The team at City Health Geraldton are committed to preventing and effectively managing chronic diseases. Care is provided on a continuing basis with an emphasis on health improvement. Your family doctor is an important part of helping to manage your family’s health and well-being. We offer a range of Health Assessments & Care Plans dependent on your health care needs.
Women's Health
We have highly qualified and caring GP's to cater to all your needs including:
- Pap screening and breast checks
- Contraception (including Implanon & IUD insertion or removal after consultation with your Doctor)
- Pregnancy and conception
- STI Screening
- Menopause
- Incontinence
- Women's health concerns
Men's Health
Our GP's are here to help you stay healthy and offer a range of comprehensive services for men including:
- Blood pressure screening
- ECG
- Cholesterol screening and heart disease prevention
- Prostate screening
- Diabetes screening
- Sexual health
Health Assessments for 45 - 49 year old's
Once only health assessment for people between the ages of 45-49. The aim of the assessment is to identify any risk factors for chronic disease such as diabetes, asthma, heart disease and other chronic health conditions, in order to enable preventative steps to be taken.
Assessment includes:
Assessment includes:
- Weight, height & waist measurement
- Blood pressure
- Urinalysis
- Blood glucose level
- Skin cancer
- ECG (if history of Cardiac)
- Spirometry (if history of Asthma).
Annual Health Assessments 75 years plus
These are available to all patients over the age of 75. They are covered by Medicare and there are no ‘out of pocket’ expenses for you. We find these annual assessments a valuable opportunity to assess your overall health and your needs and would encourage every patient in this age group to take advantage of this service.
One of the most important outcomes of these assessments is to enable you to continue living your own home with appropriate support.
One of the most important outcomes of these assessments is to enable you to continue living your own home with appropriate support.
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Aboriginal & Torres Straight Islander Health Assessments
Yearly for people who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, this health assessment aims to identify patient’s health, including their physical, psychological and social well-being. It also assesses what preventive health care, education and other assistance should be offered to improve well-being.
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Chronic Disease Care Plans
To qualify for a care plan, your Doctor needs to determine if you have a chronic disease (e.g. diabetes, asthma, heart disease). Your Doctor will then ask our practice nurse to assist completing a care plan in consultation with you. Your GP then will meet with you and review the necessary paper work.
The Plan identifies your health problems and needs, the goals you want to achieve and health care providers who can help you achieve your goals. A Plan can be prepared every one to two years and should be reviewed at least 6 monthly. In some circumstances it may be reviewed every 3 months if your health condition warrants this.
The Plan may also enable Team Care Arrangements (TCA) to be organised. Your GP is one and the other two may involve a specialist and an allied health professional or two allied health professionals. As an example for diabetes, the team may consist of your GP, Diabetic Educator, Dietitian, Exercise Physiologist and Podiatrist. Medicare provides that a total 5 referrals can be made to allied health professionals per calendar year.
At the completion of the plan, you will be offered a copy to take to your allied health appointments.
The Plan identifies your health problems and needs, the goals you want to achieve and health care providers who can help you achieve your goals. A Plan can be prepared every one to two years and should be reviewed at least 6 monthly. In some circumstances it may be reviewed every 3 months if your health condition warrants this.
The Plan may also enable Team Care Arrangements (TCA) to be organised. Your GP is one and the other two may involve a specialist and an allied health professional or two allied health professionals. As an example for diabetes, the team may consist of your GP, Diabetic Educator, Dietitian, Exercise Physiologist and Podiatrist. Medicare provides that a total 5 referrals can be made to allied health professionals per calendar year.
At the completion of the plan, you will be offered a copy to take to your allied health appointments.
GP Mental Health Plan
A mental health assessment is a consultation with your Doctor about your mental health symptoms and problems. The aim of the consultation is to allow the Doctor to make a diagnosis. If a mental health disorder is diagnosed then a GP Mental Health Care Plan can be prepared.
A Mental Health Plan is a plan that sets out the best treatment for your mental health disorder. This plan may involve seeing a Psychologist as well as other treatments such as medications.
Under the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Initiative, this means that people with a clinically diagnosed mental health problem can then receive a rebate for up to 6 sessions initially with a Psychologist, eligible social worker or occupational therapist. Further sessions can be authorised by your Doctor by carrying out a GP Mental Health Care Plan Review. This Review must be done at an appointment to qualify for the additional sessions with your Psychologist.
A Mental Health Plan is a plan that sets out the best treatment for your mental health disorder. This plan may involve seeing a Psychologist as well as other treatments such as medications.
Under the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Initiative, this means that people with a clinically diagnosed mental health problem can then receive a rebate for up to 6 sessions initially with a Psychologist, eligible social worker or occupational therapist. Further sessions can be authorised by your Doctor by carrying out a GP Mental Health Care Plan Review. This Review must be done at an appointment to qualify for the additional sessions with your Psychologist.
Medication Reviews
A Home Medicines Review (HMR) is a comprehensive clinical review of a patient’s medicines in their home by an accredited pharmacist on referral from the patient’s general practitioner (GP).
The service involves cooperation between the GP, pharmacist, other health professionals and their patient (and, where appropriate, their carer). This review provides medication information to the patient and other health care providers involved in the patient’s care.
The service involves cooperation between the GP, pharmacist, other health professionals and their patient (and, where appropriate, their carer). This review provides medication information to the patient and other health care providers involved in the patient’s care.
