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Quick facts about our Services

Our Services

The team at Southend Medical Centre have been providing quality medical care and services for people of all ages in Hampton and surrounding areas for over 50 years.

Children's Health

  • All immunisations from birth to adulthood
  • Free vaccinations as per the Victorian government schedule
  • Additional vaccinations including meningococcal B (Bexsero), Influenza and travel vaccines
  • Well baby checks at 6 weeks (check MBS online on 4 year health check)

Women's Health

  • Health checks including breast examination and PAP smears
  • Shared antenatal care with Sandringham Hospital
  • Post natal mother and baby checks
  • Sexual health check
  • General health checks including blood pressure, cholesterol, ECG etc.

Family Planning

  • IUD insertion
  • Mirena insertion
  • Implanon implants
  • General advice including oral contraceptives

Men's Health

  • Men’s health checks including prostate examination
  • Heart checks
  • Sexual health
  • General health checks including blood pressure, cholesterol, ECG etc.

Travel Health

  • Yellow fever
  • And all other travel vaccines including Hep A & B, Typhoid, JE, Meningococcal disease

Skin Cancer checks

  • All GPs are trained to detect skin cancer including use of high power dermatoscope
  • Biopsy of suspicious skin lesion under local anaesthetics
  • Full removal of suspected or proven skin cancers

Medical Procedures and Surgical

  • Removal of In grown toe nails
  • Suture of lacerations
  • Suture removal
  • Treatment of fractures including Plaster of Paris and fibreglass plastering
  • Ear syringing (Wax removal)
  • Wound dressings
  • Nitrogen freezing of warts, skin tags and sun damaged skin.
  • Excision of skin cysts and fatty lumps
  • Acupuncture

Care Plans

  • Eligible patients with chronic disease can receive 5 Medicare subsidised Allied Health visits per calendar year. Including Podiatry, Physiotherapy, Dietician,
  • Diabetic patients can receive an additional 10 Medicare subsidised visits to an Exercise Physiologist per calendar year

Mental Health Care Plans

  • We provide 10 Medicare subsidised visits to registered Psychologists per calendar year.
  • Healthcare card holders can receive bulk billed Psychology visits through our local Primary Health Network.

Home visits

  • Our doctors will visit you at home should the clinical need arise
  • Nursing home visits

Nursing Home Visits

  • Several of our doctors visit local aged care facilities

Workcover and TAC

  • We assess and manage workcover and TAC related injuries.

War Veterans

  • We provide a bulk billed service for all Australian war veterans

Medical Reports

  • Insurance and all other medical reports

Health assessments

  • 45 – 49 Health assessments
  • 40 – 49 Diabetes risk assessments
  • Over 75 Health assessments