Plaza Family Health - Mt. Sheridan Dr Chris Goodall

06/04/2021

8-42am.....power restored 😁

06/04/2021

Good morning..... unfortunately we have a power outage at the Mt Sheridan Shopping Centre . As such our phones will be out until the power is restored. Hopefully this state of affairs is rapidly corrected and your patience much appreciated.

17/01/2021

TROPICAL CYCLONE KIMI.

Plaza Family Health will be open this morning as usual. It would appear that the cyclone is tracking South of Cairns but will likely cause significant rainfall as the day progresses. As such Plaza Family Health will close at 1-00pm this afternoon to ensure our staff get home safely.

As it stands we will be open tomorrow morning at 8-30am for business as usual but this will obviously depend on the weather situation on the day.

We apologise for the inconvenience and any patients with appointments this afternoon will be accommodated within the next day or two.

10/01/2021

Happy New Year to one and all,

As you will know Plaza Family Health is a teaching practice teaching GP Registrars and Medical students the art of General Practice. Dr Yelena has been with us for the past 12 months in this training role and sadly it is now time for her to experience another practice to continue her training. We are very sad that she has to go and I know she will be missed by staff and patients alike. We all wish her the very best.

We are however looking forward to Dr Kaitlin joint us on 18th January 2021 to take over from Dr Yelena. Dr Kaitlin is moving from the Sunshine Coast to join the practice as a Registrar again to learn the subtle art of being a GP. We would like to extend a warm welcome to her and trust that her relocation is smooth and uneventful.

21/12/2020

21/12/2020

The team at Plaza Family Health would like to wish all of our fabulous patients a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year.

Our dedicated team will be working up until Wednesday 23rd December and will reopen on Tuesday 29th December. Friday 1st January is also a public holiday so we will be closed on New Years Day.

This year has brought its challenges but I think all of us are grateful for living in this beautiful and safer part of Australia.

Plaza Family Health.

09/11/2020

Some of the Plaza Family Health team enjoying a well deserved night out...

16/06/2020

PLAZA FAMILY HEALTH is 7 years old today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 😃

25/05/2020

PLAZA FAMILY HEALTH has no power this morning like much of the South of Cairns. As such any early appointments may need to be rescheduled as we are 100% dependent on electricity. We cannot access the computer systems so contacting patients with early appointments is impossible. Hopefully all will be restored very soon and apologies for the inconvenience.

17/04/2020

Dr Yelena and Nurse Elise, two of the hard working, brave and dedicated health care professionals working at Plaza Family Health during this era of pandemic COVID 19.

29/03/2020

TELEPHONE AND VIDEO CONSULTATIONS NOW OPEN TO ALL AUSTRALIANS.

Todays announcement expands the Telehealth services to incorporate consultations, mental health services and chronic disease management services to all Australians reducing the need for patients to attend the practice in this current era of Pandemic COVID 19. The government has also provided incentives for GP practices to stay open for those that have to attend in person.

If you require a Telehealth service please call our reception and we will be able to provide a service on the day.

PLEASE SHARE THESE POSTS SO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE ARE AWARE OF THESE CHANGES AND THUS MINIMISING THE RISK OF CONTACT WITH COVID 19 AND ALL THAT ENTAILS.

28/03/2020

TELEPHONE AND TELEHEALTH CONSULTATIONS NOW AVAILABLE AND BULK BILLED TO MEDICARE.

During these difficult times the Plaza Family Health team are trying to minimise exposure of those vulnerable members in our society to COVID-19 and as such the Government has allowed Phone and Telehealth consultations (normal telephone,Skype, Zoom, Facetime etc). These consultations are bulk billed to Medicare. Those who are deemed vulnerable are-

-Aged over 70
-Pregnant
-Children under 12 months
-Anyone with a chronic health condition (essentially most of us)

We anticipate this service will be extended to all in the very near future.

As such if you have any medical concerns, need scripts, test results, referrals etc call our helpful reception staff and they can offer a Telehealth appointment ON THE DAY thus giving you peace of mind.

IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT THE INFLUENZA VACCINE IS NOW AVAILABLE AND WE HAVE ORGANISED MINIMAL EXPOSURE CLINICS TO REDUCE RISK.

Call for an appointment.

Stay safe, stay isolated and we look forward to hearing from you.