Use the online Symptom Checker to find out if you need to seek medical help.
Call your doctor – after hours care may be available through your general practitioner.
Call Health Direct to speak to a registered nurse on 1800‑022‑222 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week). They can advise whether medical care is needed and where to access care if required.
Find a GP – healthdirect health service directory (to find out which centres are open, you will need to search in the after hours time period i.e., search at 10.00 pm at night to find the general practitioner centres and clinics that are open near you).
Call the Palliative Care After Hours Helpline on 1800‑548‑225 for advice and support during the after hours period for patients receiving palliative care, as well as their carers, and families.
Contact the Pregnancy, Birth and Baby Helpline on 1800-882-436 (7am to midnight, 7 days a week) to speak with a maternal child health nurse.
For general health information and advice phone 1800‑022‑222
Palliative Care After Hours Helpline – phone 1800‑548‑225 (for NSW patients receiving palliative care, their carers, and families for advice and support during the after hours period)
This service is specifically for times when you are thinking of attending the Emergency Department but feel unsure, and your regular GP is unable to assist, for example, after-hours
The Small Towns After Hours (STAH) program allows you to access a doctor at an emergency department even when the usual doctor is away. The STAH program is a phone service which links registered nurses in remote local health districts, where a local general practitioner is temporarily unavailable, to a general practitioner in a larger centre who can provide over the telephone advice.
The STAH program services the following towns:
Boggabri
BarrabaBingara
Emmaville
Manilla
Murrurundi
Quirindi
Walcha
Warialda
Wee Waa
Contact Kate Perrett at HealthWISE Gunnedah, (02) 6742‑3633.
13 SICK (previously Doctor To Your Door) is a general practitioner home visit after hours service.
About 13 SICK
13 SICK is a service providing urgent medical care to patients after hours. Areas covered include: Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Raymond Terrace, and Maitland.
Hours:
Monday to Friday, from 6.00 pm
Saturdays, from 12 noon
Sundays and public holidays, 24 hours
All visits for Medicare and DVA gold card holders are bulk billed.
For health advice, and an appointment to see a local doctor in the Newcastle/Lake Macquarie or Maitland after hours clinics. Clinics are located at:
Belmont Hospital Clinic– 16 Croudace Bay Road, Belmont
John Hunter Hospital Clinic – Lookout Road, New Lambton Heights
Maitland Hospital Clinic – 560 High Street, Maitland
Westlakes Community Health Centre (Toronto Polyclinic) – 6 James Street, Toronto
Heal Specialist Urgent Care
A specialist-led, private medical clinic for patients who need urgent medical attention for acute illnesses, injuries, or ailments where it is not life-threatening or severe enough for treatment in hospital.
Open 8.00 am to 6.00 pm, 7 days per week and 365 days per year. Fees apply.
13 SICK (previously Doctor To Your Door) is a general practitioner home visit after hours service.
About 13 SICK
13 SICK is a service providing urgent medical care to patients after hours. Areas covered include: Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Raymond Terrace, and Maitland.
Hours:
Monday to Friday, from 6.00 pm
Saturdays, from 12 noon
Sundays and public holidays, 24 hours
All visits for Medicare and DVA gold card holders are bulk billed.
Armidale / Tamworth / New England / North West
