National Home Doctor Service provides an after-hours mobile service for our patients. National Home Doctor Service is available by phoning 13 74 25. Home Visits provided by the National Home Doctor Service are Bulk Billed if you hold a valid Medicare Card.

Alternatively, you can attend the Minor Injury and Illness Clinic (MIIC) at Caloundra Hospital, which is located on West Terrace, Caloundra (Ph 07 5436 8500) or contact the After Hours GP Helpline on 1800 022 222 for advice.

Remember, if it is an emergency phone an ambulance on 000

We offer Bulk Billing Monday to Friday for all patients with a current Medicare or Veteran’s Affairs Card holders. For patients without a valid card, the fee for a standard doctor’s visit is $75 and for a long visit is $115.  No accounts will be issued and payment is required on the day of visit.

Weekend consultations are an appointment-based system and mixed billing applies for weekend appointments.

This means that on Saturday and Sunday we will bulk bill for all children 15 years and under, concession card holders, DVA card holders and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients.  Patients who do not fall into one of these categories will be charged a private fee as follows:

Your Medicare rebate will be processed by the practice.  You will need to pay the total fee upfront and then the rebate from Medicare will be refunded to you as per standard Medicare processing times into your bank account.

Private Billing
WorkCover claims, life insurance and superannuation reports, pre-employment medicals, commercial driver licence medicals, iron infusions, drug and alcohol urine testing and immunisations required for work or study are not covered under Medicare and require payment on the day of visit. Please check with reception staff for current pricing.  Please inform reception the reason for your appointment when phoning to make an appointment.

Online Appointments

Doctors’ appointments can now be booked online either via our website or you can download the HotDoc app on your smartphone.

Please note complex appointment bookings still need to be made by phoning the practice (e.g. Health Assessments, Pre-employment Medicals, Excisions, Children’s Immunisations, Implanon or Mirena insertion/removal, GP Management Plans and Care Plans).

Appointment Bookings

Apollo General Practice runs an appointment system Monday to Friday and on Weekends. Appointments are set at 10 minutes for a standard consultation with longer appointments available on request.  Urgent Medical Problems will be triaged by our Practice Nurse and dealt with promptly.  Please note on weekends we close for lunch between 12pm-1pm.

Home Visits

Home visits are available on request for our regular local patients who are unable to attend the practice due to serious chronic health reasons.

Did Not Attend Fee

If you no longer require your appointment, we would appreciate you phoning to cancel so the time may be made available to other patients.

Failure to do so, will incur a fee of $20 which is not claimable on Medicare.

Patients of our practice are able to obtain information or advice related to their clinical care by telephone in a situation where a consultation is impractical. A doctor will always be available during normal practice hours for emergency advice. If a patient requests to speak to a doctor, the staff member needs to assess if the call is urgent and if so, put the caller through to the Practice Nurse for triaging, otherwise a message will be taken to pass onto the doctor.  The doctor will determine if advice can be given over the phone or if a face-to-face consultation is necessary always being mindful of clinical safety.

We require you to attend your usual doctor in order to receive test results, obtain a prescription or request a referral.

We also have a reminder and recall system in place so we can contact you in regards to making an appointment for follow up of test results and preventative health services such as immunisations, blood tests or annual health checks that are of benefit to you.

If you need an interpreter, please call the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) on 131 450 and ask them to telephone 07 5438 1200.  Our business hours are 8.00am to 6.30pm Monday to Friday.

They will assist with the communication of your primary spoken language to better communicate your medical needs between yourself and your doctor.

A free interpreting service is available for patients who are hearing impaired and use Australian Sign Language (AUSLAN). Contact the National AUSLAN Interpreter Booking and Payment Service (NABS) on 1800 246 945 or visit the NABS website for further information.

Your medical record is a confidential document.  It is the policy of this practice to maintain security of personal health information at all times and to ensure that this information is only available to authorised members of staff.  We use this information you provide to manage your personal health care.  We generally disclose selected information to various other health services involved in supporting your health care management (e.g. pathology).

If you have any questions about how we handle your personal health information or need to arrange access to your records, please contact the Business Manager.

We hope to provide a professional, quality and caring medical service for our patients.  If you have any concerns, complaints or suggestions about any aspect of our service, we would appreciate hearing about them and encourage patients to complete our Patient Feedback Form and place it in the box at reception.

If you feel you have an issue that needs to be addressed outside of this practice, you can contact the Queensland Government Centre for handling complaints:

Office of the Health Ombudsman (OHO)
PO Box 13281 George St
Brisbane Qld 4003
Phone: 133 646
http://www.oho.qld.gov.au
Email: [email protected]