Balmain East Doctors

Balmain East Doctors is an Accredited Practice, which was established in 2015, when the long standing East Balmain General Practice moved from 9 Johnston Street to the current location, Oddfellows Hall. The 'Hall' built in the early 1800s, provides a peaceful, warm and welcoming environment, where we can provide high quality care for our patients. Our dedicated doctors and allied health professionals offer a holistic and personlised care, with an emphasis on continuity of care and preventative health. Each practitioner has a special area of expertise, including:

• Antenatal shared care
• Anti-wrinkle injections
• Back pain treatments - Musculoskeletal Medicine
• Child psychology
• Couple and family therapy
• Dermatology
• Dietetic advice for general weight management and management of medical conditions
• EMDR therapy
• Family medicine
• Health Assessments (People aged 40-49 years with a high risk of developing type 2 diabetes as determined by the Australian Type 2 Diabetes Risk Assessment Tool)
• Mental health care
• Paediatrics
• Psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural, narrative and mindfulness approaches
• Skin checks
• Skin rejuvenation
• Travel medicine
• Women's health

As a mixed billing practice, we offer bulk billing to all pensioners and children under the age of 12 who are covered by Medicare.

Otherwise, our fees are:

- $90 for a standard consultation (up to 20min. with a Medicare rebate of $38.75 and a gap of $51.25)

- $140 for a long consultation (30-40 min. with a Medicare rebate of $75.05 and a gap of $64.95)

We have Medicare Easyclaim enabled, which means that patients can claim their Medicare benefit and have it paid into their bank account through your practice’s EFTPOS terminal, immediately. We also offer HICAPS for patients who have private health insurance.

Our opening hours are Monday to Friday from 8.00am-6:30pm and Saturdays from 8am-3pm. Booking an appointment is easy and can be done at any time using our convenient online booking service. An after hour medical service is available through the Sydney Medical Services.

House visits and tele-health appointments are available for existing patients who can’t attend the general practice, due to illness or immobility.

Walk ins can be seen based on the health professional's availability.

Our practice is following a strict communication policy, returning phone messages within 24hrs.

Patients can request to see their full health records by sending a dated and signed written request to the practice via mail and collect the information in person, once their identify has been verified.

Patients can provide feedback, opportunities for improvement and complaints via sending us an email or mail. We will endevor to respond within 5 business days.