Important information about Coronavirus / COVID19 for our clinic families
Our clinic team are working hard to reduce the spread of Coronavirus / COVID19 in Geelong.
We have put new restrictions in place, trying to prevent anyone who is sick from coming in to our clinic. These restrictions apply to all of our staff, doctors, patients and families.
PLEASE DO NOT COME TO CLINIC IF YOU ARE SICK, OR IF ANYONE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD IS SICK.
If your child has an appointment here and ANYONE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD has had fevers, a headcold, coughing or diarrhoea in the last two weeks,
OR if anyone in your household has returned home from overseas in the last two weeks,
OR if anyone in your household has had contact with someone who has tested positive for Coronavirus in the last two weeks,
PLEASE CALL US IN CLINIC to discuss your child's appointment.
We will either reschedule your child's appointment, or keep the booked appointment time but make it a telehealth appointment instead.
A telehealth appointment means that you agree to be available by phone at the booked appointment time, instead of bringing your child into clinic. Your child's paediatrician will phone you to discuss your child's health, review your child's medical plan, and arrange tests or scripts as required.
Telehealth appointment fees are likely to be the same as normal clinic fees, and must be paid over the phone by credit card at the end of the telehealth appointment.
A summary letter from the telehealth appointment will be sent your your child's GP as usual.
Please note: anyone who arrives in clinic and has coughing, fevers or headcold symptoms will be asked to go home and stay home until they are well, and their clinic appointment will be rescheduled.
If you are unsure about whether your child should attend a planned appointment here, please call us on 03 5271 8667 to discuss this, or email us on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the email subject line INFECTION.
If you think you might have COVID19: please call the Victorian Health Department hotline on 1800 675 398.