Berrimah Family Practice provides a range of services including:
Covid Vaccinations
We provide Pfizer and Astra Zenika Covid vaccinations.
Skin checks
We offer you and your family with skin cancer risk assessments, testing and treatments. Regular checks of your skin should detect developing suspicions in moles or spots. Skin cancer check can save your life. Request an appointment for a skin check today.
We are able to provide limited skin check but we unable to provide full a skin check that requires specific provisions (eg photos etc) that we do not have equipment for. By limited skin check we mean skin lesions that you identify and want to be checked by our doctor. A full skin check is where you do not have full knowledge of skin lesions you may have to be checked, and you want our doctor to check your entire skin surface to check and identify any concerning lesions- we are unable to do this.
Men’s health
Men’s healthcare may include but is not limited to prostate screening, family planning options, screening pathology tests and sexual health. Lifestyle plays an important role in all men’s lives and with healthcare focused on prevention to maintain optimum health.
Women’s health
Women’s healthcare may include but is not limited to regular PAP screening, breast checks, referral for mammography, family planning options, pregnancy and shared antenatal care, fertility counselling and management of menopause. Lifestyle plays an important role in all women’s lives, with healthcare focused on prevention to maintain optimum health.
Children’s Health Checks
Children’s health checks include monitoring development and normal milestones, immunisation and health promotion. Health checks for 3-4 year olds can assess readiness for school and provide an opportunity for early screening for visual acuity, hearing, coordination as well as motor skills and other areas of development.
Immunisations (children and adults)
Immunisation protects against a range of preventable diseases and infections. Childhood immunisations, catch up immunisations, travel immunisations and occupational health immunisations are amongst the range of immunisations provided.
Health assessment
We provide annual health check for eligible persons. This annual health check cover. A detailed assessment of your health and well being. An assessment of your medications. Discussion of your health care concerns or other needs that you may have.
Mental health management
We prepare mental health plan according to mental health assessment and continue to provide supports.
Travel Health
Travel vaccinations and advice to help keep you and your family protected when traveling the globe. It is important to be aware of the latest WHO (World Health Organisation) recommendations for travel to any part of the world. Travel medicine has a focus on health promotion and may include travel vaccinations, up to date travel information, malaria prevention, education and awareness of the local culture or region to help prevent accidents and injuries. Contact us to discuss in depth all your travel needs.
Indigenous health
At Berrimah Family Practice, our doctors have specialised experience in helping Indigenous clients, and recognise the need for culturally appropriate medical care for all our clients.
Chronic Disease Management
Comprehensive and individualised care plan can ensure that all aspects of chronic disease are managed including goals to achieve optimal health. Chronic conditions including diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis, arthritis, chronic pain are amongst the most common conditions that can be supported with the help of a care plan. Some care plan patients are eligible for referral to allied health providers at a subsidised cost.
Minor surgery procedures
We offer excisions, sutures and other minor surgeries.
Occupational Medicine
Some occupations have increased risk of injury or illness, and doctors specialising in occupational medicine aim to ensure that high standards of health and safety at work are maintained. Our occupational medicine includes treatment, management and prevention of injuries, return to work planning, pre-employment medicals and WorkCover consultations.
Contraception
Implanon procedures are done here in the clinic, both insertion and removal.
Dr Sithy Kanzul Ali provides Mirena education, insertion and removal.
Mirena insertion requires 2 appointments usually 10 days apart.
Please mention if you are requiring one of these services when booking your appointment so that adequate time is allocated.