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Hours
8.30 am – 5.00pm Mon-Fri
9.00am – 11.00am Saturday
‘On call’ other hours
Express Clinic
For repeat prescriptions, please call between 8.30am and 9am.
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Our Services
Health and Wellness
Routine check ups, screening, improved lifestyle and fitness
Chronic Disease
Systematic management of long term conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, lung disease and osteoarthritis
Urgent Care
Our acute care service caters for any illness or injury in our regular patients requiring on-the-day care
Elderly health
Support for elderly patients including visits to residential aged care and help with accessing my aged care
Mother and Baby
Shared antenatal care and newborn health checks
Home Visits
24 Hr On Call with home visits available when required in our area for regular patients
Children's Health
Immunisations, check ups, illness and behavioural issues in kids
Skin cancer surgery
Skin cancer checks and surgery for skin lesions
Sports Medicine
Injuries, exercises, fitness and rehabilitation
Workplace Health
Management of workplace injuries and Workcover claims of all types
On Call
24hr phone advice and after hours consultations in surgery or at home if required for urgent conditions
Travel Medicine
Advice and immunisations for people travelling overseas. We are a regsitered Yellow Fever Vaccination centre.
Women's Health
Contraception, conception, antenatal shared care, and menopausal symptoms
Men's Health
Supporting optimal men’s health though every age
Mental Health
Richer and more meaningful lives for people struggling with thoughts and feelings
Dietetics
We have a dietician on our team who can assist with weight loss, food intolerances, allergies, and eating for health
Urgent Care and After Hours Care
One of our doctors is always ‘on-call’ and available to patients of the clinic 24 hours a day for urgent medical attention or advice.
If you call the clinic outside of normal hours, a recorded message will contain the after hours number of the on-call doctor. Sometimes it can be helpful just to get advice from someone you know. If you or your family member need to be seen, the doctor may open up the clinic and consult with you there, or visit you at home.
In medical emergencies the ambulance should be called on 000 immediately, before also calling the on-call doctor.
If for some reason the on-call doctor cannot be reached and urgent care is required, the nearest accident and emergency centre is at Lismore Base Hospital or Ballina District Hospital.
The charge for after hours visit is available below.
Making an appointment
For urgent or acute appointments, where you have an illness, injury or condition that needs to be seen today, ring
02 6628 0505 (24 hours)
Routine appointments can be booked online
Repeat Prescriptions and the Express Clinic
If you need a repeat prescription for a regular medication that we have previously prescribed, please ring the clinic on 02 66280505 between 8.30am and 9.00am. Please note that this repeat prescription service is not available for pain medication and sleeping tablets, and you must have been seen for a face to face consultation in the clinic in the last 12 months. If you are not eligible, or requires a pain medication or sleeping tablet, you will need a routine face to face appointment.
MyMedicare is a new federal government program that enable patients to register with a particular general practice of their choice.
MyMedicare patients will have access to:
- greater continuity of care with your registered practice, improving health outcomes
- longer Medicare Benefit Scheme (MBS) funded telehealth consultations with your GP
- triple bulk billing incentive for longer MBS telehealth consultations for children under 16, pensioners, and concession card holders
- more regular visits from your GP and better care planning for people living in a residential aged care home
Start the registration process in your Medicare Online Account or Express Plus Medicare Mobile app.
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Our Alstonville Clinic Team
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Dr Tony Lembke GPTony has been a partner GP at the Alstonville Clinic since 1993. His alternative calling was as a magician. He was the Sydney University Medical Society Donkey Kong Champion in 1983, and RACGP GP of the Year in 2012. He has two sons and two daughters. As a long time rugby coach for Lismore City and a Wallabies supporter, he is trying to learn resilience.
Dr Luke Hogan GPLuke has been a partner at Alstonville Clinic since 2015. He also enjoys teaching junior doctors who are going through GP training. He grew up on the north coast and loves living back here again with his wife and tribe of five mischievous children. He is often spotted running with his double running pram and spends many a late night planting vegetables by head-torch. Two of the things on his bucket list include planting a rainforest on his 10 acres that can rival Dr Leslie's, and to finally complete his A.Mus in Piano which he has been saying he will complete since he was 17!
Dr Vicki Liu GPDr Vicki Liu has enjoyed life in the Northern Rivers since 2009, after completing her B. Medical Science (Honours) at Sydney University and then a Graduate Medical degree (MBBS) at University of QLD. She completed her Diploma of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Lismore Base Hospital and has been part of the team at Alstonville Clinic since 2011. She enjoys all aspects of General Practice and is certified to insert the Implanon and Mirena. In her 'spare' time she usually ends up chasing her escapee cows around the locality, and juggles work with looking after three kids, with the occasional spot of hockey, hiking, and playing musical instruments.
