Patient Information
Easy Online Booking
Secure your next appointment in just a few clicks. Our online booking system lets you choose a time that suits you, day or night.
Bulk Billing Practice
We're a Medicare bulk billing practice, helping keep quality healthcare accessible and affordable for our patients.
New Patients Welcome
Looking for a new GP? We're accepting new patients at both our Taree and Harrington clinics — everyone is welcome.
Patient Information
Home visits—are available if you are a patient of our practice and your condition prevents you from coming to the practice. Unless urgent, home visits will be after hours.
In hours emergency access to doctors/nurses by phone—emergency calls are roufinely directed to nursing staff. All non-emergency calls will be answered by the doctor or nurse between consultations or returned at the end of their ap- pointments or at the end of the day.
Training and research—we are a training practice and often host medical students on clinical placements as part of their training. Thank you for helping them learn. Privacy Your medical record is a confidential document—It is the policy of this practice to maintain security of personal information at all times and this information is only available to authorised members of staff.

Privacy
Your medical record is a confidential document—It is the policy of this practice to maintain security of personal information at all times and this information is only available to authorised members of staff.
Consultations and Appointments 
Please phone the practice for an appointment. We encourage you to ask for your preferred time and doctor. If there are not vacancies with your usual GP you will be provided with the option of seeing another doctor. If all doctors are fully booked and you have an emergency or a sick child, please advise reception so arrangements can be made to deal with the medical issue.
We're open 9am to 5pm weekdays and on Saturdays, Taree is open 9am to 2pm.
Most appointments are for 15 minutes but for procedures or complex problems, please call the practice and advise that you need a longer appointment. If you've visited our practice before, you can make a standard or long appointment online via our website.
If we have your mobile number, an SMS reminder will be sent to you the day before your appointment.
Doctors charge $30 for repeat scribts for patients seen in the last fortnight. If you have not seen a doctor within that timeframe you will need to make and appointment.
We apologise if urgent or lengthy cases delay your appointment. To minimise missed appointments, there is a $86 fee if at least 6 hours notice is not provided.
Communication
Messages can be left for your doctor if required and medical staff will respond. Emails can be forwarded to your practitioner for specific requests via our office email. These enquiries are filtered by our reception staff and forwarded to doctors when appropriate. Some of the medical services provided:
* Preventative health care
* Flu vaccines
* Pre-employment checks
* Women's Health
* Antenatal care e Drug & Alcohol
* Childhood immunisations
* Family planning e Driving Assessments
* Skin cancer checks and surgery e WorkCover
* Spirometry
* ECG
* ABI
* Iron Infusions
Recalls/reminders
If you have pathology tests or x-rays, please make a follow up appointment in a few days following the test. We do not ring you about routine results, only urgent ones. You will be advised action for non urgent results via an SMS.
We offer a reminder system for preventative health services, these are sent to you via SMS message. If you do not wish to be a part of this system, please advise re- ception staff.
Medical Fees
We are a mixed billing practice. Medicare incentives have increased, so we can now bulk bill all eligible consultations, which covers most standard visits. This makes care more affordable and easier to access. Most consultations will be bulk billed, but some, such as fitness-to-drive assessments for commercial driver's licenses, nurse-only consultations, certain procedures, infusions, and some travel vaccina- tions will still require a fee. Fees and rebates are available at reception and on our website. Please check billing arrangements when you make your appointment.

Prepare For Your Consultation
We have made available a range of forms for your convenience allowing you to focus on your healthcare when attending our Practice in Taree or Harrington. You may wish to print off the relevant form, complete and bring in with you or email it to us on office@healthhubtaree.com.au
Practice privacy statement
Request for medical records
Practice Brochure
Our Service Fees
We are a mixed billing practice. We support the Australian Government’s Strengthening Medicare Initiative which provides for more affordable care, ensuring Australians on low incomes can access primary care at no or low cost. We will bulk bill all Medicare-eligible patients for all eligible services. This will cover most standard visits, phone consultations, nursing home visits, chronic disease and mental health items.
Private fees will apply for certain services such as, certain procedures such as Excisions/Biopsies (Skin checks will be bulk-billed), infusions, fitness-to-drive assessments for commercial driver’s licences, nurse-only consultations and some travel vaccines. Immunisations and chronic disease services such as Care plans and Health Assessments are Bulk-billed (If you have chronic conditions, ask your doctor to organise one for you). If you have any concern about our fees, please inquire with any of our Practice staff.
Helping You Prepare for Your Visit
We want every visit to HealthHub Taree to be as smooth as possible, whether you're seeing us in Taree or Harrington. Appointments can be made online at any time or by phoning your preferred clinic, and as a Medicare bulk billing practice, we help keep care affordable for our patients.
If you're visiting for the first time, please arrive a few minutes early and bring your Medicare card, any concession cards and a list of current medications. This helps our team understand your health history from the very first consultation.
Have a question before your appointment? Call us on (02) 6552 5533 for Taree or (02) 6556 1855 for Harrington and our staff will be happy to help.
