Welcome to Express Clinic
We know this is not the ideal model of care. Good medicine requires time to address multiple issues, take a thorough history and provide holistic and preventive healthcare. Our bulk-billing clinic represents a practical compromise to improve access, even if it is not our recommended style of healthcare.
For patients who prefer a more comprehensive, time-rich approach, our sister affiliate private billing clinic offers longer consultations and more detailed discussions a model we believe represents the ideal standard of general practice.
What This Means for You
- Please book one appointment per issue at this clinic.
- If you have multiple or complex concerns, your GP may recommend a follow-up visit, or refer you to our affiliate private clinic.
- If you have a chronic medical condition (I.e. one that lasts for more than 6 months you may be eligible for Chronic Condition Management Plan appointments)
Different Types Of Appointments
We also want to be transparent: in order to make bulk billing sustainable, sacrifices have had to be made. The Medicare rebate system is structured so that short, single-issue consults and structured chronic disease or preventive health appointments receive the highest rebates. This means our bulk-billing clinic will only be able to offer 3 types of appointments: