You and your family deserve quality healthcare, and finding the right GP during and after hours can have long-lasting implications for your overall well-being. Finding a doctor that you feel comfortable with is the key, as only regular GP’s can provide ongoing patient care and follow-up.
When selecting a GP, it’s important to consider their clinic locations, opening hours, and the cost of each consultation. You may also have certain preferences based on your personal needs. Patients may prefer a male or female doctor, and may even have different language or cultural requirements.
If you are looking for a new GP, your friends or family members may be able to recommend doctors in the local area. There are also several online tools that enable patients to find doctors based on their location or speciality, such as the doctors.com.au search. It’s important to develop rapport with a regular GP, as this will allow you to comfortably discuss all aspects of your health.
Many clinics are also partnered with after-hours doctors, as these services can provide urgent in-home care when your GP is closed. After-hours doctors are crucial when you develop unexpected illnesses or injuries, that cannot wait until normal clinic hours. You can find these doctors by searching on doctors.com.au for after-hours doctors.
“After-hours doctors work in tandem with your regular GP. If you need a home visit overnight, the consultations notes will be sent to your regular GP by the following business day,” explains Dr Tony Tanious from House Call Doctor.
Home doctors commonly treat patients suffering from acute cold and flu symptoms, fever and gastro, asthma and allergies, headaches and earaches, rashes and infections, or minor traumas, like sprains and lacerations. After-hours doctors cannot provide ongoing prescriptions or referrals to specialists, as this requires continued patient follow-up.
A house call doctor can’t replace your regular GP, and it’s important to establish a trusting relationship with your preferred practitioner. In an Emergency, you should always phone Triple 0 (000) and ask for an Ambulance.
Find out more about Dr Tony Tanious and House Call Doctor by viewing their doctors.com.au profile here.