Forbes Medical Centre remains OPEN Monday to Friday 9.00am to 6.00pm providing an essential medical service to the Forbes community during the Coronavirus pandemic.
We have appointments available EVERY DAY Monday to Friday.
Unfortunately we have had to suspend our Saturday morning clinics at this time.
Please phone us on 6851 1300 to make an appointment.
We will be asking you a few questions when you request an appointment to assess your symptoms and to see if we need to take any precautions such as providing you with a mask or conducting your consultation via the phone rather than you coming in to the practice.
In keeping with the Government’s guidelines regarding social distancing and keeping vulnerable members of the community safe, we have implemented some changes in our practice.
When inside the practice we ask that you follow the social distancing guidelines to keep you and our staff, doctors and nurses safe.
Telephone consultations are available for patients who are in an “at risk category” and also for any patients who would prefer not to come in to the practice at this time. This will assist in minimising the need for patients who really need to stay at home from having to make a trip out to the practice.
We are also working with the local pharmacies to facilitate home delivery of prescriptions so that at risk patients, particularly the elderly and those with a chronic health condition, do not need to leave home to get their scripts filled. All script requests will now be managed via a consultation with a doctor, either face to face if that is appropriate, or via the telephone.
Prescriptions will then be sent direct to the pharmacy and patients will be advised to phone the pharmacy to arrange delivery.
We encourage all members of the community to practice good hand hygiene and cough etiquette at all times. If you are having trouble getting hold of hand sanitiser, don’t forget that good old-fashioned soap and water is the best way to keep your hands clean.
We are currently taking names for our Flu Vaccination Clinics so make sure you give us a call. As soon as we receive our vaccines we will be confirming appointments.
Check our Facebook page for regular updates.
Stay safe.