Important Patient Notices:
Updated charges
AS of the 1st of May all workers compensation consultation will need to be paid in full by the patient and the patient can get reimbursed by there insurer.
We now have a charge of $60 for ear syringing procedure.
Iron Infusion Clinic
Dr. Daniel Robinson is now offering Iron Infusion Clinics at our practice.
For full details, please visit the Iron Infusion Clinic tab on our homepage.
We also offer iron infusions to new patients who are not currently registered with the practice.
To book an appointment or for any enquiries, please call our reception team — we’re happy to help!
Dr. Maddie Southey has joined us at Pittwater Family Practice!
Dr Maddie Southey is taking bookings now and is available Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays with some additional days as well. check out her bio on the website.
Dr. Jodie Parker Announcement
We would like to inform you that Dr. Jodie Parker has left the practice as of February 26th, 2025, to work closer to home. Her patient base has now been transferred to our new, young GP, Dr. Daniel Robinson. Dr. Robinson is warm, approachable, and eager to provide care, so we encourage you to book an appointment with him.
Additionally, we will be introducing a new female GP to our team and we will share more details soon as we can.
Thank you for your understanding.
Dr Daniel Robinson
02/04/2024 – Quick Consults
We now have Quick Consults
Quick Consults is a service that allows patient’s the option make requests such as repeat prescriptions for regular medications or referrals for regularly attended Specialist appointments. These requests are sent directly to your doctor to action. This is only eligible for patients who have been seen for an appointment at the practice before.
Existing patients to your practice can go to your HotDoc booking page to request a script or referral, consent to your practice’s terms, select their regular Practitioner and a preferred delivery method, then select a payment method. Patient’s funds will then be pre-authorised for 5 business days and they will then receive an email to confirm their request has been sent to the practice. You can view the status and history of Your requests in your HotDoc account.
All repeat requests can be approved, declined or reassigned to different practitioners where appropriate. Patient’s will receive a confirmation email once their request is approved or declined, and the practitioner can add a note to the patient with customised information to communicate with them directly.
12/3/2024
Important announcement:
The time has come after 35 years at the practice, Dr Peter Brennan will be laying down his stethoscope.
Dr Peter Brennan plans to have a year off, away from medicine and to do some travel, reconnect with his family and recharge his batteries.
Rest assure we will be maintaining the high level of care Dr Peter Brennan gave his patients. We will be taking on a new doctor who will look after all of Dr Peter Brennan’s patients along with the other doctors in the practice.
Please join us in wishing Dr Peter Brennan all the best for the year ahead and all the hard work he has put in over the last 35 years. He will be missed.
Pittwater Family Practice recently underwent an AGPAL accreditation – what does this mean?
Being accredited means that our general practice is committed to a comprehensive program which
involves:
- Engaging our whole practice team to review our practice’s systems and processes
- Opening our practice doors to allow a team of independent surveyors to assess how our practice
operates
- Assessment of our practice, and achievement of the nationally recognised Royal Australian
College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Standards for general practices, that focus on health
care quality and patient safety.
To achieve accreditation, a practice team works over a 12-month period to implement the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Standards for general practices. The RACGP Standards provide a recognised national benchmark for general practices and services, and a template for quality care and risk management.
Areas of focus during an on-site assessment for accreditation include: ensuring vaccines are within their use-by-date and stored at the correct temperatures, that the practice’s equipment is clean and sterile, practice staff are up-to-date with their training, and the practice has emergency care available.
As a member of the community you may be surprised to learn that general practice accreditation is a voluntary process – which means not all practices undergo an independent on-site assessment on a regular basis.
Achievement of AGPAL accreditation reassures you that our doctors and practice team are committed to providing you with high quality health care in a safe environment.
Next time you visit our practice be sure to look out for the AGPAL Accredited General Practice Symbol (below) or our accreditation certificate. Our practice team is proud of this achievement and as part of this process we continuously strive to make quality improvements to better your patient experience.
Pittwater Family Practice received a national award of accreditation, demonstrating its commitment to quality and safety within its practice.
“Achieving accreditation is a major achievement for any practice and a clear demonstration that Pittwater Family Practice is striving to improve their level of care to both patients and the community,” he said. “Practices seek accreditation because they want to do their best and view this as another step towards excellence in patient care.”
“We want community members, nationwide to know that their wellbeing is our priority. By choosing to attend an AGPAL accredited practice, patients know they will get quality and safe care that meets the RACGP Standards.”
Shingrix
We have been given a limited amount of the Shingrix vaccines each month. To book in call reception.
From 1 November 2023, the shingles vaccine Shingrix® will replace Zostavax® on the National Immunisation Program (NIP) schedule for the prevention of shingles and post-herpetic neuralgia. It will be available for eligible people most at risk of complications from shingles.
A 2-dose course of Shingrix® will be available for free for:
- people aged 65 years and older
- First Nations people aged 50 years and older
- immunocompromised people aged 18 years and older with the following medical conditions:
- haemopoietic stem cell transplant
- solid organ transplant
- haematological malignancy
- advanced or untreated HIV.
Unlike Zostavax®, Shingrix® does not contain any live virus so it can be given to people aged 18 years and over who are immunocompromised.
4/10/2023
If you hold a valid Medicare or Department of Veterans’ Affairs Veteran card and have been to see us in person twice over the last 24 months, you’re now eligible to register in MyMedicare. MyMedicare formalises the relationships between patients, their general practice and their preferred GP. By registering in MyMedicare you can access longer funded telehealth consultations with our practice. For more information, chat to us at your next appointment, or visit health.gov.au/MyMedicare.
How do you register?
- Its takes less than 1 minute to do via the Medicare express app
- Or you My Gov account.
- We have a form to complete if the above options are not suited.
What are the Benefits????
It is voluntary and free to register in MyMedicare. When you register in MyMedicare, it will notify your general practice that you have chosen them as your regular care team. Additional funding will be available from the government to help them provide the care you need.
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, from 1 November 2023
- more regular visits from your GP and better care planning for people living in a residential aged care home, from August 2024
- connections to more appropriate care in general practice for people who visit hospital frequently, from mid-2024.
5/4/2023 – Update Thank you to all our patients who did the survey we reached our target number and have completed the survey.
We need your help! As we are a an accredited practice and we obtain accreditation every 3 years, part of the requirement is that we need to get patient feedback via a patient survey. We would really appreciate it if you could please take the time to complete the survey. Thank you
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1/03/2023
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We are no longer administering Covid-19 vaccines as we have decided to focus on the flu vaccine campaign and preventative medicine. You can get your booster from one of the local pharmacies.
16/3/2022
We are a accredited Yellow fever practice. The good news is with travel recommencing you will need the Yellow Fever vaccine to go to specific countries. We are happy to announce we have Yellow Fever vaccines back in stock. So speak to the receptionist about booking it in if you require it.
- Cosmetics
Did you know that Doctor Rowena Giard performs cosmetics at Pittwater Family Practice. See the Cosmetics page for more details or ring the practice.
- Online Bookings
Did you know that you can now book your appointments with us online? Here’s a quick video to show you how it all works:
You can download the HotDoc app simply by clicking on the following link: https://goo.gl/xMTyvH
