General news

Pfizer COVID vaccinations appointments are now available, if you are eligible, for this Tuesday (13th) afternoon and all day Thursday; ring the clinic for appointments for these days. The Saturday clinic is now also open and please book on www.hotdoc.com.au for an appointment. Please check whether you are eligible at www.health.gov.au on the eligibility checker.

The COVID Australian landscape has changed and for once Victoria isn’t the state in lockdown. As was the case when we were though, the need for vaccinating the population as quickly and as safely as possible has again been highlighted nationally. But hasn’t that simple message been made more complicated and messier than it should…

There is a lot of information coming out about the C-19 vaccinations and it can be quite a challenge keeping UTD.We will continue to try to help our community navigate the vaccine landscape…What follows is a portion of what was sent out to us today by the Health Department ..”The medical advice on which vaccine…

Foster Medical Centre now has vacancies for nurses in a number of areas including in Chronic Disease Management, the Respiratory Clinic for assessing and swabbing, and in the vaccination clinic for COVID-19. These will be casual positions and hours TBA. We are particularly looking for Registered nurses. Expressions of interest should be directed to our…

Please note that due to the changes in Health Department recommendations we now have additional places for people 60 years and over for COVID vaccines next week. Book in now!

Foster Medical Centre is open for business today (Friday) and will be on Saturday also. Toora will remain closed. The Respiratory Clinic is closed for swabbing but if you have respiratory symptoms please tell the receptionist (by phone) who will be able to assist you. All vaccine appointments will continue to occur. Again we thank…

Please note the following ….appointments with nurses and doctors and for immunisations remain valid on Thursday and Friday. ..appointments at Toora Medical Centre are all being moved to Foster Clinic. No need to ring , just turn up at the same time as the original Toora Booking …if booked after 3;30 pm at either Toora…

How things change so quickly. Lockdown again. Number 4 A sense of déjà vu and ‘not this again.’ A return of the restrictions and of dashed plans. A return of a widespread uncertainty and anxiety. One moment we were going about life in an almost-normal way and the next we are in a week of…

…by Dr Priscilla Robinson,(retired Epidemiologist and member of SGH Board)A couple of weeks ago I went along to the Medical Centre, and had the first of my free Covid vaccinations (hooray!). Did it hurt? Only a teeny bit. Did I have any after-effects? Yes; but although I felt very ordinary for a day or so…

We continue to offer the AZ vaccine to all patients over the age of 50. There are two ways of getting an appointment-either ring the clinic or go to health.gov.au and vaccine eligibility and follow the links to get an online appointment on Thursdays at the clinic. There has been a development in the delivery…