Dr Alison Skimmings GPAlison has cared for the community of Alstonville for more than 20 years. When not here, you will probably find her at the Ballina Hockey Club, where she is a life member and 'the pride of hockey'. She gets to play sport with her three daughters!
Dr Joshua Kingston GPJosh came to Alstonville Clinic in 2014 as a GP Registrar and has been with the Clinic ever since passing his Fellowship examination (with flying colours). When not at the clinic, you'll have trouble keeping up with Josh, on his bike or chasing his young son Silas.
Dr Caitlin Witt GPCaitlin joined the Alstonville Clinic as a registrar in February 2018. She has a degree in Advertising, Film & Television production (QUT 2008) which was incredibly useless for her postgraduate degree in Medicine (Griffith University 2012). She quite likes medicine and might keep doing it for the next few decades.
Dr Anika StrahanDr Anika Strahan moved to Alstonville in 2018 with her husband and four young children. After attending university in Brisbane and then doing both hospital training and GP training in Sydney, she has eagerly decided to settle in this beautiful area. Outside of work, Anika enjoys spending time exploring the coastline with her family, watching and also playing sport with the kids and dabbling in farm life. Anika really loves all areas of general practice and especially working in the close knit Alstonville community.
Dr Tom LucenaAfter graduating from Alstonville High Tom bounced around the country to study and work. It took him over a decade to realise he was silly to leave and is now sensibly back with his equally silly wife. His favourite books are the Sherlock Holmes series and he can’t think of a better job than chatting to people all day and trying to untangle the mysteries of life and the human body. Tom’s splits his spare time evenly between surfing, drinking coffee, and repairing things his dog has broken.
Dr Justin PannuJustin joins us after 6 years on the Gold Coast, where he completed a Doctor of Medicine at Griffith University and did his internship at GC University Hospital, Robina and Logan Hospitals. He undertook his initial medical training in Canada, however he hopes to obtain Australian citizenship in future. He has now chosen to specialise in general practice as he is keen to see positive health outcomes in his local community. Justin enjoyed both the beach lifestyle and the plentiful sunshine on the Gold Coast and has now moved to the northern NSW area to further explore this beautiful part of the world, in particular, the local golf courses.-
Janeen Morris Practice ManagerJaneen is the practice manager and also leads the nursing team in the clinic. She has worked here since 2007. Find her bush walking with her family when she's not running the show.
Wren Casement Practice NurseWren brings her inuring experience to us from the UK via Lightening Ridge. Need an opal? or some macadamias?
Lyn Wade Practice NurseLyn is a north coast local, and is a senior member of our nursing team. Find her kayaking, or more likely spoiling her grandchildren.
Joni Mackenzie RNJoni brings extensive experience in community nursing to the Alstonville Clinic team. As well as a fantastic laugh!Natasha Tutticci
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Janeen Morris Practice ManagerJaneen is the practice manager and also leads the nursing team in the clinic. She has worked here since 2007. Find her bush walking with her family when she's not running the show.Reception Team The Front LineWelcome to the Alstonville Clinic! Our solutions focused reception team are the main liaison point between patients and our nurses, doctors and allied health providers. If you have a question, please ask one of our friendly reception staff for assistance. Accounts - Angela Marriott, Karan Tucker... Receptionists - Kerrilee Brown, Regan Vidler, Sue Bryant, Narelle Clark, Jodie Dardengo, Julie Spinks, Fiona Toghill.
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Carolyn Davis DietitianCarolyn is an Accredited Dietitian, with a special interest in weight loss, food allergies and intolerances (including coeliac disease), and diets for people with special needs, such as kidney disease, diabetes and cancer.
Title Address Description Alstonville Clinic61 Main St, Alstonville NSW 2477, Australia 
Alstonville Clinic,
61 Main St
Alstonville
02 66280505
The Annexe4 The Avenue, Alstonville NSW 2477, Australia Your Medical Home
The Alstonville Clinic is accountable for the care of you and your family for all your health needs
Accessibile Care
All our patients with acute care needs can be seen by seen by one of our doctors each day.Routine appointments can also be scheduled with any of our doctors at any time in the future. Patients with long term and more complex conditions are managed proactively through our ‘Annexe’ chronic conditions stream.
For exisiting patients of our clinic, our ‘on call’ doctor is available 24 hours for urgent phone advice or consultation.
Person Centred Care
Our clinic focuses on the health needs of our patients. We understand that people and their families benefit from support to improve their ability to manage their own health wherever possible. We adopt a shared decision making approach.We have a Patient Advisory Group to inform us about areas where we can improve.
