Hopkins Medical Centre
435-439 Raglan Parade Warrnambool
One of our waiting rooms.
| Number of doctors | 10 |
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| Number of supervisors | 3 |
| Number of visiting specialists | 0 |
| Number of rooms | 9 |
| Billing | Mixed |
| Allied health professionals | nil |
Nursing Staff
We have four very experienced nurses.
Additional learning opportunities Small group learning, Clinical meetings
Supervisor special interests
Dr John Manderson – sports medicine
Dr Alister Robson – skin medicine
Dr Elizabeth Hingston – womens health
General Facilities / Services
We moved into our lovely new purpose built clinic in July 2021. We now have nine consulting rooms, and two treatment rooms, improved patient and staff facilities and lots of car parking.
We offer full general practice services ie., gp consultations, telehealth, mental health consultations, minor procedures, ecg, spirometry, dressings, vaccinations, pre-employment medicals.
We offer bulk billing to Pensioners. We charge health care card holders a reduced fee. All other patients are billed privately.
| College accreditation | RACGP, ACRRM |
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| Pathway | Rural |
| Practice opening hours | Monday 8:30am to 8:30pm, Tue/Wed/Thurs/Fri 8:30am to 6:00pm, Saturday 10am to 12 noon, Sunday CLOSED |
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| College Requirements | Full time training requires 38 hrs per week employed averaged over 4 weeks. Less than 38 hours per week employed is part time training. |
| Evening roster | Not required at this age. |
| Saturday and Sunday work | Saturday clinic 10-12 as part of roster. Saturday afternoon and Sunday work is only required in an on-call capacity as per roster. |
Public holiday work
The public holiday roster is shared by all doctors and each doctor is rostered on for one public holiday on-call per year.
Out of practice visits
Doctors who have patients in a nursing home visit them as per their schedue, ie once per month. Home visits are provided if a patient is unable to come in to the clinic. Home visits are triaged through the nurse.
A licence and your own motor vehicle is required.
Any urgent home visits or nursing home visits are attended to by the on-call doctor.
Hospital admission rights/ privileges
St John of God Hospital
Warrnambool is a very sporty, cultural, social city with great education and health facilities, lovely beaches, and a myriad of walking and bike trails set on the coast at the end (or beginning) of the Great Ocean road.
There are many great day trips to be enjoyed from Warrnambool; Tower Hill, approximately 10 minutes away then drive another 10 minutes and you are in Port Fairy: Timboon is approximately 40 minutes away where you can enjoy the 12 apostle gourmet trail; the Irish town of Koroit is 15 minutes away and the lovely seaside town of Portland is one hour away.
Community groups
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Travel
| Public transport | buses, taxis and old trains |
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| Nearest airport | There is a small local airport, Avalon is the next closest. |
| Access and distances to major centres or nearby towns | Geelong is approximately 2 hours away and Melbourne is approximately 3 hours away. |
Schooling
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Tourism/ council/ community information websites https://visitwarrnambool.com.au