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Welcome April 2018
Please welcome our newest staff member, Giorgia, to our team. Giorgia is joining our reception staff and will be facilitating your time at our surgery. We wish her a long and happy career.
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BREAKING NEWS!!
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2018 INFLUENZA VACCINE
The influenza vaccine will be available at both surgeries from 19th April. Please call our surgery to make a time with your doctor or in the Flu Clinics which will commence on the 19th April. Childhood Influenza Vaccination for aged 6 months to 5 years The South Australian Government announced in late April that they will now provide free flu vaccinations for children aged 6 months to 5 years in an effort to reduce the record flu season seen in 2017. It is anticipated that these will be available from early May but we have yet to receive an official date when the vaccines will be available. As we received more information we will update our web page Click Influenza Vaccine for further information. |
January 2018
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In early January we were lucky to have a visit from two special friends. Two baby koalas about 6 months old that were rescued from the road side about a week prior. Lynette, one of our nursing staff, specialises in fauna rescue in her spare time. I'm sure Lynette would be happy to answer any of your questions about fauna rescue or koalas.
Farewells and Welcomes - 2018
Doctors and staff welcome back DrJanet Davie who will be commencing in February 2018. Patients may remember that Janet was a Registrar training at our Practice in 2016. She spent 12 months with us and now is returning to our practice permanently following her successful completion of the RACGP fellowship exam.
We also welcome Drs. Oliver Connolly and Keith Jarrett who will be joining us as Registrars in February 2018. Please make them feel at home. At the same time we will also be farewelling Drs Olivia Rygorwicz and Evan McFarland who have been Registrars with us for the last six months. We wish them success in the future and thank them for adding so much to our Practice. |
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Christmas 2017 at St Agnes Surgery
Christmas has come to St Agnes Surgery.
We would like to thank Steve for his great work in putting up our decorations. 
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Changes to the Cervical Screening Program (Previously called PAP smears)
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Important changes are being made to the way cervical screening for cancer is to be performed from 1/12/17. Please see what these changes are under our Women's Health Services pages
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Appointment of Nursing Coordinator - October 2017
Trish Taylor, Registered Nurse, has recently been appointed as Nurse Coordinator for both of our practices. Trish has worked with us for over 20 years and takes on this role with the retirement of Jane Kay last year. Many patients would have spoken to Trish while organising Careplans. Congratulations Trish, we look forward to many more years working with you.
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Tea Tree Surgery Upgrade - September 2017
The upgrade of Tea Tree Surgery is now complete. The surgery has been completely repainted and new carpet has been laid.
Waiting areas
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A new purpose built treatment room for small procedures has been completed. This will add to the services already offered by our mole scan clinic.
The vertical blinds in the consulting rooms have been replaced with opaque tinting. This gives our consulting rooms more light and a spacious feel.
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We have also tried to modernise the surgery by updating our art work.
A small selection is below. Please feel free to offer your opinion to our staff and doctors about what we have tried to achieve.
A small selection is below. Please feel free to offer your opinion to our staff and doctors about what we have tried to achieve.
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NBN - June 2017
After considerable liaison and coordination with NBN and Telstra by our Practice manager, the NBN has finally been connected to St. Agnes Surgery. It was connected to Tea Tree Surgery about three years ago. This should decrease the small number of data drop outs that we were having between our two surgeries and speed up data flow. There was some initial difficulty routing our phones through the NBN and we apologise for any difficulty you may have had contacting us during that time. There was also some difficulty diverting our phones from St Agnes to Tea Tree over the first week, so we apologise for any inconvenience this may have also caused, but all issues have been resolved. Now that we have our NBN connection out next aim will be establishing on line bookings. This should be available soon.
Farewells and Welcomes - January 2017
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After spending the last 12 months with us we sadly say good-bye to our Registrars, Janet Davie and Emily Frost, who will be leaving at the end of January. We wish them success in their pending exams and future careers. Janet's famous morning teas will also be missed.
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At the same time we welcome new Registrars Dominique Baume and Olivia Rygorowicz who will commence consulting with in the next week and Evan McFarland who will commence consulting in March. We hope that you will enjoy your time with us.
Please make them feel welcome.
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St Agnes Surgery and Tea Tree Surgery have completed the accreditation process for the triennium beginning 2017 and received high praise in all areas reviewed. Both St Agnes Surgery and Tea Tree Surgery received full accreditation which will remain current until January 2020.
The Practice wishes to thank all Doctors and Staff for their help in making it such a successful outcome.
The Practice wishes to thank all Doctors and Staff for their help in making it such a successful outcome.
Patient survey results are now in for the trennium beginning 2017.
To see these results and what you said about our Practice please click here.
To see these results and what you said about our Practice please click here.
New Uniforms - November 2016
Staff waited with anticipation for their new uniforms which arrived on 21/11/16. The Reception Staff have a wonderful bright cobalt blue top while the nurses have traded in their pink and green shirts for a bright burgundy. They all have matching charcoal grey trousers, jackets and jumpers. Please compliment staff if you like our new uniforms.
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FEES
Practice fees were reviewed effective from 1/11/16.
The Practice charges private fees and a 'gap' except for the following patients:
ZOSTAVAX Available
Free Zostavax is now available at our at our surgery (from November 2016) for patients 70 - 79 years of age. See the Vaccination page of our website for further details or click here. 
CERVICAL SCREENING CLINIC
Appointment required. From 19th January 2015, to cater for women requiring only Cervical screening, Drs' Karen Hand and Jyothi Menon are conducting PAP Smear Clinics on most Saturday mornings at Tea Tree Surgery. The Cervical screening Clinic provides an option for patients preferring a female doctor perform their test. Normal fees apply - card holders will continue to be bulk billed but non card holders will have to pay the usual 'gap'. 
ECONOMY CLASS SYNDROME There is now increasing awareness of the risks associated with long distance travel - particularly the risk of deep vein thrombosis. See Economy Class Syndrome to assess your risk and determine what preventive measures can be taken. |
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