For Patients
After Hours
We provide an After-Hours Service via a pager service by telephoning (07) 3830 5730.
After hours care is shared with other practices in The Lockyer Valley. Please note these practices do not bulk bill for After Hours visits.
Appointments
Please telephone to make an appointment. Every effort will be made to accommodate your preferred time and GP.
Despite our best intentions, we sometimes run late.
Emergencies will always be given priority and our reception staff will attempt to contact you if there is any unforeseen delay or your GP has been called away.
Longer consultations are available, prior arrangements would be appreciated to ensure the availability of your doctor of choice.
If you or a family member requires an interpreter service, please inform our reception staff when scheduling your appointment as arrangements need to be made prior to consultation.
Weekends & Public Holidays:
Gatton Surgery - Saturday/Sunday/Public Holidays* - Walk in and wait
Laidley - CLOSED
Plainland – Saturday Mornings - Combination of booked appointments and walk in and wait. CLOSED Public Holidays
Rosewood - CLOSED
Patients are asked to come in and will be seen in a timely manner.
*Closed Good Friday & Christmas Day
On Arrival
Upon arrival, reception staff of our Accredited Practices, in accordance with 5th Edition RACGP Standards, are required to positively identify you by requesting information regarding your Name, Address and Date Of Birth. Medicare/Veteran + concession cards must also be presented to the Receptionist to ensure your details are kept up to date. Ensure you have signed Consent for Use & Disclosure for Personal Health Information for us to provide optimal ongoing quality health care.
Fees and Billing Arrangements
From Monday 13/02/2023 The Lockyer Doctors will be a Mixed Billing practice.
Our doctors and management team had to make this difficult decision. It is something we have been trying to avoid however it is no longer possible to keep running our clinics without charging a small consultation fee.
The payment the practice receives from Medicare for bulk billing hasn’t changed substantially in the last decade, whilst costs of General practice continue to increase yearly. This has made bulk billing of all patients unviable whilst continuing to provide quality medical care.
- Patients under 18 years of age
- Heath Care card holders
- Pension card holders
- DVA card holders
For all other patients a co-payment will apply.
Click here for more information or call reception on 0754680100.
(Payment via EFT /Cash required on the day)
- Medicals, Insurance, Driving Licence, Sporting,
- Pre-Employment, Cadet Medicals, Commercial + Dangerous Goods License & Truck Safe License
Home and Other Visits
All GPs within the Practice are required to authorise the arrangement of out of surgery visits and admissions. Prior arrangements are required to accommodate this. Out of surgery visits are provided within the Lockyer Valley.
These practices use a “Recall & Reminder” system to provide preventative care for their patients.
If you do not wish to be part of this system please inform your doctor or the receptionist. This practice also provides SMS reminders (24 hours prior) for booked consults.
All urgent matters will be addressed immediately.
Requested information or advice relating to clinical care is available by leaving a message with the Receptionist, which will be referred to the Doctor to decide the most appropriate procedure for ongoing health care.
Doctor will advise when they expect the results to be available at the end of your consultation and also inform you to make a follow-up appointment (within the following week) to discuss these results and findings.
Patient Forms
Click to download any of our patient forms.
Patient Feedback
If you are unhappy with any aspect of the care received from this practice, we are keen to know about it. Please feel free to talk to your doctor or write a complaint to the Practice Manager (relevant form can be found in Patient Forms on the website) about any problem you have with the service we provide. We can only improve with your help. However, if you feel there is a problem you wish to take up elsewhere, you may prefer to contact the Queensland Government Centre for handling complaints.
Post to:
Office of the Health Ombudsman
GPO Box 13281 George Street,
Brisbane, QLD, 4003
Telephone: 133 OHO (133 646)
Online: www.oho.qld.gov.au/make-a-complaint
E-mail: complaints@oho.qld.gov.au
Website: www.oho.qld.gov.au
Most doctors in this practice have satisfied the training requirements of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and are on the Vocation Register of General Practitioners.
We have a commitment to general practice and to continuing medical education. All GPs within the practices are experienced in a broad range of general practice medicine.
These practices are committed to providing comprehensive quality health care to all individuals and families within the Lockyer Valley. We aim to provide quality health care and sometimes some unexpected situations require additional time.