Holland Park Family Medical Practice

• Well Women's Health Assessment (Regular and over 40's)
• PAP Smears
• Breast Checks
• Antenatal Shared Care
• Contraception Advice
• Mirena / Implanon insertions
• Sexual Health 
• Blood Pressure
• Skin Checks
• Weight Loss

• General Men's Health Check (Regular and over 40's)
• Prostate Check (Advise Doctor if there is a family history)
• Sexual Health / Disfunction
• Blood Pressure
• Skin Checks
• Weight Loss

We recommend you make a dedicated appointment for a regular Skin check - If you include this with a consultation for other matters too, then ask Reception for a long appointment.

Our Doctors are available for regular Skin checks and in our up to date, well equipped Treatment room we are able to diagnose and treat most Skin cancers and other related Skin lesions using Cryotherapy, Diathermy, surgical excisions and topical treatments.

Asthma Action Plans are essential for the Chronic sufferer of Asthma.  Our Doctors can prepare a plan for the purpose of identifying the signs that trigger how you manage your health as part of good Chronic Disease Management.  The aim of this is to educate you to be aware of the early signs, action to be taken in the early stages to prevent acute episodes.  You should allow for a longer appointment to discuss this and have the Plan created for you.

The Doctor will assess your needs through a GP management plan, which is a big part of Chronic Disease Management.  The Doctor is often assisted in this by our Community Nurse, and this aims to guide you to access Enhanced Primary Care services such as physio and podiatry should you have a need.  You should allow for a longer appointment to discuss this and have the Plan created for you.

Our treatment room can facilitate ECG testing.

• Contraception advice
• Mirena / Implanon insertions

To discuss Mirena and Implanon, you will need to make an appointment with your Doctor to assess if these options are suitable for your situation.  If your assessment results show that you are a suitable candidate, an insertion appointment will be made for implanon, or for Mirena (IUD) an appointment made with Dr Spina for further discussion regarding suitability.

Dr Alba Spina is our Specialist Mirena Practitioner.

Childhood vaccinations

2 month  -  can be given from 6 weeks ie. 6weeks plus 1 day

4 month  -  must be 8 weeks plus 1 day between 2 and 4 mths vaccinations (if the 2 mth vax is late, the 4 mth vax will be late too)

6 month  -  must be 8 weeks plus 1 day between 4 and 6 mths vaccinations (if the 4 mth vax is late, the 6 mth vax will be late too)

12 month  -  must be 12 mths by calendar date plus 1 day (doesn't matter if earlier vax were late)

18 month  -  must be 18 mths by calendar date plus 1 day  (doesn't matter if earlier vax were late)

4 years  -  4 year health check - can be from 3yrs 6mths by calendar date.  Our Practice Nurse will assist with the initial information gathering for your 4 year old, and your Doctor will discuss the findings with you.

* Ensure the Practice Nurse enters your "next due date" in your Red Book so you are sure about when that next one is due.  Any Vaccination queries can be directed to the Practice Nurse.

Year 8 and Year 10 vaccinations (School immunisation program) are not stocked at the Practice.  If your child has missed them at school, we need to order them in.  They can take approx 4 weeks to arrive.  Arrange this with the Practice Nurse.

This can be managed through a GP management plan if necessary, and ongoing support and counselling by your Doctor.  An Enhanced Primary Care plan can provide access to Allied Health services such as Dietitions or Exercise Physiologists (with some medicare rebates available) to help you get to your goals.  You will need to book a longer appointment for this.

Your GP can provide counselling through a Mental Health consultation, and if necessary a GP Mental Health Care Plan can be done to assist in identifying your needs.  With this plan in place you can access some Psychology visits that will attract a Medicare rebate.  Please book a long appointment for Mental health plans and reviews.

Our Practice is happy to provide a full range of General Practice services to Veterans Affairs card holders.

Gold card holders can ask Reception to arrange a taxi for transport to and from your GP appointment.

