Phone

Appointments and After Hours

(02) 66280505

Results (02) 6628 0950

Fax

(02) 6628 5627

Email

manager@alstonvilleclinic.com.au
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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.

See below for more details

Address

61 Main St, Alstonville, NSW 2477 (Map)

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.

Clinic News

Unexpected kindness

Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly and most underrated agent of human change - Bob Kerrey We feel both humbled and privileged to have been the recipients of so many unexpected acts of kindness over the last 12 months. We appreciate the opportunity...

eScripts

You may well already have tried the new eScript service, where your new prescription or renewal is sent directly to your mobile phone via SMS. This token can then be scanned at your pharmacy instead of providing a paper script. Some medications still require a paper...

Flu Vax Clinics

Flu season is almost upon us – the peak season runs from May - September. We will be running flu vaccination clinics for people eligible for a free flu vaccination on Saturday between 9am – 11am at the Alstonville Uniting Church Hall on the following dates: 15 April...

Managing Covid and other respiratory viruses

Covid cases are still averaging around 5,000 per week in NSW (over 26,000 Australia-wide), so it is important to continue to remain COVID-safe. While we have currently relaxed the mask wearing requirements at the Clinic, we ask that you be considerate of others and...

New faces in the Clinic!

Our two new doctors, Dr Courtney-Anne Blackhall and Dr Rashid Habib have been warmly welcomed by the Alstonville community and have settled in well. We also have two new nurses, Lucy and Harley, and two new reception team members, Giaan and Stephanie, to bolster our...

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1 week ago
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The following flow diagrams outline what doses each patient group should be having as per the ATAGI (Australian Technical Advice Group on Immunisation) recommendations.
There are 2 posters from the www.health.gov.au webpage - one for those with risk factors and one for those without risk factors.
Please discuss this further with your doctor.
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The following flow diagrams outline what doses each patient group should be having as per the ATAGI (Australian Technical Advice Group on Immunisation) recommendations. 
There are 2 posters from the www.health.gov.au webpage - one for those with risk factors and one for those without risk factors. 
Please discuss this further with your doctor.Image attachment
1 week ago
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We are seeing increasing numbers of COVID-19 infections in our community.

If you have flu-like symptoms or other infective symptoms please tell the staff on the front desk when booking your appointment and we may be able to see you at our Respiratory Clinic in the Daley St Annexe Building.
We have doctors there most morning and afternoon sessions and will call you when it is your turn to approach the balcony area. If you book a 'Respiratory Clinic' appointment, please call the clinic when you arrive and remain in your car until we are ready to see you.
Please do not enter the Main clinic or the Annexe building with infectious symptoms in order to protect our elderly and immunosuppressed community members who may be within the waiting room areas.

OUR CLINIC IS RESTARTING MODERNA COVID VACCINATIONS This is advised for anyone over 75 yrs old, as well as younger, immunosuppressed patients, who have had neither a covid booster vaccination NOR a covid infection in the last 6 months.

We have a vaccination order arriving Monday 4th December. Please talk to your doctor about whether you would like to have a covid booster and we can arrange this for you.

The new covid vaccines which target XBB.1.5.Omicron variant will be available the following vaccine order shipment. It is currently still unavailable. It is likely this will be available late December at our clinic.
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Wondering if I am entitled to the injection

1 week ago
Alstonville Clinic

Guess the Movember Mo Update Photo Time!
A-E
The 5 Options are:
Dr Luke Hogan
Dr Tony Lembke
Dr Mike Davis
Dr Josh Kingston
Dr Rashid Habib
Unfortunately Dr Tom Lucena's Moustache is missing from this current collection of update photos as he is on leave.
Answers will be posted in a few days!
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Guess the Movember Mo Update Photo Time!
A-E
The 5 Options are:
Dr Luke Hogan
Dr Tony Lembke
Dr Mike Davis
Dr Josh Kingston
Dr Rashid Habib
Unfortunately Dr Tom Lucenas Moustache is missing from this current collection of update photos as he is on leave.
Answers will be posted in a few days!Image attachmentImage attachment+2Image attachment

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B= DR Hogan E=DR Lembke D= DR Davis C= Dr Kingston A= DR Habib

2 weeks ago
Alstonville Clinic

6 of the Doctors at Alstonville Clinic are doing MOVEMBER!
As GPs we see that men are, in general, less likely to have a regular doctor and to see them about their physical or mental health problems. We hope to encourage men not to wait for a medical crisis but to take preventative action for their health.

Movember is a fundraiser movement to prioritise the 3 biggest issue facing men: mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer.
Funding is used to impact men's health locally and globally on health projects including research, public awareness campaigns, cancer registry information collection and training resources.

