Blacksmiths Family Medical Practice in The Blacksmith, New South Wales, Australia | Family doctor

Blacksmiths Family Medical Practice

Locality: The Blacksmith, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 2 4971 4044

Address: 65 Turea Street 2281 The Blacksmith, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.blacksmithsfamilymedicalpractice.com/

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24.01.2022 Eligibility for free influenza vaccine 2020 Free seasonal influenza vaccine is funded for the following groups at higher risk of complications from influenza: - People aged 65 and over. ... - All Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 6 months and over. - All children aged 6 months to less than 5 years of age (including Aboriginal and medically at risk). - all individuals aged 5 years and over with medical risk conditions, namely: * Cardiac disease such as ischaemic heart disease, arrhythmias such as Atrial Fibrillation and heart failure. * Chronic respiratory conditions, such as Asthma and COPD. * Chronic Kidney Disease * Diabetes * Neurological diseases such as previous strokes * Impaired immunity such as those on long term immunotherapy such as steroids * Children aged 6 months to 10 years on long term aspirin therapy * Pregnant women (influenza vaccine can be given at any stage of pregnancy) * Other chronic illnesses requiring regular medical follow up or hospitalisation in the previous year. We encourage all our patients to call 0249714044 during office hours to show your interest in this years flu shot. Our clinical staff will endeavour to get back to you and give you a time to come for your vaccine. Many Thanks!

24.01.2022 We are getting a lot of questions about this, please help your older loved ones access their certificate or pass on the phone number listed here for them to call. Many thanks

24.01.2022 From tomorrow, Wednesday the 29th, our staff will be wearing masks at all times in the practice. All patients who enter the practice will need to wear a mask too. This can be homemade or a surgical mask, anything that covers the mouth and nose will do. ... This is in line with the current recommendations from NSW health, and what is happening in the local hospitals. Please share this information with anyone you know who comes to our practice. Stay safe everyone and we hope to see you, wearing a mask, soon

22.01.2022 We at Blacksmiths Family Medical Practice are confident it is safe for you and your family to come to our practice. We are offering a mix of Telehealth and face to face consults. Call 0249714044 during opening hours to book an appointment- you will be asked a series of questions to assess which option is best for you. Don't put off medical appointments, we are here to care for you and your family now. We hope to see you all soon

22.01.2022 We hope everyone is staying inside as much as possible, but it is definitely OK to grab some food, especially if its supporting local businesses like Big Mamma's Pizza! Nurse Donna enjoys their amazing pizzas every week!!! She deserves it after all the hard work she does for our patients

21.01.2022 The practice is closed tomorrow the 5th of October for the long weekend. We wish everyone a safe and happy weekend

20.01.2022 We have community transmission of COVID-19 from unknown sources in the Lake Macquarie community. Everyone please stay inside, when you have to leave the house for essential needs only keep 1.5 meters away and practice hand hygiene. We are offering telehealth to our patients to limit the need for leaving the house and to safely see any patients who are worried they may have signs or symptoms of COVID-19. Don’t be afraid to reach out to us in this time and stay safe everyone.

17.01.2022 The practice will be closed this week on Thursday the 9th of September. Both doctors will be working tomorrow Wednesday the 8th and Friday the 10th. You can book online with Dr Brianna using HotDoc. Many thanks

17.01.2022 We hope all our patients have a happy, healthy long weekend Ps. Stay home!We hope all our patients have a happy, healthy long weekend Ps. Stay home!

17.01.2022 COVID-19 update - If you have any symptoms, even mild - stay home, get tested! We are offering Telehealth for existing patients of Blacksmiths Family Medical Practice to facilitate testing of our patients. We can arrange testing through private pathology with results back generally within 24 hours. Do not ignore symptoms. Get tested if need be! Many Thanks from all our staff at Blacksmiths Family Medical Practice.

17.01.2022 Dr Michael will be at golf tomorrow morning, Friday the 4th of December. The practice will open at 9am tomorrow with Dr Brianna only on. Both doctors will be there in the afternoon. There are a few appointments available from 9am for those patients who would like to be waiting for when the doors open. Many thanks

15.01.2022 The practice will be closed tomorrow, Monday the 4th, for the long weekend. We open again the following day, Tuesday the 5th and you can book Dr Michael on the day by calling 0249714044. Dr Brianna will not be working Tuesdays anymore and will work Thursdays instead. Her next available appointment this week is Wednesday the 6th which you can book online now, using HotDoc!... Have a safe and healthy long weekend!

13.01.2022 We encourage all pregnant women to have their COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible. If you know any pregnant women please show them this video of Dr Gauthami Bhagwanani, a Sydney obstetrician, who has been working with pregnant women infected with COVID-19 Delta strain.

11.01.2022 FLU VACCINE UPDATE We have been working around the clock to ensure we can give this years influenza vaccine safely to all our patients who are interested. We will be running flu shot clinics this coming Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. We will add more flu clinics if the demand remains and vaccine availability allows.... In order to ensure patient safety, we are having clinical staff speak to all patients on the phone first before coming for their vaccine. This way we can guarantee the patients coming to the clinic are considered low risk for COVID-19 and are currently well. We have limited over 65 age group vaccines available and have been offering these first to our highest risk patients. We have ordered more and are waiting for further stock to arrive, but do have limited available. We have a lot of the government funded 5-64 year old flu shots available. This is for anyone considered high risk of complications from influenza. These are free to those eligible and we will post the criteria in the next post. We have limited privately funded flu shots for the 5-64 year old flu shots. These are $20 to receive and are the same as those offered by the local chemists. We have limited 6 months to 4 year old free government vaccines for children. We are booking children in throughout the week due to the extra time it takes with the little ones. We have had multiple patients already contact the practice and shown interest. Our clinical staff are working hard to contact these patients back to offer them a safe time to come and get their vaccine. To show your interest in booking in for a flu shot this year, contact 0249714044 during open hours. Reception will take your name down and our clinical staff will endeavour to contact you all as soon as possible. We are early this season in getting the shots out there for patients - if anyone misses out this batch, it is definitely safe to wait til the next batch arrives. Please do not worry! There will be plenty to go around. We hope to see you all soon!

