Appointments
Our appointment system caters to urgent, non-urgent, complex, planned chronic care and preventative healthcare. Appointments can be made online or by phoning the clinic during business hours on 02 6059 2700. Parking is available on-site. Our clinic is step-free and disabled-accessible.
Appointments available include face-to-face (in person) or telehealth.
A telehealth appointment is much like an in-person appointment, but you’ll see the provider on a screen or speak to them on the phone from the comfort of your home. If you’re booking a videoconference, you will need a video-capable smartphone, tablet or computer.
Please advise staff if you require a longer consultation to discuss multiple issues so a longer appointment can be booked.
Walk-In Appointments
We operate on a pre-booked appointment system and reserve daily appointments for emergencies. Walk-in patients are offered an appointment within a time frame for their individual needs.
We will send a confirmation reminder of your appointment via Hot Doc as an SMS 24 hours before your scheduled appointment.
Due to the unpredictable nature of general practice consultations, the doctors may occasionally run behind schedule.
Appointment Confirmation and Cancellation Policy
We understand that circumstances change and that appointments may no longer be needed. In order to make these available to others, we request that a minimum of 3-hours notice be provided to avoid a $40 cancellation fee.
Getting the most out of your appointment
To ensure you get the most out of your appointment:
- Check your scripts before coming.
- Be prepared with what you need to discuss.
Please do not come in person to your appointment if:
- you are feeling unwell with fever, cough, runny nose or other symptoms that could be from COVID-19;
- you are waiting for COVID-19 test results or have tested positive for COVID-19
- you are a close contact of someone with COVID-19; or
- you are in quarantine.
Communication Policy
There are multiple ways in which this practice communicates with patients and third parties.
Face-to-Face
This can be via consultation with your doctor or nurse or interactions with other practice staff.
Telephone
Patients can contact the practice between 8:30am and 5:30pm Monday to Friday on (02) 6059 2700.
Our reception staff may use a triage system to assess the urgency of the patient’s needs and concerns. Our reception staff will also perform a three-point identifier check to ensure the correct patient file matches the patient on the phone.
Please note that it is often not possible to speak to the doctor when calling. A secure message will be sent to the doctor, who will return your call when possible. Exceptions may be made if the matter is deemed to be urgent. A note will be made in the patient’s file.
Fax
Faxes received that are patient-related are entered into the clinical software and sent to the relevant doctor for review. After being reviewed and actioned, they are imported into the patient’s file.
Any urgent patient-related faxes are immediately handed to the doctor, or if that doctor is not available, another doctor in the practice will review the fax. All non-patient-related faxes are given to the relevant staff member.
Our staff endeavours to respond to email messages received during business hours within 24 hours. If you have an issue that requires urgent attention, please contact the practice via telephone.
SMS
SMS messages are sent to remind patients of scheduled appointments, health reminders, and health recalls. Please make sure you update the practice if there is a change to your mobile number. Please let us know if you want to be removed from the SMS list.
Post
A letter may be sent regarding reminders or recalls for patients who have opted out of SMS.
Letters received by the practice are scanned and placed in the clinical software for the doctor to review. After being reviewed and actioned, they are imported into the patient’s file.
Website
Our website is updated regularly and contains the practice contact details, location, opening hours and information regarding fees and services offered. Our online booking during office hours and after-hours doctor service details are also available.
Facebook / Instagram
Our Facebook and Instagram pages have practice information and health promotions. This page, however, is intended for announcements only by Daintree Health and not for the provision of individual medical advice. This page is not regularly monitored for comments. If you have any queries or questions, please contact the practice via telephone.
Communicating with patients with special needs
A contact list of translator and interpreter services and services for patients with a disability is maintained, updated regularly and readily available to all staff at reception. These include:
- National Relay Service (NRS) for hearing impaired
- Translation and Interpreter Service (TIS) Doctors Priority Line 1300 131 450
Note to other Health Practitioners
We prefer to receive correspondence via secure messaging. We can receive messages via HealthLink and Medical Objects. Please avoid faxing, emailing, or posting us if you can send us a secure message via one of these methods.
Contact Information
7 Daintree Way, West Wodonga, VIC 3690
Ph: (02) 6059 2700
Fax: (02) 6059 7500
Email: [email protected]
Feedback / Complaint Policy
From time to time, the practice invites patients to complete a questionnaire on their views of the clinic and how it could be improved. These surveys are completely confidential and help us to improve our services. We do value your feedback on how we can improve as a practice, and invite you to talk to your doctor, our practice manager, or write to us if you wish.
We hope that any difficulties you may have can be resolved. If you need to contact an outside authority, the details are:
Health Complaints Commissioner Ph: 1300 582 113
Preventative Care
This practice offers a patient recall system which is utilised for a range of preventative care activities including:
- Routine tests such as pap smears
- Skin Checks
- Customised recalls tailored to a patients individual health requirements.
Test Results
Patients will need to make a follow-up appointment to discuss results with their doctor. If the doctor is concerned about your results, the staff at Daintree Health will contact your and make an appointment.
