AFTER HOURS DOCTOR
1/254 Main Road
Derwent Park TAS 7009
Ph: 03 6165 2360
Clinic: 03 6165 2361

  • TeleHealth

    Call us on 6165 2361 to book a telephone appointment with a doctor. Please have your Medicare card ready. Fees may apply.

  • Your Health Matters

    After Hours Doctor provides urgent general practice care in the after hours period (weeknights, weekends and public holidays) Clinic 6165 2361

  • We are open 7 days per week

    We are here for you after hours, when your regular doctor is unavailable

  • We work with your GP

    Clinical notes from your consultation will be forwarded to your regular GP (with consent) to form part of your ongoing medical record

  • After Hours Doctor

    Fully equipped treatment room for treating sporting injuries, lacerations or fractures.

  • Appointments

    Please phone 6165 2361 during our Clinic opening hours for an appointment.

After Hours Doctor has a Clinic open to the public until 10pm, 7 days a week 365 days per year.

Opening Hours

Monday – Friday: 6pm – 10pm
Weekends: 9am – 10pm
Public Holidays: 9am – 10pm

Clinic Location

1/254 Main Road
Derwent Park 7009

 

After Hours Doctor provides urgent general practice care when your Doctor is closed.

Please phone 6165 2361 during our Clinic opening hours for an appointment.

 

Clinic Opening Hours

Weeknights
6:00 p.m. - 10:00p.m.
Weekends & Public Holidays
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.

For Patients

View our comprehensive patient information e.g. fees and home visits etc.
For GPs

Find out how to engage our services to support your patients for after hours care.

WEARING OF MASKS

Due to the ongoing high number of COVID-19, Influenza, and other respiratory illnesses in our community, we ask all patients aged 12 and over, doctors, and staff to continue to wear masks until 31st July 2022 while attending our clinic.

 

HAVE YOU TESTED POSITIVE TO COVID-19?

If you have recently tested positive to COVID-19, please read this patient information.

 

COVID-19 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Before calling our clinic or booking an appointment with your GP, please take a moment to read through these Frequently Asked Questions. They have been developed to help answer some general questions you might have about COVID-19. The information provided is correct as of 4th January 2022.

 

COVID-19 VACCINATIONS

Ages 12+ We have limited capacity for vaccination in our clinics, to book an appointment with a state-run clinic, please go to the Tasmanian Vaccination Booking System website or call the Public Health Hotline on 1800 671 738.

5-11 Years Community clinics have been established and appointments are available now. Bookings are required. To find your nearest clinic and to book online, go to https://www.coronavirus.tas.gov.au/vaccination-information/covid-19-vaccination/where-to-get-a-vaccine/community-clinics#5to11clinics

 

COVID-19 TESTING

We are not conducting COVID-19 testing at our clinic.

ATTENDING YOUR APPOINTMENT

  • Please attend your appointment at your appointment time.
  • Please do not bring additional people to your appointment with you apart from support persons, where required.
  • Please wear a mask, sanitise your hands on arrival and carefully read the screening questions available at Reception.
  • If you have any symptoms, please do not enter our clinic. Please call Reception and advise them that you have symptoms. Health care will still be available to you.

 

CORONAVIRUS HEALTH ALERT

The threat level of COVID-19 in Tasmania is escalated. For the safety of our patients and staff, we encourage telephone appointments (where possible).

If a face-to-face appointment is required, it will be time-limited, and we request that all patients wear a face mask while in the clinic.

We also observe social distancing >1.5m and limit the number of patients in our waiting room.

If you have symptoms of the flu, a cold, or a loss of sense of smell or taste, then a COVID-19 test is necessary. Please refer to the Tasmanian Government website for a list of COVID-19 clinics and testing centres.

If you are unwell and have respiratory symptoms, please ask for a telephone appointment with a GP, and a safe review will be arranged. Please be assured that our clinic is COVID-19 safe.

Please be aware that a private or gap fee may be incurred for telephone or video consults from 1st October 2020.

Medicare GP telehealth items are restricted to circumstances where a patient has an existing relationship with a general practice (i.e. the patient has visited a GP in the practice face-to-face in the last 12 months), other than for children aged under 12 months or patients who are homeless.

Call 000 if you need urgent medical assistance.

For more information on COVID-19, please visit https://www.health.gov.au/health-topics/novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov

For the most up-to-date information on COVID-19 in Tasmania, visit https://www.coronavirus.tas.gov.au/