Hours:
Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.30pm.
Saturday by bookings only.
The Loxton Practice is a 7 Doctor's rural, unopposed practice with a
1 on call roster to cover the local 35 bed hospital in a town with a district
population of 10,000.
The practice is an accredited RACGP teaching practice
and also has medical students as a part of the Flinders University
PRCC Programme.
AGPAL accreditation was achieved in March 2000.
Consulting hrs:
Monday - Friday: 08:30 - 11:30 (12:00-ward round lunch) and 14:00 - 16:30.
Saturday (emergencies only) 10:00am-11:00am
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7 modern consulting rooms with computer workstations using
"Medical Director".
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Treatment room for minor procedures. Separate room for ECG
and spirometry.
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Other equipment includes Slit lamp, Audiometry and O2 Resus equipment.
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3 nurses
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1 diabetic nurse
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Counsellor
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Large reception and waiting area
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Adjoining Dentist and Physio rooms
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Ambulance Station opposite.
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We do home visits, as necessary, but most really unwell
patients present to hospital.
Fees: - Non Bulk Billing but less than AMA rates.
Cash discount.
Obstetrics: - approx. 100 deliveries a year performed at
local hospital with complicated obstetrics performed by the local GPs.
Anaesthetics: GPs provide anaesthetic services to
the visiting Specialists.
Teaching: The Practice is affiliated with Flinders Medical
Centre and take 1 or 2 full time students who reside in Loxton for the year and are attached to the practice.
The practice also supervises Rural Registrar Trainees
(basic and advanced). |
