To keep you safe and well especially during the COVID 19 pandemic, Theodore Medical has instituted several infection control initiatives. Download our recent community booklet for more information on how we are implements these initiatives.
Download these instructions for how to make a COVID Vaccination Appointment via the web or app for HOTDOC.
Wherever you live, whatever your health conditions and whatever your vaccination status, you will be cared for. Read this guide for information about recovering from COVID at home.
Suffering from COVID-19? Use this simple diary to track your symptoms on the road to recovery.
This decision guide contains information about Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. These COVID-19 vaccines are recommended if you are pregnant, breastfeeding or planning pregnancy.
Theodore Medical wishes to reassure our community that we are committed to protecting your health and our community during this time.
We ask that all patients over the age of 12 wear a mask when attending the respiratory clinic or in the surgery.
We are continuing to see all patients with either suspected COVID respiratory symptoms OR other respiratory symptoms in a separate area.
To accommodate this we have:
We ask that patients please follow these instructions when requesting an appointment:
If you have been in direct contact with someone who has COVID-19 and you have signs and symptoms of a respiratory illness
OR
You have the signs/symptoms of an other respiratory tract infection like a sniffly nose, cough, fever and/or sore throat:
Children are NOT at risk of complications from COVID but can transmit the infection.
For partially or non vaccinated adults over the age of 16yo
Due to the recent border openings and escalating COVID 19 cases, we have had to make the difficult decision to see these patients also at the Respiratory clinic between the times of 09.30-11.30. We want to provide our usual great care but need to do so in a more protected environment. When you ring for an appointment we will allocate you one of these appointment with our doctors who are running the clinic on that day . This is not designed to be punitive; we have had to make this decision based on the latest Commonwealth risk matrix guidelines. As if we were to have a partially or non vaccinated patient attend at the main surgery; who was later determined to be COVID 19 positive, we could risk closure of the all medical services in Theodore – the surgery (and hence the hospital as well) for 7days. This could leave Theodore without any doctor or nursing services for up to 7days.
Groups at greater risk of complications if they contract COVID
Some people are more susceptible to complications from viral infections such as COVID 19, including the following:
If you belong to one of these categories, are currently well and need an appointment for something simple (script, referral etc) we can arrange consultation with a doctor via phone, skype or other video-link in preference to you attending the surgery in person.
If this applies when you are making an appointment, let us know and we will arrange a phone telehealth consultation.
In order to help keep yourselves and your loved ones safe, please practise good hand hygiene , avoid touching your face and ensure that if you cough/sneeze that you do so using a tissue and discard into a closed bin straight away
Theodore Medical has also organised daily immunisation clinics. From 10 Jan 2022 these clinics will be held between 8:15 and 9:15 am
To ensure that our community remains healthy and safe we need you to follow these instructions.
Feeling unwell? If you develop a fever, a cough, sore throat or shortness of breath within 14 days of overseas travel, contact a doctor or call 13HEALTH (13 43 25 84).
COVID-19 is a respiratory illness caused by a new virus. Symptoms include fever, coughing, sore throat and shortness of breath. The virus can spread from person to person, but good hygiene can prevent infection. Find out who is at risk and what you should do if you think you have COVID-19.