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Dr Jessie McClelland graduated from the University of Newcastle in 2014. Since then she has worked within many departments, including internal medicine and paediatrics. Having made the switch to [...]

Dr Alexander Amory graduated from the University of Newcastle Medical School in 2012. He then worked in Sydney for several years before returning to the Newcastle area to become a GP. He is now [...]

The practice will be closed on the following days during the upcoming Australia Day public holidays: Saturday 26th January – Closed Monday 28th January – Closed

Christmas Eve / 24th December: 8.30am – 5.30pm Christmas Day / 25th December: Closed Boxing Day / 26th December: Closed 27th December: 8.30am – 5.30pm 28th December: 8.30am – 5.30pm 29th [...]

COPD or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is the leading cause of avoidable hospital admissions in Australia. With 310,700 people aged over 55 years diagnosed with COPD, that means 1 out of 7 [...]

At least one in three cancers are preventable with the help of a low risk cancer lifestyle. Here is some information to help reduce your cancer risk: 1. Healthy eating to reduce cancer risk. When [...]

I see many patients each week who are terrified that a certain symptom may mean they have cancer, and the current trend of self-diagnosis and Dr Google isn’t helping – if you google [...]

Proton pump inhibitors (you might know them by the names of Somac or Nexium), are among the most commonly prescribed medications in the Australian community. They work wonderfully well for reflux [...]

It’s amazing the number of patients that I see with migraine. They suffer with headaches, never realising they have migraine and that it can be treated!  So how do I know these people have [...]