Alstonville Clinic

28/08/2025

For those in need there is some help locally for food and grocery items. Please see below.

15/08/2025

Please see attached the August updates for the clinic.
Please talk to your doctor if you are interested in the upcoming Medicare Mental Health counselling that will become available free for Medicare card holders and patients of our clinic towards the end of this month at our Annexe building. Your doctor can do a referral for you and assess your eligibility for this service.

30/07/2025

At least 14 Dementia Risk Factors have been identified in a 2024 Lancet article- with a summary below. Other less frequently mentioned contributing factors may also include sleep apnoea and decreased sleep quality although not yet officially on the list.

For more information on dementia see:

https://www.dementia.org.au/about-dementia/types-dementia

30/07/2025

Upcoming free palliative care specialist talks in Ballina.

30/07/2025

Please see attached updated fee schedule from August 4th 2025.
If you are experiencing financial difficulties please discuss this with your individual treating doctors and they will take this into consideration. We endeavour to run the best care for our patients with our treating team of nurses, doctors, reception and allied health providers and welcome formal feedback through our practice manager.

02/07/2025

Further information about the new national lung cancer screening program

29/06/2025

From July 1st 2025 (tomorrow) the National Lung Cancer Screening Program will begin.
https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/nlcsp/how-it-works
This is for current or ex-smokers(quit within last 10yrs) who are aged 50-70yrs with no symptoms, who have smoked at least 30 'pack years' of to***co ci******es.

If you are eligible and agree to participate, your doctor will give you a referral for a low-dose CT scan of the chest.

[The term ‘pack-year’ is a way of measuring the number of ci******es a person has smoked in their lifetime.
Pack-years are calculated by multiplying the number of cigarette packs smoked per day by the number of years the person has smoked.
For example, 1 pack-year is equal to smoking 20 ci******es (1 pack) per day for 1 year, or 40 ci******es per day for half a year]

Lung cancer screening will be available to eligible individuals from July 2025. Check if you're eligible for the National Lung Cancer Screening Program and learn how the process will work.

29/06/2025

The Alstonville Wollongbar Fun Run 2025 poster features some clinic staff members! Can you guess who ran last year?!

For details see:
https://alstonvillewollongbarfunrun.com.au/

26/05/2025

05/05/2025

Please see our latest Alstonville Clinic Newsletter below.

25/03/2025

These prescription glasses were left behind at our clinic yesterday. Please contact reception on 66280505 if they belong to you.

25/03/2025

Our Flu Vaccine Clinics for existing patients who qualify under the National Immunisation Program for free influenza vaccines (see below) are able to be booked online

http://vax.alstonville.clinic/

Or you can call the clinic if you are unable to book online.

Clinics are to be held 9-11am on:
Saturday 3rd May,
Saturday 10th May,
Saturday 17th May,
Saturday 24th May,
At the Uniting Church Hall across the road from the clinic.

Please talk to your doctor if you are unsure if you qualify for free flu vaccines. There are private ones also available if you do not qualify through our main clinic with bookings through the nurses.