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At Brighton Family & Women’s Clinic we now have electronic prescriptions available. How it works. Step 1 During your consultation your doctor will send you an SMS or an email. Step 2 Take it in or send it to your pharmacy by SMS or email (remember to check that they are electronic prescriptions ready) Step … Continue reading Electronic Prescriptions Now Available

Current changes at Brighton Family and Women’s Clinic Due to recent tightening of restrictions in Melbourne, from Monday 10th of August we will be reducing our clinic opening hours for the next period of time. We will be open: 8am – 6pm Monday to Friday 9am – 1pm Saturday To keep patients and staff as … Continue reading Clinic Opening Hours Updated

Good News. We are getting back to a new ‘normal’. From Tuesday 9th June our opening hours will be: Mon,Wed,Thurs – 8am to 8pm Tues, Friday – 8am to 7pm Sat – 8.30am to 1pm Sun and Public holidays – Closed. We are offering both face to face and telehealth appointments for all patients. Call … Continue reading Updated Opening Hours

We have amended our normal opening hours: They are now 8am til 6pm Mon to Friday and Saturday 8.30am til 1pm. – until further notice. Flu clinics may be run outside of these times. Please contact reception for more information. Medicare have also announced that as of Monday 6th April 2020, privately billed telehealth consultations … Continue reading Opening hours update and Medicare information

Due to the current Health climate we will be offering phone consults as well as face to face consultations where required. Phone consults will be bulk billed for children under 16 years and those holding a valid concession or pension card. Other patients may incur a private fee. We will continue to provide the exceptional … Continue reading Clinic Update on Phone Consultations

We have turned our online booking system back on. You will be able to make a telehealth consult appointment with your doctor. Your doctor will then call you around the time of your scheduled appointment. They may decide that you will require an examination and will organise that with you. Currently, these telehealth consults are … Continue reading Online Bookings Available Again

Brighton Family & Women’s Clinic is open and dedicated to caring for our community. At this time of pandemic, we at BFWC, aim to maintain the highest possible standard of medical care whilst keeping you and our staff as safe as possible. Please be assured our usual high standard of infection control is in place. … Continue reading Pandemic Update

These are unprecedented times in in our community. At BFWC we are aiming to keep all our patients and staff as safe as possible. In order to do this, we will be screening all patients with respiratory tract infections. The initial consultation will be via phone, with a doctor. You will notice that our online … Continue reading COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update

Coronavirus is a new virus that is now prevalent in most countries. Current information is available on this link: https://www.health.gov.au/news/health-alerts/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-health-alert The Australian Government is taking measures to reduce the spread of the virus and General Practice is an important part of their plan. If you suspect that you have or have been exposed to a … Continue reading COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak

We are pleased to announce that Dr Sue English, will be joining our team at BFWC. Dr English will start consulting from the 4th February and will be working mainly, afternoons and evenings. Sue welcomes all existing and new patients. Online bookings are available. Sue is a family GP who has worked in the Bayside … Continue reading Dr Sue English Joining Our Team