10.01.2022 Dr Brianna will be on maternity leave soon! Her last day will be Friday December 18th. Dr Michael will have limited on the day availability only, no appointments ahead of time for patients, as he always has done in order to ensure those who are unwell are seen when needed. Dr Michael will be working his usual hours until the 24th of December, closing for Christmas onwards. Dr Michael will then work half days on the 29th and 30th. The practice will be closed the 31st until... reopening Wednesday January 6th resuming normal hours with Dr Michael only. We appreciate your understanding during this time and wish you a safe holiday season See more

06.01.2022 The practice is closed today. We are open usual hours from 8am tomorrow with both doctors working doing telehealth appointments. You can book for Dr Brianna using HotDoc. Many thanks

06.01.2022 From tomorrow, Wednesday the 29th, our staff will be wearing masks at all times in the practice. All patients who enter the practice will need to wear a mask too. This can be homemade or a surgical mask, anything that covers the mouth and nose will do. ... This is in line with the current recommendations from NSW health, and what is happening in the local hospitals. Please share this information with anyone you know who comes to our practice. Stay safe everyone and we hope to see you, wearing a mask, soon

05.01.2022 Dogtor Koda was a big help today with Myself needing to work from home. Thankyou to all the patients for being understanding of the situation. My sniffle is gone and my COVID-19 swab is negative. I went to Laverty Belmont and it was over and done with very quickly, with results back within 24-48 hours. I am very grateful to the wonderful staff who have tested a lot of our patients. It is up to us all to get tested even for the smallest of symptoms and if you want further advice we are here to help on 0249714044 during office hours. At other times you can ring the National coronavirus line on 1800 020 080. After hours the best way to get tested is to present to the John Hunter Hospital which is open to 10pm for testing. Many thanks, Dr. Brianna

05.01.2022 There has been a confirmed case in the Port Stephens area. This person visited the Salamander Bay shopping centre on July 15th. There is also a warning for anyone who went to the Windsor Castle Hotel in East Maitland on July 13th. We will now be asking patients before coming to our practice if they have been to these new hot spots, or any others. If you have been, we will offer Telehealth initially and examine you safely later if needed. We ask all patients to please take care, social distance, wash hands regularly when out and remember we may be at the start of a second wave in our area. We hope you all stay safe in this time and please reach out to us on 0249714044 during office hours if you think you need testing or to make a booking for all your usual health needs. Many thanks

05.01.2022 We have had a few patients ask about asymptomatic testing for COVID-19. That is, when you are perfectly healthy, with no symptoms of any illness, if you should get tested. There have been some confusing messages out there about this on the radio and other media outlets. The current answer is that NSW Health are NOT recommending testing of asymptomatic people for COVID-19. Therefore if you have no symptoms and contact our practice or one of the local COVID-19 clinics you will ...NOT be offered a swab for COVID-19. However, if you are unwell with any fever or respiratory symptoms (cough, sore throat, runny nose, shortness of breath), even if mild - you do need to get tested! The link below answers the question more throughly for anyone who wants to do their homework We hope this clears up this commonly asked question and we hope to see you all soon

04.01.2022 Change to practice hours : From Monday the practice will be open, but with reduced hours. Both doctors will be working the same hours below until further notice. Monday 8am to 1pm, 2pm to 5pm... Tuesday 8am to 1pm, closed afternoon Wednesday 8am to 1pm, 2pm to 5pm Thursday 8am to 1pm, closed afternoon Friday 8am to 1pm, 2pm to 5pm Saturday closed Sunday closed We have had a lot of appointments left empty and this is why we have reduced our hours. If demand increases we will aim to increase hours to make sure all our patients have medical support. We offer telehealth consults and face to face consults in practice to those who are well and able to come to the practice. For now we are not accepting new patients as we want to focus all our energy on keeping our existing patients cared for to the highest level possible. We ask all our patients to reach out in this time and book consults if they need it. Now is the most important time to be looking after your health, do not neglect your health needs! We want all our patients as healthy as possible and have made our practice a safe space to still receive medical attention when needed. We hope you are all helping loved ones and are keeping inside as much as possible in this crucial time for our community and Australia. Stay healthy all and we hope to see you soon.

04.01.2022 Thanks to all our wonderful patients who are getting COVID-19 Swabs when they have even the mildest symptoms. This is the best way to keep our state safe and healthy! Keep up all the great work from all of us at Blacksmiths Family Medical Practice

03.01.2022 Merry Christmas from our family to yours! We wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season- stay safe everyone, from us at Blacksmiths Family Medical Practice (and Koda and Honey- Dr Brianna's fur babies )

02.01.2022 The practice is closed this Thursday the 23rd of September as we are less busy during school holidays. If you are needing anything please book online for Dr. Brianna using HotDoc, or call the practice on 0249714044 for both doctors appointments. We hope everyone is staying safe these school holidays

01.01.2022 The practice is closed this Friday the 17th of July and only open to 1pm Thursday the 16th of July. Please call the practice today on 0449714044 if you need anything from your doctor. The practice is open on Monday the 20th of July with only Dr. Michael working. Tuesday the 21st both doctors will be working usual hours. We Thankyou for you understanding