A holistic range of services on offer here include:

• Everything, really.......
• Management of acute problems (eg. acute infections and injuries)
• Management of chronic disease (eg. heart failure, diabetes and asthma)
• Preventative health assessment, checks and advice (including heart health check, skin cancer check, other cancer screening programs, weight loss advice, blood pressure check, cholesterol check, diabetes check, cervical screening test, prostate check, smoking cessation)
• Multidisciplinary care planning for complex chronic diseases.
• Vaccinations (including childhood vaccines, flu and COVID vaccines, and travel vaccines)
• Women's health (including cervical smear test /contraceptive advice / pregnancy testing)
• Implanon insertion and removal (Dr Dora Hui)
• Men's health
• Children's health
• Medication management and reviews
• Mental health consultations
• Skin cancer check-ups and removals (Dr Gavin Chau has special interest in this)
• Acupuncture (needle and/or laser - Dr Julie Tsung)
• Dietetics (Ms Christy Yeung)
• Physiotherapy (Ms Theresa Tan)
• Podiatry (Ms Alison Shaw)
• Occupational health, including pre-employment examinations, insurance medicals, workplace injuries and Workcover
• Pathology (Australian Clinical Laboratory) and ECG
• Cardiac Imaging (Australian Cardiac Diagnostic Service)

Cancer prevention

Cancer is a leading cause of death in Australia, so prevention must be taken very seriously as you get older.  Apart from the importance of lifestyle, which generally involves stopping smoking, limiting alcohol use, limiting excessive UV exposure, eating a good diet, keeping physically active and maintaining a healthy weight, cancer screening is an important strategy which can save lives.

Cancer screening programs aim to detect cancer early (often even before the cancer develops), resulting in timely treatment which then either prevents the development of cancer altogether, or reduces the risk of cancer death.

There are many cancer screening programs in Australia.  Here are some important examples.  For more details, please talk to your doctor.

Skin cancers can be successfully treated or even prevented if found early, so we strongly recommend having a skin check by your GP every year.

For bowel cancer screening, faecal occult blood test (FOBT) is recommended every 2 years between the age of 45 to 74 years.

For breast cancer screening, mammogram and self breast examination (SBE) is recommended every 2 years between 50 to 74 years. 

For cervical cancer screening, cervical screening test (CST) is recommended every 5 years between the age of 25 to 74 years.  If you prefer, you can do self collection these days - please ask your doctor.

If you are current or past smoker, lung cancer screening may be indicated.  Eligibility criteria is more complex, please discuss with your doctor.

For more information about prevention and early diagnosis of cancer, please visit the Cancer Council Australia's website.  Multilingual translated information is also available here.

Heart health check and Diabetes check

Heart disease and diabetes are the leading causes of chronic illness and death in Australia. These conditions can be prevented through healthy behaviours like eating a healthy diet, being active, maintaining a healthy weight and being smoke free. Many people may not know their risk of developing heart disease and diabetes, especially since you often can’t feel risk factors like high blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol.

Having a Heart Health Check and diabetes check is an important first step to protecting your health.  Please ask your doctor. 

Dietitian is also available at Sheehans.  Please ask reception.

For more information about heart health check and how to keep your heart healthy please visit the Heart Foundation's website.  Multilingual translated information is also available here.

For more information about diabetes please visit Diabetes Australia's website.  Multilingual translated information is also available here.

Health assessment, medication review and chronic disease management plans

 If you suffer from one or more chronic ailments, such as diabetes or asthma, please check with your doctor to see if you could benefit from the formulation of a chronic disease management plan.

If you are 75 years or older, please arrange to have a health assessment.  These assessments should ideally be performed every year. 

If you regularly take 5 or more medications, check with your doctor if you could benefit from a home medicine review. 

Allied health and complementary medicine

The comprehensive health services available at Sheehans Medical Centre include specialist allied health practitioners.  Currently we offer a highly experienced team consisting of dietitian (Ms Christy Yeung), podiatrist (Ms Alison Shaw), physiotherapist (Ms Theresa Tan) and acupuncturist (Dr Julie Tsung).  Please ask your doctor or reception to find out more about these services and if they could benefit you.

Pathology and special tests

Pathology collection and testing is available on site 6 days a week.

Monday to Friday:   8:30am to 4:30pm

Saturday:   9am to 12pm

All tests are bulk-billed.

Tests include general blood and urine tests, ECG, and 24hour holter monitor.

Echocardiography is performed on site on Saturday every 4 weeks.

The service is bulk-billed for all patients with referrals.