The link below is for donations for this team towards the Movember Fundraising Movement under the team of 'The Hairy Docs' from Alstonville Clinic. They are growing a moustache over the month of November to start a conversation around men's health and raise money.

Please share.

au.movember.com/team/2464157
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6 of the Doctors at Alstonville Clinic are doing MOVEMBER!
As GPs we see that men are, in general, less likely to have a regular doctor and to see them about their physical or mental health problems. We hope to encourage men not to wait for a medical crisis but to take preventative action for their health.

Movember is a fundraiser movement to prioritise the 3 biggest issue facing men: mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer.
Funding is used to impact mens health locally and globally on health projects including research, public awareness campaigns, cancer registry information collection and training resources.

The link below is for donations for this team towards the Movember Fundraising Movement under the team of The Hairy Docs from Alstonville Clinic. They are growing a moustache over the month of November to start a conversation around mens health and raise money.

Please share.

https://au.movember.com/team/2464157

Comment on Facebook

Shared 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Well done young fellows

Fantastic Doctors, looking good.

A bunch of legends 😃

Absolute legends!

Great work there!!!😍

Great Clinic.

6 of the best, right there!

Looking good 👍 👌

FANTASTIC DOCTORS . THANKYOU for your great care . Robyn Beck

Be still my beating heart! Warmest regards, Megan and Barry

Need to be vigilante

The best of the best. Gwen n Eric

Fantastic doctors one and all.

Well done gentlemen!

Such a great clinic and male doctors 💜

What a handsome bunch

Looking forward to seeing the progress 👌🏽

Dr Lembke has a bit of work to do!

Colleen N Bill Lang

Brilliant. Though Dr Lembke’s moustache may require a bit of tinting in order to be fully realised 😉 You are all wonderful …

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4 weeks ago
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Alstonville Aquatic Centre has lots of low impact or even non-impact classes for gentle exercise without causing too much strain on the joints in both the heated shallow 25m pool and the deeper 50m pool. Tea or coffee provided. See below. ... See MoreSee Less

Alstonville Aquatic Centre has lots of low impact or even non-impact classes for gentle exercise without causing too much strain on the joints in both the heated shallow 25m pool and the  deeper 50m pool. Tea or coffee provided. See below.

Comment on Facebook

Great classes - totally worth it.

Could only go to the last one but it might be worth it.

4 weeks ago
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The Northern Rivers Parkinson's Support Group now meets locally at Summerland Farm 2nd Friday of the month 10-11:30am. ... See MoreSee Less

The Northern Rivers Parkinsons Support Group now meets locally at Summerland Farm 2nd Friday of the month 10-11:30am.
4 weeks ago
Alstonville Clinic

GROW mental wellbeing programs provide over 18 year olds with structured weekly meetings based on peer-to-peer support.
See below for local groups run by this community-based organisation that has eGROW programs online as well as residential rehabilitation programs. grow.org.au
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GROW mental wellbeing programs provide over 18 year olds with structured weekly meetings based on peer-to-peer support.
See below for local groups run by this community-based organisation that has eGROW programs online as well as residential rehabilitation programs. https://grow.org.au
4 weeks ago
Alstonville Clinic

Updated Men's Shed contacts and an OPEN DAY coming up in Ballina. A great opportunity to meet others and share your knowledge or learn a new skill! ... See MoreSee Less

Updated Mens Shed contacts and an OPEN DAY coming up in Ballina. A great opportunity to meet others and share your knowledge or learn a new skill!Image attachment
1 month ago
Alstonville Clinic

Finally, Alstonville Tibouchina RSL Day Club is great way for older members of the community to find some connection and social support.

Social outings are supported by transport within the town area which is great for those with transport limitations.

Meetings are open to anyone who can independently participate in the activities at Rous Mill Hall 10am-2pm Wednesdays.
Call Marette 0421272643 for enquiries.
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Finally, Alstonville Tibouchina RSL Day Club is great way for older members of the community to find some connection and social support.

Social outings are supported by transport within the town area which is great for those with transport limitations.

Meetings are open to anyone who can independently participate in the activities at Rous Mill Hall 10am-2pm Wednesdays.
Call Marette 0421272643 for enquiries.

Comment on Facebook

Well run club. Lots of fun and entertainment.

Does the transport include wheelchair accessible?

Went once but family commitments made it difficult at the time to attend regularly. They made me so welcome and the lunch was lovely hope to go back one day soon. Well worth going.

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Our Alstonville Clinic Team

Title Address Description
Alstonville Clinic
61 Main St, Alstonville NSW 2477, AustraliaAlstonville Clinic,

61 Main St

Alstonville

02 66280505

The Annexe
4 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.

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