27/08/2025
I really can’t believe we are able to say this, but thanks to the recent arrival of our two lovely GP Registrars - Dr Erin and Dr Naomi - we can now offer same day appointments 👏👏👏
As many of you know, it’s been a really, really long time since we have been able to do that - too long to be honest.
We have had a lot people ask if this means we are accepting new patients and unfortunately at this stage we aren’t able to. That decision hasn’t been made lightly, but it is necessary to ensure that our patient caseload remains manageable for Dr Draper once our GP registrars move on to continue their specialist training in another community.
Our mission when we opened MAM was to offer the highest quality care to our patients by a team that genuinely cared. That meant offering patients continuity of care, reasonable access to appointments and embedding a multi-disciplinary approach as the standard model of care at our practice.
In recent times due to doctor shortages and in particular Forbes and Parkes, it has been extremely difficult to offer reasonable access to appointments, especially when Dr Draper was working as a solo-practitioner.
That’s why we are delighted to be able to offer our patients same-day GP appointments once again. It’s also why we aren’t able to take on new patients at this point - because we take being your family doctor very seriously and if we do it, we want to do it well. For us, doing it well means being able to do it in a sustainable way for our incredible clinicians who work tirelessly for our community.
So, for our patients that have been putting off that visit to the doctor now is really good time to make an appointment because there is lots of flexibility - including some before and after school time slots which we know are always highly sought after. The easiest way to book is via the link below 👇 or on the HotDoc app.
https://www.hotdoc.com.au/medical-centres/forbes-NSW-2871/forbes-medicine-mind/doctors