• Childhood vaccinations

2 month  -  can be given from 6 weeks ie. 6weeks plus 1 day

4 month  -  must be 8 weeks plus 1 day between 2 and 4 mths vaccinations (if the 2 mth vax is late, the 4 mth vax will be late too)

6 month  -  must be 8 weeks plus 1 day between 4 and 6 mths vaccinations (if the 4 mth vax is late, the 6 mth vax will be late too)

12 month  -  must be 12 mths by calendar date plus 1 day (doesn't matter if earlier vax were late)

18 month  -  must be 18 mths by calendar date plus 1 day  (doesn't matter if earlier vax were late)

4 years  -  4 year health check - can be from 3yrs 6mths by calendar date.  Our Practice Nurse will assist with the initial information gathering for your 4 year old, and your Doctor will discuss the findings with you.

* We stock all of the above vaccines.

** Ensure the Practice Nurse enters your "next due date" in your Red Book so you are sure about when that next one is due.  Any Vaccination queries can be directed to the Practice Nurse.

Year 8 and Year 10 vaccinations (School immunisation program) are not stocked at the Practice.  If your child has missed them at school, we need to order them in.  They can take approx 4 weeks to arrive.  Arrange this with the Practice Nurse.

• Travel

An appointment will be needed with your Doctor, approximately 6 weeks prior to travel, to discuss your requirements.  We do not stock Travel vaccines, so you will be given prescriptions for any vaccines you need, and you can usually arrange to have them administered by our Practice Nurse.

• General vaccines (including Influenza)

We stock the Qld Health supplied Influenza vaccines that are available at the beginning and during the "Flu" season - free for over 65's, pregnant women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders 15 years and over, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders 6months and up to 5 years, anyone 6months and over with a Chronic Medical Condition such as Asthma, Lung or Heart disease, low immunity or Diabetes.  (As at 2015)

Qld Health make the whooping cough vaccine available to pregnant women and we do stock those too.

• 4 year old
• 45-49 year old
• 75+ health assessment
• GP Mental Health Plans
• GP Health Management Plans (Chronic Disease Management)
• EPC (Enhanced Primary Care-supporting the provision of Allied Health Services)
• Asthma Action Plans
• Diabetes Cycle of Care Plans

• Diving Medicals

You will need to make a 45 minute appointment with Dr Geoff Ullman for this.  Please advise Reception.

• Age related Driving Medicals

Please complete all sections of the form that you can.  eg Name, address, DOB.  If you have other issues to discuss too, please ask Reception to allow for a long consultation.  Please note the expiry date is not your birthday necessarily - it is the date of expiry on your form, which will be the anniversary of the date you had your last forms completed!

• Commercial Drivers Licence Medicals

CDL appointments will need a long appointment with the Doctor, so please advise Reception when you book. 

• Aviation Medicals

If it is your Original Medical for CASA, please advise Reception, so that the appropriate time can be booked for this appointment. (Approx 1 hour)

If it is the Renewal Medical for CASA, please advise Reception, so that the appropriate time can be booked for this appointment. (Approx 45 mins) 

• Pre-employment Medicals

There are no Standard forms for these medicals.  You will be required to bring your supplied forms in so they can be sighted by the Doctor, to determine how complicated the Medical is, both to determine what time should be allocated for the appointment and if any testing is required prior to the appointment.  Reception must be advised.

• Insurance Medicals

You will be required to bring any supplied forms in so they can be sighted by the Doctor, to determine how complicated the Medical is, both to determine what time should be allocated for the appointment and if any testing is required prior to the appointment.  Reception must be advised.

Our busy treatment room manages a range of issues being an immensely important part of the high standard of clinical care we provide for our patients.

Our skilled Practice Nurses (Registered Nurses) assist in many areas of Patient care, such as: minor and chronic wound care, assisting our Doctors in minor surgery - sutures, skin lesions / skin cancer excisions, removal of sutures, ear syringing, respiratory function testing, ECG's, immunisations and children's health checks.

They are continually developing their knowledge through external education in the newest treatments and methods for optimal healing of wounds and the most up to date clinical methods of Patient care.