March Is Endometriosis Awareness Month: How Much Do You Know? Endometriosis is a disease in which uterine-like tissues grow out of place and become inflamed during a woman’s menstrual cycle even though the tissues are outside the uterus.
Each year in Australia around 1,720 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer. In most cases the cancer will be diagnosed at an advanced stage, where it is very difficult to treat.
Only 31% of Australians know that ovarian cancer has the poorest survival rate of any female cancer in Australia.
For more information head to the Ovarian Cancer website.
Due to the current economic climate, along with many other GP practices, we are changing our scheduled fee rates. The changes will come into effect on the 1st January 2026.
Our billing policy remains the same, and is:
We are a private billing practice.
Children under 5 years old – bulk billed.
Children aged 5-11 years old (Inclusive) – discount billed.
Children aged 12 years and over – continue to be fully privately billed.
Further details can be found on our website HERE.
These changes will enable us to continue to deliver the high standard of medical care at Hamilton Medical Centre.
We are very pleased to welcome Ashleigh from Glow Wellness and Nutrition, who will be based at HMC one Thursday per month, starting on the 18th September 2025.
Ashleigh is an Accredited Practicing Dietitian and Personal Trainer based in Newcastle, who is passionate about helping people improve their health through practical, sustainable nutrition and lifestyle habits.
Ashleigh says “At Glow Wellness and Nutrition, the goal is simple: to help you feel your best, whether that’s through quality nutrition or a sweaty workout. At Glow Wellness and Nutrition, you’ll get a straightforward, results-driven approach tailored to your lifestyle and needs.”
For full details of the services on offer and to book or enquire, please visit the Glow Wellness and Nutrition website here.
Welcome Ashleigh!
Accreditation is the process of implementing the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Standards for general practices.The RACGP Standards provide a recognised national benchmark demonstrating the Practice’s commitment to quality and safety. Practices seek accreditation because they want to do their best and view this as another step towards excellence in patient care.
AGPAL recently reaccredited the Practice against the 5th edition of the RACGP standards, following an onsite assessment which takes place every three years.
The accrediation was extremely successful with the following commendations noted by the assessors:
This was a real team effort and the reaccreditation recognises the high quality healthcare provided to patients by the team, and the systems and processes that support that delivery.
The Practice uses HotDoc as it’s online booking platform. In order to book an appointment online, HotDoc requires you to confirm the booking by using a credit or debit card.
The card is not charged until after the appointment takes place, but in order for the booking to be held, HotDoc will preauthorise the expected consultation fee at the time of booking.
This does not take any money from the card, but is a check that the card is active and has sufficient funds to pay for the expected consultation fee. The preauthorised amount is held for 7 days from the date of booking.
Hamilton Medical Centre has joined thousands of healthcare providers across Australia in registering in MyMedicare, a new voluntary registration system that will help us formalise the relationship between us and our patients.
MyMedicare allows you to nominate a general practice and general practitioner as your regular healthcare provider. When you register in MyMedicare, extra funding from the Australian Government becomes available to support our practice to provide more of the targeted care you need.
Patients who register with our practice in MyMedicare may benefit from:
Formalising the patient-practice relationship, like with MyMedicare, has been shown to improve health and wellbeing, and that is why we are inviting all of our regular patients to register in MyMedicare.
If you have a valid Medicare card or Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) Veteran card and have had two face-to-face consultations with us in the last 24 months, you are eligible for MyMedicare.
Registration is easy. To register as a MyMedicare patient, you can:
Ask about MyMedicare next time you talk to us or visit our website. For more information visit www.health.gov.au/mymedicare.
Did you know that seeing the same GP regularly can lead to better health outcomes?
If you hold a valid Medicare or Department of Veterans’ Affairs Veteran card and have been to see us in person twice over the last 24 months, you’re now eligible to register in MyMedicare.
MyMedicare is all about strengthening the bond between you, your GP and your preferred primary care team.
Talk to us at your next appointment about how registering in MyMedicare can help us provide more of the care you need. More information is available on our website, or by visiting health.gov.au/mymedicare.
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