29/04/2022

The Waiting room is once again open for business!

Masks will however continue to be worn in the Medical Centre.

As of Friday 29 April 2022, the WA Government has removed several restrictions related to the Covid 19 pandemic due to the ongoing hard work of the WA public and the low rates of hospitalisation from Covid 19.

Whilst this is great news, we ask that masks continue to be worn within the Medical Centre for the time being.
This is for your own protection as well as for the protection of those around you.
If you are free of symptoms related to Covid 19 or other infectious disease then you are welcome to wait in the waiting room.
If you have symptoms possibly related to Covid 19 or another infectious disease, please do not enter the waiting room and remain in your car and the doctor will call you as close to the time of your appointment as possible (this is the same as we have been doing for well over a year and a half).
The reasons for our ongoing caution are due to us having many elderly and vulnerable patients who will require ongoing care for their many and varied health concerns and the fact that the Covid 19 rates of infection whilst stable still remain sizeable.
We are also entering winter with the annual flu season likely commencing shortly.

We are pleased to welcome you back and thank you for your understanding and care for one another during these challenging times!

03/03/2022

In line with WA Health COVID 19 State -wide updates, as of Thursday 3 March close of business, the health services alert system will move to the “red” alert.

Please see: Health WA – COVID-19 Update for more detailed information related to this.

At the “red” alert level, health service providers will take a range of steps to manage the increased risk of Covid-19 transmission including:

• Extended use of telehealth and video health for clinical services
• Increased use of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) across all areas within health care facilities and community based care.

These changes may be inconvenient or upsetting for some people, however they are necessary to help keep the most vulnerable people in our community as safe as possible.

Here at Glen Forrest Medical Centre, we are doing our very best as a team to continue caring for each one of you and our community.

We will continue to offer face to face consultations although much of our care will involve increased use of telehealth and video health consultations.

All of our doctors will be continuing to offer some face to face consultations but only on certain days. If you are consulting with your regular doctor via telehealth or video health and your doctor considers you require a physical examination that can not wait for two to three days until they have a face to face appointment, you will be seen by our Duty Doctor on the same day (who will be in full PPE).
This will be arranged by your doctor.

We understand that whilst this is not ideal, as we all inherently trust each other’s clinical skills, this is what we will be doing, for the benefit of all our patients.

Our nurses will continue to offer their usual caring service with the benefit of increased PPE.

Please be mindful that, like the rest of the WA community, at times some of our staff will be furloughed as close contacts of family or friends, or with illness.

If you develop symptoms consistent with Covid-19, please go and get a PCR test and isolate until your result is available and access the information available online via Healthy WA website or the RACGP website.
Only after doing this will we consider clinical review for you. If you are struggling to breathe and are in isolation or have a positive test then please proceed to your nearest Emergency Department.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we approach the next few weeks and months, working together for the benefit and ongoing care for you, our community.