A family practice that tells you what you'll pay and when you can be seen.
Six GPs, six days a week, in Coorparoo since 1998. Children under 16, pensioners, Health Care Card holders and DVA patients are bulk billed. Everyone else pays $95 for a standard consult and gets $42.85 back from Medicare on the spot.
Four ways in without a pre-booked appointment
Same-day slots, 7:30am
A block of appointments is released each morning for problems that started in the last day or two. Ring at 7:30 rather than 9 — they go quickly.
Sick children
Under-fives are fitted in on the day, whatever the list looks like. Just say the age when you call.
Nurse appointments
Dressings, injections, blood pressure and ECGs. Usually available within the hour and cheaper than a GP visit.
Telehealth
Phone consults for results, scripts and follow-ups if you have been in within the last twelve months.
After hours, the National Home Doctor Service covers our patients on 13 74 25, and we receive their notes the next morning.
How this practice runs
Four facts about the roster and the roof, not about how anyone’s health turns out — no GP can promise you that.
Serving Coorparoo from the same Old Cleveland Rd rooms.
GPs on the roster, plus three practice nurses.
Same-day appointments released, six days a week.
Open Monday to Saturday, including Thursday evenings.
What you can book here
Nine kinds of appointment, five shown here — the full list is on the services page.
Standard consultations
The ordinary business of a family doctor. Private or bulk billed depending on who you are.
Chronic disease plans
A bulk-billed care plan that also unlocks five subsidised allied health visits a calendar year.
Skin checks & minor surgery
Dermoscopy examination with the procedure — excision, biopsy, flap repair — done here rather than referred out.
Immunisation & child health
Children and adults, plus flu and shingles, plus development checks for the red book.
Nurse clinic
Run by our practice nurses. Shorter appointments, often available the same hour.
Mixed billing, stated plainly
We bulk bill the people who need it and charge a private fee to those who can carry it. Medicare rebates are processed at the desk when you pay, so the refund is usually in your account before you get home.
Standard consultation
Under 15 minutes. $42.85 back from Medicare on the spot, leaving a $52.15 gap.
Bulk billed patients
Children under 16, pension and Health Care Card holders, and DVA card holders, always.
Who you'll see
Four of the six GPs on our roster. The full list — and who is taking new patients — is on the doctors page.
Dr Helen Prasad
MBBS, FRACGP
Dr Tom Beazley
MBBS, FRACGP
Dr Amira Haddad
MBBS, FRACGP, DCH
Dr Rowan Field
MBBS, FACRRM
Common questions
The things people ask on the phone before they book.
Are you taking new patients?
Yes — five of our six GPs have open books. Dr Field is closed until January. Our doctors page lists who is open and which days they consult, so you can pick before you ring.
Do you bulk bill?
For children under 16, pension and Health Care Card holders, DVA card holders, all immunisations, care plans and health assessments — yes, always. Everyone else pays a private fee. A standard consult is $95 with a $42.85 Medicare rebate, leaving $52.15 out of pocket.
How do I get an appointment today?
Ring at 7:30am when the same-day block opens. If you are calling later in the day and it is genuinely urgent, tell reception what it is — they hold a small number of slots back for exactly that, and sick children under five are fitted in.
Can I get a prescription without an appointment?
No. It is not about the fee — medication reviews are where we catch interactions, dose problems and conditions that have changed since the script was written. A short telehealth consult is enough for most repeats if you have been in within the last year.
What do I do outside your hours?
For anything life-threatening, call 000. For after-hours care that can wait until a doctor can come to you, the National Home Doctor Service attends our patients at home on 13 74 25 and sends us their notes the next working morning.
Same-day appointments released at 7:30am, Monday to Saturday
Ring first thing for anything that started in the last day or two. Pre-booked appointments can be made weeks ahead for everything else.