Comprehensive Care
Our team includes general practitioners with a comprehensive set of skills, registered nurses, chronic condition managers, and allied health..The clinic has served the Alstonville Community for more than fifty years, and many of our doctors have been here for more than twenty years.
Coordinated Care
We aim to ensure that all our patients can access the care team they need to best manage their health. The Clinic has strong partnerships with local specialists, physiotherapists, psychologists, exercise physiologist, podiatrists and other health providers.
For patients with more complex needs, our ‘care manager’ at the Annexe assists in coordinating their care.
Quality and Safety
Our clinic is committed to continuous quality improvement, and is nationally recognised as a leading practice.Our Patient Safety program acknowledges that their is always capacity to improve our care, and we endeavour to make our systems as safe as possible.
All our doctors participate in Professional Development Programs and are Fellows or Members or Registrars of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
Our Fees
Fees are calculated using a standard ‘gap’ above the medicare rebate. The charge will be more for more procedures and longer appointments, but the out of pocket gap will be the same. For patients who have registered their banking details with medicare, we can arrange for the medicare rebate to be automatically transferred back into your account, usually overnight.
Some consultations, including specific care planning appointments at the Annexe, and children aged 5 years and under, are charged directly to medicare, and incur no gap.
If you are unsure, or have difficulties in meeting your bill, you should ask the receptionist or the doctor.
Standard
Bill is medicare rebate + 'gap' payment$48 gap- The full amount for your consultation is payable on the day of service. The standard out of pocket gap for consultations at the Alstonville Clinic is $48. The charge for a service therefore will be the rebate provided by Medicare plus an additional $48. Currently, the charge for a standard consultation is $90.85, of which $42.85 is available as a rebate from Medicare.
- A discounted out of pocket gap of $36 is available for Health Care Card holders and people on a Commonwealth pension. The discounted charge for a standard consultation is $78.85
- Additional services, such as biopsies, ECGs or spirometry, will be charged as ‘Medicare rebate only’, so there is no additional gap payment.
Some services, such as surgical procedures or infusions, application of a plater cast,and insertion of a Mirena IUCD, may attract an additional, non-rebatable fee. Please check with reception when booking your appointment.
- Home Visits (In Hours) have an $80 out of pocket gap.
Children 5 years and under
Children are 'bulk billed'$0- Children aged 5 and under have no gap payment for all appointments in normal surgery hours.
- The full amount of the consultation will be directly billed from Medicare and no payment will be required on the day.
- After hours consultations for children have the usual after hours gap fee.
After Hours
For exisiting patients only$100 gap- For existing patients of the clinic, a ‘doctor-on-call’ is available for urgent advice and consultation after normal surgery hours.
- After hours consultations are charged at the Medicare rebate plus an additional maximum $100 gap, so patients will be at most $100 out of pocket.
- An invoice for the total amount will be sent during normal business hours after the consultation. There is no need to pay on the day, and the rebate portion of the fee can be claimed back from Medicare before paying your account.
General Practice Australia
The Alstonville Clinic has the highest level accreditation with General Practice Australia
NCPHN
The Alstonville Clinic participates in the North Coast Primary Health Network medical home program.
APCC
The Alstonville Clinic was a founding participant in the Australian Primary Care Collaboratives
ACMH
Partner practice of The Australian Centre for the Medical Home
2nd recipe from Carolyn Davis, Dietician, for the holiday season:
Low GI Rich Fruit Cake
Total Time: 2 Hours 15 minutes
Makes 24 wedges/slices
6 large green cooking apples, such as Granny Smith, peeled, cored and sliced
1 ½ tablespoons water
½ cup reduced fat margarine spread (Purchased from most Supermarkets)
1 cup Low GI sugar
3 cups wholemeal plain flour
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon baking powder
1 ¼ teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup sultana’s
½ cup nuts, coarsely chopped eg. Hazlenuts, brazil, pecan or walnuts
1/3 cup glace cherries, quartered
1/3 cup dried citrus peel, chopped (Optional)
• Place the apples in a large saucepan. Add the water, cover and cook over medium heat until the apples start to bubble. Reduce the heat and simmer until the apples are soft, about 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool for 10 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 190 degrees. Line and grease a deep 23 cm round cake pan with non-stick baking paper and spray with oil.
• Place the stewed apples in a blender or food processor and process until smooth.
• Pour 2 ½ cups of the apple puree into the saucepan.
• Add the margarine spread and Low GI sugar to the saucepan and stir well. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the margarine spread melts and the sugar dissolves, 5 to 8 minutes.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves into a large bowl.
• Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients. Pour the apple puree into the well, stirring until combined.
