Emergencies - Telephone Advice - Doctor On Call 

Emergencies

Call 000 immediately and ask for an ambulance if your life or someone else’s life is in danger.

OR for urgent matters attend:

West Gippsland Hospital – Emergency Department
41 Landsborough Street, Warragul VIC 3820
03 5623 0611

If you are a walk in patient with a medical emergency, our team will initiate a triage process where a Practice Nurse will see you and the first available Medical Practitioner when required.

 

Doctor On-Call

The Clinic provides 24 hour care for patients through a roster of Doctors from this Practice.

Please contact the Clinic on 03 5622 3377 for the Doctor on call.

After hours you can call 0447 638 979 and speak to our Doctor on call.

 

Other contacts

 

If you or a loved one needs to see a doctor urgently (and it’s not life-threatening), but your GP is closed please refer to the following:

Baw Baw PPCC: 03 5642 6655

Located within Central Clinic Warragul.

Priority primary care centres (PPCCs) provide care for people with conditions that require urgent attention but not an emergency response.

 

 

HealthAccess: 1800 272 767

After-hours support for Gippsland residents through a telehealth consult. HealthAccess is a designed solution to support community, general practices, local hospitals, residencial aged care and ambulance services to manage incresing volumes of GP -type presentations in the after-hours period.

The service operates from:

- 6-10pm weeknights

- 12-8pm Saturdays

- 8am-4pm Sunday and Public Holidays

 

Nurse-on-Call: 1300 60 60 24

You can contact Nurse On Call for immediate expert advice from a registered nurse, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

 

Victorian Virtual Emergency Department (VVED) www.vved.org.au

A public health service treating patients virtually for non-life threatening emergencies. The VVED is available 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

 

Home Visits

Please contact our practice on 56 22 33 77 for eligibility and fees.

 

 

Central Clinic has all the resources needed to treat patients in an emergency situation.

We are able to provide emergency treatment to patients who present at the clinic, or give sound advice over the phone if you are unable to travel.