Booking Appointments

Consultations are by appointment except at weekends.  If your need is urgent we will always fit you in, though you may not see the doctor of your choice.  Please telephone us or attend in person to make an appointment.  A standard appointment is approximately 15 minutes long.  We appreciate patients booking a longer appointment if they believe it will be required.  Please do not ‘double up’ by bringing un-booked people to your appointment with you – it is unfair on the people who follow you.  Please let us know if you cannot make an appointment or are running late – we appreciate knowing and can usually make other arrangements.

Patrick Street Clinic doctors attend the local nursing homes regularly– Levenbank Nursing Home, Eliza Purton Nursing Home and Mount St Vincent’s Nursing Home.

APPOINTMENTS are available for the following doctors:

Doctor	Day of the week
Dr John Fisher	Monday to Friday
Dr Emil Djakic	Monday to Friday
Dr Patrick O’Sullivan	Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
Dr Nerrelie Cann	Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
Dr Stefan Delitzsch	Monday to Friday
Dr Justin Chipman	Monday to Friday from 14th August 2006
Dr Barbara Thomson	Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Dr Lizzie Shires	Monday and Friday
Dr Alison Whishaw	Wednesday and Thursday

 

New Patients

After registering you, we offer a basic health screen, and if you are staying with us, we request permission to obtain your past medical records.

Home Visits

If you need to see a doctor, but are unable to come to the surgery and where it is not an emergency and you are a patient of this practice living in the Ulverstone area, our doctors may do home visits by arrangement.  Please try to call by 11am.  We ask our receptionists to take a few details about your illness to help us plan any visits.  Where possible you are encouraged to attend the surgery rather than organise a home visit in order that we can have access to a full range of diagnostic equipment for your care.

Telephone Calls (03) 6245 1611

We try to be available to discuss problems or results, but please try to ring before or between surgeries.  Advice over the phone can often reduce anxiety later in the day (or night!).  If you wish to discuss a matter with your doctor, the reception staff will pass the message to your doctor.  If the matter is urgent or an emergency or the doctor is not busy with another patient, your call will be directed to the doctor.  Otherwise the staff will arrange for the doctor to call you back.  If you require advice and your doctor is unavailable, the nursing sister on duty may be able to help.

Special Appointments

If your appointment is for a routine medical examination, e.g. driving licence, insurance medical, etc. please let us know beforehand so we can reserve enough time for you.

Disabled Access

Patrick Street Clinic is fully accessible to the disabled with 2 Disabled Parking spaces available in our carpark immediately in front of the Practice (via Woolworths car park).  Access to our newly renovated surgery is via 6 Patrick Street or the Woolworths car park located off King Edward Street.  Entry is now from the side of the building (no steps) which is clearly signed, where you enter through the automatic door to our bright and cheerful reception. There is a wheelchair available should you require wheelchair assistance.

Children and Babies

A secure area is available for children in the waiting room with play toys and books.  We are an accredited Breast feeding practice.  Baby changing facilities are available.