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Berwick GP Super Clinic Victoria (Berwick Health Care)

Information about Berwick GP Super Clinic.

Information current as at – February 2013
Berwick GP Super Clinic, Single storey building with landscaped garden
Table of Contents
Location of Super Clinic
Contact Details
Funding Recipient
Total Commonwealth Funding
Description of the Clinic
Services
Operating Hours
Billing Arrangements
Home Visits and Visits to Residential Aged Care Facilities
Clinical Training Arrangements

Location of GP Super Clinic

Monash University Campus, Clyde Road, Berwick, Victoria.

Contact Details

(03) 9796 1500
Website: Berwick GP Super Clinic

Funding Recipient

Dandenong Casey Super Clinic Limited

Total Commonwealth Funding

$2.5 million (GST exclusive)

Description of Clinic

A new single storey 500m2 purpose built facility, close to Monash University and 500m from Casey Hospital.

The Clinic commenced operations on 10 October 2011.

Services

Multidisciplinary care

The Clinic provides multidisciplinary, integrated services through GPs, nurses and allied health professionals. Services include:
  • General practice;
  • Nursing;
  • Psychiatry;
  • Psychology and mental health nursing services;
  • Community education;
  • Asthma management;
  • Wound care;
  • Immunisations (travel and childhood); and
  • Pathology.

Preventative Care

The Clinic currently provides a range of preventative care via general practice and practice nurse consultations. These include:
  • Cervical screening;
  • Blood pressure, cholesterol, blood glucose checks; and
  • Risk factor identification
  • Counseling;
  • Flu vaccinations;
  • Group support sessions for parents of children with disabilities (supported by Windemere Child and Family Services); and
As the number of patients and clinicians grows, services will be expanded.

Integrated Programs & Intiatives

The Clinic works closely with Windemere Child and Family Services, the provider of psychology services. The Clinic also participates in a number of Dandenong Casey General Practice Asssociation programs, including Closing the Gap, Bowel Cancer Screening and Health Benefits of Work.

Operating Hours

Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.30pm

Billing Arrangements

Bulk billing pensioners, DVA, healthcare concession cardholders, student card holders and children 16 years and under and St Vincent's Pathology.

Home Visits and Visits to Residential Aged Care Facilities

GPs provide home visits to their regular patients, if needed. Berwick Healthcare is yet to establish arrangements with any local Residential Aged Care Facilities.

Clinical Training Arrangements

The Berwick GP Super Clinic is part of the training practice of Victorian Metropolitan Alliance. The Clinic also works with Monash University to develop teaching roles for the clinic with medical and nurse student placements. Top of page