, FRACGP
Dr Cheryl Cheong
MBBS (UNSW)
Dr Sylvia Fragiacomo
MBBS (Syd) Italian speaking
Dr Eva Blazek MBBS (UNSW) FRACGP
Jeanene Dzirnis (RN)
Practice nurse, blood taking, wound dressings, immunisation, assists with health checks and care plans.
Doreen Saad (dietician). Appointments 0402355313. Doreen can help with Weight loss, weight gain, coeliac diets, diets after surgery, diabetes, iron rich diets and healthy vegetarian eating.
Pathology collector available 8am to 1 pm Monday to Friday.
Surgery HOURS
Monday to Friday 8.30am-6pm
Saturday 9am-midday
Sunday & public hols closed
APPOINTMENTS
Ring 9713 5869 for an appointment please inform the receptionist if you need more time with the doctor or need to be seen urgently.
HOUSE CALLS
Ring in the morning so visits can be planned before lunch. We only visit patients who are registered at the practice. Visits are not generally bulk-billed.
AFTER-HOURS
When the surgery is closed, please ring 000 for emergencies, our After Hours Medical Service 8724 6300 for home visits or attend Balmain GP casualty at Balmain Hospital.
OUR PRACTICE
We are a child-friendly practice. Our reception staff Gina, Gail, Helen, Adele and Franca and Riffat, will make appointments or help you.
We are a group practice and encourage you to see another doctor within the practice for continuity of care if your preferred doctor is unavailable. Records are shared.
PATIENT INFORMATION
No patient information is given to a third party without your consent. Our staff are trained in patient confidentiality and have signed a “confidentiality of information” contract.
RECALL REGISTERS
We support the use of National and State registers for reminding patients of follow up treatment . If you do not want to participate please inform your doctor.
SIGNIFICANT RESULTS
We make every effort to contact patients where significant results are identified. Normal and less important results will be followed up at the next visit.
COMPLAINTS
Please talk to your GP or the practice manager (Adele DiManno) if you have any complaints or suggestions or use the feedback box. If you have a complaint about your care that is not resolved in this way you may contact the HCCC ( Health Care Complaints Commission) Locked Bag 18 , Strawberry Hills 2012
TELEPHONE CALLS
You can contact your doctor by ringing during surgery hours. Emergency calls will always be put straight through. The doctor will ring back for non-urgent calls.
FEES
ALL CHILDREN and F/T STUDENTS, Pensioners, Veterans Affairs and health care cardholders are bulk-billed.
IF YOU HAVE DIFFICULTY PAYING OUR FEES, PLEASE DISCUSS THIS WITH US.
This is a private billing practice. There is a gap of $20-$50 between Medicare rebate and our fee. Fees are payable at the time of consultation by cash, cheque, credit card. Your claim to Medicare may be lodged and direct refund made to your nominated bank account by Medicare.
We bulk-bill visits that are made solely for the review of results ordered within the past month.
Communication for people who need an interpreter , are deaf or blind
Translating & Interpreting Service (TIS) - 131 450. National Auslan Interpreter (NABS) - 1800 246 945.Vision Australia (Enfield) - 1300 847 466.
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