gfmcadmin, Author at Glen Forrest Medical Centre

Meningococcal W Program Launched in WA

The WA Minister of Health, Mr John Day has launched the Meningococcal ACWY vaccination program for 15-19 year olds. [Read more…]

Welcome Dr Siobhain Brennan

On the the 17^th of January this year Dr Siobhain Brennan joined us at the Glen Forrest Medical Centre.
She will be working Tuesday, Thursday and every second Friday afternoon with us.

For more information on Dr Brennan please follow the link: Dr Siobhain Brennan

10 Years of Service – Sinead

On the 1^st of February this year our wonderful nurse Sinead celebrated 10 years service at the Glen Forrest Medical Centre.
To mark the occasion we asked her a few questions: [Read more…]

How Do Hormones Affect Your Sleep?

Up, down or somewhere in between, the levels of your hormones can affect different parts of your health and happiness. We know that hormones govern the menstrual cycle and key points of reproductive life such as puberty, pregnancy and menopause, but how much do they affect other parts of life – such as sleep? [Read more…]

Time Saving Tips With Big Rewards

We all have 24 hours in the day – no more, no less. Life can get pretty busy, so how do you find the time to take care of your health? And how do you ensure you get the best return on that time you invest?

We asked Jean Hailes naturopath Sandra Villella for some time-saving ways you can invest in your health. It turns out that healthy choices, even a quick two minutes in the kitchen, can give you some big rewards. [Read more…]

Taking Menopause To Heart

When you’re going through menopause, it’s not just your hormones that are changing – your heart health can change as well. You may be surprised to know that heart disease is the number-one cause of death for women over 50 years of age. In fact, women are four times more likely to die from heart disease than breast cancer. [Read more…]

Santa’s Elf

Have you recently visited the Glen Forrest Medical Centre and seen all our lovely Christmas decorations?

Santa’s elf has been busy, well our receptionist, Debbie has been.
She is very creative and our decorations have been getting more and more each year thanks to Debbie’s talent.

So a big thank you to Debbie for bringing joy to everyone through your creativity!

Increase of Medical Fees

From Monday, 28 November 2016 our practice will increase fees for all services.
The Government have frozen Medicare rebates since 1 July 2014 and will not increase them until 1 July 2018, in effect, passing any fee increases onto the patient.
Reluctantly we will increase our fees for services from Monday, 28 November 2016.
If you have extenuating financial circumstances please discuss these with your Doctor.

Shingles

Shingles is the reactivation of the chickenpox virus. Shingles is a common condition and the risk of shingles and related complications increases with age.
[Read more…]

Congratulations Sue!

A big congratulations to our very crafty receptionist Sue who recently entered some of her fantastic work in the Gidgegannup Show and came away with three 1st prizes.