News Archive

Coronavirus Update - 16/11/20

COVID Outbreak

Given the current COVID outbreak in SA, we are encouraging our patients to book in for Telehealth consults where it is appropriate to do so. 

COVID and Telehealth Update - 1/10/20

We offer Telehealth appointments to all of our patients. We will book a time with your doctor and they will call you for a phone consult. As of the 1st of October 2020, Medicare has changed its requirements and its rebates to GPs for Telehealth consults.

COVID and Telehealth Update - 14/9/20

We offer Telehealth appointments to all of our patients. We will book a time with your doctor and they will call you for a phone consult. If you meet Medicare’s criteria for being bulk-billed for a phone consult, there will be no out of pocket cost to you.

Respiratory Illnesses Update - 10/9/20

Whilst we are still declared to be in this pandemic, our current practice is to not assess any potentially infectious patients with a respiratory illness inside our practices. We will assist our patients with respiratory illnesses via Telehealth and car-park consultations, and in some instances by referral to GP-Led Respiratory Clinics.

COVID and Telehealth Update - 17/7/20

We now offer Telehealth appointments to all of our patients. We will book a time with your doctor and they will call you for a phone consult. If you meet Medicare’s criteria for being bulk-billed for a phone consult, there will be no out of pocket cost to you. For our private patients that do not meet Medicare’s criteria for being bulk-billed, there may be private fees associated with these consults.

Coronavirus and Flu Vax Update - 30/5/20

We now offer Telehealth appointments to all of our patients. We will book a time with your doctor and they will call you for a phone consult. If you meet Medicare’s criteria for being bulk-billed for a phone consult, there will be no out of pocket cost to you. For our private patients that do not meet Medicare’s criteria for being bulk-billed, there may be private fees associated with these consults.

Flu Vaccine Update - 20/5/20

As our Flu Vaccine Season continues to slow down, it has definitely been a different experience this year.

For those of you who are interested, we would like to share some information with our patients about our 2020 Flu Vaccine Season

Phone Issues - 8/5/20

We would like to apologise for EAHC's phone issues.

Work in the Newton and Marden areas has resulted in these issues.

We will post another update once these issues have been fixed.

Thank you for your patience and we apologise for any inconveniences this has caused.

 

Flu Vaccine Update - 24/4/20

We are continuing to receive limited numbers of flu vaccines from the Government and our Private suppliers.

We have been taking bookings for our Flu Clinics as we receive our supply.

Telehealth and Coronavirus Update - 23/4/20

Given the changing nature of the coronavirus pandemic, we now offer Telehealth appointments to all of our patients. We will book a time with your doctor and they will call you for a phone consult. If you meet Medicare’s criteria for being bulk-billed for a phone consult, there will be no out of pocket cost to you. For our private patients that do not meet Medicare’s criteria for being bulk-billed, there may be private fees associated with these consults.