Fees and Billing
Daintree Health is a private billing practice with full payment of fees required at the time of consultation. This includes Work Cover and TAC consultations, as we do not invoice third parties directly (unless a claim has been accepted, and you provide us with a claim number).
Current Health Care cards, Pension concession cards and Medicare cards must be presented at every appointment. Please note that these will be checked, and our records updated accordingly.
For your convenience we accept cash, eftpos or credit card. Personal cheques are not accepted. We do not accept Diners Club, or Amex.
Appointment cancellations within 3 hours will attract a non-attendance fee of $40.00 inc GST
We offer bulk-billing to:
- 70 years and older who holds a current Health Care Card and Pension Card
- Veterans Affairs card holders
- Children under 16 years of age
- Patients with appointments related to a care plan (does not include mental health plans)
Due to rising costs of staff wages, medical supplies, insurances, and utilities, coupled with the fact the Government has only increased the standard consultation fee by $4 over the last 9 years, it is no longer possible to continue to provide a high-quality service whilst continuing to bulk bill all of our current HCC/PCC patients.
| Time | Private Fee | Medicare Rebate* | Out of pocket | |
| Standard Consult | < 20 mins | $81.20 | $41.20 | $40.00 |
| Long Consult | 20 – 40 mins | $119.70 | $79.70 | $40.00 |
| Prolonged Consult | > 40 mins | $157.40 | $117.40 | $40.00 |
Your Medicare rebate will be processed during payment.
All accounts must be settled at the time of consultation.
*Medicare rebate and out-of-pocket costs only where applicable. – To receive the rebate directly into your account, patients are required to register their account details with Medicare. Medicare is responsible for processing this rebate.
Patients may be charged for additional procedures taken during the consultation. These costs are charged to cover the cost of instrument use, dressings and other consumables. Our reception staff will provide an estimate of out of pocket costs for these services prior to the consult.
Opening Hours
| Monday to Friday | 8:30am to 5:30pm |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sundays | Closed |
| Public Holidays | Closed |
Outside office hours / home visits
- Emergencies call 000 for Ambulance.
- For any urgent medical issues, please call Health Direct for further advice on 1800 022 222 or alternatively seek care at the emergency departments at Wodonga Hospital, Vermont Street, Wodonga VIC 3690 P: 02 60517111 or Albury Hospital, Borella Road, Albury NSW 2640 P: 02 60584444
Home Visits
Privacy Policy
Current as of 27th June, 2022.
Introduction
This privacy policy is to provide information to you, our patient, on how your personal information (which includes your health information) is collected and used within our practice, and the circumstances in which we may share it with third parties.
Why and when your consent is necessary
When you register as a patient of our practice, you provide consent for our General Practitioners and practice staff to access and use your personal information so they can provide you with the best possible healthcare. Only authorised members of the practice who need to see your personal information will have access to it. If we need to use your information for anything else, we will seek additional consent from you to do this.
Why do we collect, use, hold and share your personal information?
Our practice will need to collect your personal information to provide healthcare services to you. Our main purpose for collecting, using, holding and sharing your personal information is to manage your health.
What personal information do we collect?
The information we will collect about you includes your:
- names, date of birth, addresses, contact details
- medical information including medical history, medications, allergies, adverse events, immunisations, social history, family history and risk factors
- Medicare number (where available) for identification and claiming purposes
- healthcare identifiers
- health fund details.
When, why and with whom do we share your personal information?
Requests for third party access to personal patient health information is initiated through receipt of correspondence from a solicitor or government agency or by the patient completing a Request for Personal Health Information form.
Where our practice holds reports or other health information from another organization, such as a medical specialist, we are required to provide access to this information in the same manner as for the records we create. We are also required to provide access to records which have been transferred to us from another health service provider.
We only transfer or release patient information to a third party once the consent to share information has been signed and, in specific cases, informed consent has been sought from the patient.
Request for Access and Transfer of Patient Information
Patients of this practice have the right to access their personal (and health) information under legislation. The Privacy Act 1988 and Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) govern health service providers’ and other organisations’ obligations to give patients access to their personal health information on request, subject to certain exceptions and the payment of fees.
Website Terms of Use
This website www.daintreehealth.com.au is operated by Daintree Health ACN: 657 725 427 (we, our or us).
Consent: By accessing and/or using our Site, you agree to these terms of use and our Privacy Policy. Please read these Terms carefully and immediately cease using our Site if you do not agree to them.
Variations: We may, at any time and at our discretion, vary these Terms by publishing the varied terms on our Site. We recommend you check our Site regularly to ensure you are aware of our current terms. Materials and information on this Site (Content) are subject to change without notice. We do not undertake to keep our Site up-to-date and we are not liable if any Content is inaccurate or out-of-date.
Licence to use our Site: We grant you a non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable, worldwide, non-transferable licence to use our Site in accordance with these Terms. All other uses are prohibited without our prior written consent.
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Daintree Health ACN: 657 725 427
Email: [email protected]
Last update: 27th June 2022