• Add the sultanas, nuts, glace cherries and citrus peel. Mix well until combined.
• Spoon the mixture into the cake pan and spread to level with the back of a spoon.
• Bake until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean, about 1 ½ hours.
• Place the cake pan on a wire rack and let stand for 30 minutes, then turn the cake out onto the wire rack and cool.
• Serve the cake thinly sliced. Makes 24 wedges.
Nutrition Notes:
• The green apples and Low GI sugar makes this cake suitable for Diabetes, improving the control of your blood glucose levels.
• The reduced fat margarine keeps the fat content lower in this fruit cake;
• The nuts and margarine spread provide good polyunsaturated fats, that help to lower blood cholesterol.
Prepared by: Carolyn Davis
Accredited Practising Dietitian
Alstonville Clinic
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Thanks Carolyn,this looks amazing
Recipe Ideas for a Delicious but Healthy Christmas from Carolyn Davis, Accredited Practising Dietician:
Christmas is traditionally a time when we throw caution and dietary concerns to the wind and indulge in exciting taste sensations. However, giving the tastebuds a Christmas treat does not necessarily mean that it will elevate our blood glucose levels and harden our arteries.
To help you prepare and indulge in some Christmas delights, I have prepared two recipes that are healthy, but delicious.
They include: Prawn and Mango Salad, with a low fat Thai Dressing and a Low GI Rich Fruit Cake (next post).
Prawn and Mango Salad
Total Time: 30 minutes
Serves 4
500g king prawns
1 cup snow peas
1 large mango
2 cups snow pea sprouts
1 quantity Thai Dressing (See recipe below)
• Peel and devein the prawns. If they are thick, slice them in half lengthwise to better absorb the dressing.
• Blanch the snow peas in the microwave for 2 minutes.
• Remove the snow peas from the bowl and plunge into a bowl of iced water for about 20 seconds.
• Drain and refrigerate for 5 minutes. (Re-freshing in ice preserves the fresh colour and crisp texture of the snow peas).
• Cut the mango into cubes.
• Place the prawns, snow peas, mango cubes and snow pea sprouts in a medium-sized salad bowl.
• Pour over the dressing and toss until the salad is all coated with the dressing.
• Serve the salad at once.
Thai Dressing
Total Time: 10 minutes
¼ cup coarsely chopped coriander
¼ cup freshly squeezed lime juice
2 teaspoons fish sauce
2 teaspoons Low GI sugar (Purchased from most Supermarkets)
1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh ginger
1 small red chilli, seeded and finely chopped
1 garlic clove, minced
1 tablespoon olive oil or sunflower oil
• Combine all the ingredients in a glass jar with a screw-top lid and shake well to combine.
• Store in the refrigerator until required for the Prawn and Mango Salad. This dressing will store well for up to 6 weeks in the refrigerator.
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• This recipe is low in saturated fat, using the prawns and olive oil or sunflower oil in the dressing,
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The Christmas Party Season is approaching…
Alstonville Clinic will be CLOSING at 3.00pm on
FRIDAY 29th November 2024
for our staff Christmas party.
The Clinic will be open from
9-11am on Saturday 30th November for urgent appointments only.
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It has been a big year for all staff at the Clinic 🙏your help & assistance is always very much appreciated. Enjoy your Xmas party . Warm wishes 🎅🎅🦋
Enjoy your Xmas party,and a good quality time together
Enjoy, you all enjoy a break.
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Our phone lines are down for the moment. For urgent care please come to the clinic but we hope the phone lines will be open soon. Our on call doctor is ready for acute appointments. ... See MoreSee Less
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Again?! You need to change provider
UPDATE. We are back up and working.
Our computers and phones are currently down. We are working to rectify this and hope to have them working soon. If you have a medical emergency please dial 000 until we have our phones back working. Sorry for any inconvenience. ... See MoreSee Less
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Priority news
3G network closure and emergency devices
From Monday 28 October 2024, Telstra and Optus will close their 3G networks. Devices that depend on the 3G network won’t work when it’s gone.
Devices such as in-home personal emergency alarms, insulin pumps and pacemakers that rely on the 3G network for voice calls won’t be able to make Triple Zero (000) calls when the network is shut down. This means that they might not work properly after the 3G shutdown.
People who use these devices will need to contact their service provider to see if their device is affected.
It is estimated that approximately 200,000 people who use these devices do not know that they rely on the 3G network to work.
More information is available on ‘3G is closing: check your tech’ on the AMTA website.
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Impacted devices may include phones, smartwatches, tablets, in-home personal emergency alarms, EFTPOS terminals and fire and security alarms. You can view a list of impacted devices in our FAQs.Comment on Facebook
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