River Heads Family Practice

03/09/2025

📣A shoutout to all women! 🌹🌹🌹

This week is Women's Health Week 💃. A week dedicated to the health and wellbeing of all women, with the theme "Say Yes to You".

Our practice would like to give back to the women in our community by offering a ✨FREE✨ menopause and perimenopause health assessment. Wait!☝️ Please don't get put off by this scary word! Let us explain... 👇

Menopause is a transition period for women. This free assessment INCLUDES: a general health checkup, a discussion about your symptoms, checks on aspects like blood pressure, cholesterol, bone density and potential deficiencies. In other words, it's a comprehensive health check for women.

When you call the reception to book the appointment, just tell the receptionist that you'd like a health check.

Ladies, say yes to putting your health the priority this week 🌻

01/09/2025

Not sure if you've noticed, but we have extended our hours 🕰
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🩺Mondays & Tuesdays: 9 am - 8 pm
🩺Wednesdays & Thursdays: 8 am - 8 pm
🩺Fridays: 8 am - 5 pm
🩺Sundays: 8 am - 3 pm

We hope this will cater for those who work during the day, and for those who need urgent care.

Remember, if you did not find any spots on HotDoc, please give us a call and we will fit you in.

30/08/2025

Have you ever wondered what our doctors do after they finish for the day? 🕗

🤫 These photos were taken without them knowing…

Dr Youssef: Reading up on medical updates and checking pathology and radiology reports. He usually stays back to make sure everything is in its proper place before heading home every night.

Dr Hosna: Discussing cases with Dr Youssef…(after 8pm!)

The doctors are working very hard everyday to help and care for everyone who came to them.

[P.S. No privacy of patients has been breached when these photos were taken, except for the doctors’ 😁]

29/08/2025

🫶🏻**Heartfelt Thanks**
Those who know us also know that all our staff here are coffee addicts. It’s an open secret 🤫

This morning as we ducked into River Heads Cafe and Take Away to buy coffee, we were blown away by the incredible kindness of a mysterious person who had already paid for our coffee in advance! That truly uplifted us!

Thank you so much for this inspiring treat, whoever you are! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

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P.S. Not too long ago (probably earlier this year?), someone else also did the same - we would like to thank you too!

28/08/2025

✨Change of Billing✨
🎤Hear ye, hear ye!

In order to give our patients the best 🩺 experience at our practice, Dr Hosna will be bulk billing!

Dr Youssef will continue to bulk bill those with concession cards and children under 16 years of age. Please know that if you need your visit bulk-billed, just tell Dr Youssef. He has rarely said no to this request.

Any enquiries, please feel free to give our friendly receptionists a call 🫶

28/08/2025

Dr Hosna will be bulk billing all her patients .

Exciting news! 📣
Some of you have met our new doctor when you were here recently. Dr Hosna's books is now open - she is ready for consult next Monday, 14th July onwards.

Dr Hosna completed her medical degree in Iran in 2016 and has over five years of experience in general practice and emergency medicines. Her areas of interest include:
✅Women's Health;
✅Mental Health;
✅Chronic Disease Management;
✅Preventative health, and
✅Paediatrics.

Appointments can be made on HotDoc, or give our friendly receptionist a call.

P.S. Please help us spread the word!

28/08/2025

From today onwards Dr Hosna will be bulk billing all patients .

21/08/2025

Hi everyone, we are experiencing internet and phone outage. Please bear with us!

20/08/2025

Every doctor has to have reliable resources to get the latest in medicine that is rapidly changing . Most doctors whether consultants and or GP subscribe to UpToDate which is reliable paid update online resources . In River heads family practice we depend on Australian guidelines , The royal college of GP of Australia medical resources& guidelines besides UpToDate to help patients with the latest medical technology . All these resources are paid online resources . We used to have textbooks in hard copies in seventies and eighties but nowadays all resouces and textbooks are online .

14/08/2025

We have some spots reserved for those needing urgent care and same-day appointment, but these are not visible on HotDoc. Just give our friendly receptionist a call to be triaged.

We will try our very best to accommodate you.

16/07/2025

Have you ever noticed the many certificates on the wall of Dr Youssef's consulting room?

Dr Youssef is qualified to do skin checks and perform skin cancer surgeries. He is not only a specialist in general practice, but he has a Diploma in Skin Cancer Surgery and Diploma in Dermoscopy from the Bond University, which qualifies him to perform surgeries, skin flaps, and skin grafts.

Call us for more information, and to book in for a skin check with Dr Youssef.

01/06/2025

The surgery is closed today as Dr Youssef is on travelling. He will be back later in the afternoon. If anyone needs any medical advice and scripts, he is happy to do phone consults from 5pm onwards. Just give us a call to book an appointment.

Thank you for your patience and we apologise for this late notice.