Your Comprehensive Medical Centre in the Adelaide Hills

All doctors engaged at our Adelaide Hills practice in Stirling are Specialist General Practitioners.

Additionally, Stirling Central Health Clinic has a number of visiting Specialists who conduct appointments from the rooms adjacent to the practice. These are a Respiratory and Sleep Physician, a Urologist, Orthopaedic Surgeon and a Consultant Physician.

Furthermore, in the area of allied health, a Dietitian, Audiologist and Speech Pathologist offer appointments from the adjacent area.

Yes – our practice in the Adelaide Hills has GPs who are Accredited to provide Obstetric Shared Care.

GP Obstetric Shared Care is a care option for low-risk pregnant women who are delivering their baby in a public hospital. It is an arrangement between your GP and a public birthing hospital or birth setting. It allows you to see your GP for most of your pregnancy appointments, which is excellent for continuity of care.

In a medical emergency, patients should call 000 and be transported to a public hospital emergency department.

Urgent medical conditions will be given priority at Stirling Central Health Clinic so it is important that the reception staff are advised of your condition when you ring the practice.

Yes, but it is important to know that the National Home Doctor Service (13SICK) is an after-hours locum service that operates in the metropolitan area only. If you live in the Adelaide Hills, the Mount Barker Hospital operates a 24/7 walk in service.

There are two other options for after-hours services:

o After Hours GP Helpline – speak to a GP after hours on 1800 022 222
o Health Direct – speak to a Registered Nurse 24 Hours on 1800 022 222

Remember that our clinic in the Adelaide Hills at Stirling is open from 7am – 6pm.

Yes – at our clinic in Stirling we have doctors who specialise in Men’s Health.

We encourage men who would like to have a prostate check, skin check, who may be experiencing incontinence or other bladder problems, sexually transmitted infections or erectile dysfunction or hypertension to make an appointment.

Yes – at our clinic in Stirling we have doctors who specialise in Women’s Health.

Our doctors are skilled in the areas of hypertension management, skin checks, contraception and implants such as Implanon, antenatal care, family planning, sexually transmitted infections, Pap smears and other preventative health checks.

Yes – all of our GP’s are trained in mental health and we are here to help. Often, a mental health consultation or counselling consultation can take longer than 15 minutes, so please ask reception to book a longer appointment.

If you have a diagnosable mental health condition, you may qualify for a Mental Health Treatment Plan. If you have a Plan, Medicare will rebate part of the cost of seeing a private psychologist for up to 10 visits in a calendar year. Your GP can let you know whether you qualify for a Plan.

Yes – we have a number of female doctors at the Stirling Central Health Clinic in the Adelaide Hills.

All of our female doctors are highly skilled in the areas of women’s health children’s health, chronic disease management, mental health, acute illness and injury as well as vaccinations.

The latest statistics show that only 38.1% of people in Australia over the age of 65 years have had a COVID-19 booster. This percentage decreases in younger age groups too.

Specifically, people with co-morbidities and older people are encouraged to book in for a booster. Consideration is also advised for adolescents aged 5-17 with complex health needs and significant risk factors.

The Department of Health has stated that 45.9% of people over 65 years across Australia have not had a flu vaccine.

Being up-to-date with your vaccinations is important as we start the winter season.

Our clinic stocks a range of vaccinations that may be needed prior to travelling such as Hepatitis A and B, Typhoid and Rabies. However, depending on which country you are visiting and the recommended vaccinations/medicines for that country, doctors at Stirling Central Health Clinic can also provide the relevant prescription (if not in stock in the practice) and subsequently vaccinate you.

We can provide up to date information on current health warnings in certain parts of the world. This may mean taking extra precautions, or in some cases, rethinking your travel plans. We can also give you an idea of what to do before your trip and upon your return home.

The other piece of information you may need relates to carrying medicines overseas. We’ll let you know what you should take with you, especially if you have existing conditions that need to be managed. However, in certain countries you may experience issues at border control, so we’ll give you the information you need to be safe while travelling.

You will receive the full Medicare rebate paid directly into your account because our practice uses Tyro. However, there will out of pocket costs for the doctor’s appointment unless you are covered by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Additionally, you may be charged treatment room fees for consumables used such as wound care.

If you have trouble paying your accounts, please speak to our reception staff.

Stirling Central Health Clinic in the Adelaide Hills offers bulk billing to those patients covered by the Department of Veterans Affairs. However, patients who hold a valid Pension or healthcare card will be billed at a reduced out of pocket fee.

The reason for this is that successive Federal Governments have failed to ensure that Medicare rebates have kept pace with AWE (Average Weekly Earnings) and CPI (Consumer Price Index) increases both of which have been substantial.

In order for our Clinic to remain financially viable, we have no alternative but to take this step and we seek your understanding of the objective reasons for this; and your ongoing support of us as we continue to provide you with the highest possible quality of healthcare.