Make a Wish Foundation

Today, we wore blue to support #worldwishday World Wish Day is run in support of the Make A Wish Foundation

Multiple people working at Eleanor Clinic have been personally affected by this foundation.

One of the practice nurses, Veronica, states:

Make-A-Wish creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses.

A wish is not a fleeting gift – each child’s Wish Journey (https://www.makeawish.org.au/wishes#section-wish-journey) is carefully planned and delivered over several stages to create a positive, lasting impact.

This organisation is particularly special to me. I and my family were very fortunate, as my beautiful 17 year old daughter was granted an amazing wish of swimming with the sea turtles on Fitzroy Island and visiting the rehab centre there.

Unfortunately, after a 16 month battle with a rare and aggressive brain cancer, Melaia lost her battle and passed on 23rd October 2022. It was thanks to Make a Wish Foundation that we were able to make a dream of Melaia’s come true and some wonderful family memories to cherish. We are forever grateful. We can help other critically ill children’s wishes come true and put a smile on their faces by donating and spreading awareness.

The donation page for the Make A Wish Foundation will be linked. If you are in a position of being able to donate, please consider doing so!

https://www.makeawish.org.au/support/ways-to-donate/donate

Three Eleanor Clinic babies!

We are so excited for Dr. Kate, Dr. Kristen and Dr. Lisa who are now on maternity leave. We are wishing them a wonderful and special time.

What this also means though, is that we are currently short on doctor appointments. We are excited to announce that Dr Farrah, an experienced Woman’s health GP is commencing with us at Eleanor Clinic next week.

We would also love to hear from other GPs interested to work with us at Eleanor Clinic. While we value your trust in us, we are again so busy making sure our current patients are well looked after that we can unfortunately not see any new patients at the moment.

We’re helping free up our previous doctor’s time where we can : vaccinations at Eleanor Clinic are now run by our highly experienced team of specialised vaccination nurses. As the government unfortunately does not provide any Medicare reimbursement for nurse vaccinations, there is now a fee for vaccinations provided at Eleanor Clinic.

Should you prefer to have no out of pocket fees for your family’s vaccinations, vaccinations through Maternal Child Health Centres and Pharmacies remains subsidised by the government.

Thank you to everyone at within our team at Eleanor Clinic for working so hard and to you: our patients and community for your support!

Baby photos to follow soon!

Happy 2023!

Happy 2023!

We are excited about 2023. The crisis around General Practice is getting more attention in the press and hopefully this will be a turning point for the better. The beauty of primary care is to be able to look after a patient holistically and hopefully prevent many health problems. It has been an absolute joy to have our registrars, Dr. Lisa Hong and Dr. Natasha Nointin with us. We feel they could experience the excitement and love we all have for our profession here at Eleanor Clinic.

Is is a true privilege to be a General Practitioner. Sharing the hard and sad moments with you, and also the joy. Sometimes there’s a lot of things we can do and organise helpful interventions. At other times, it is being there with you in difficult circumstances. Having build up such an excellent referral net work with allied health practitioners, psychologists and psychologists often allows us to get our patients seen by the right people in short time. A big Thank You to all our wonderful network partners for the excellent collaboration last year.

Dr Natasha will be continuing her training as a Specialist General Practitioner in Moonee Ponds and will hopefully return to Eleanor Clinic after she concludes her training.

Dr. Lisa has finished her training and is expecting her second baby – so double congratulations are in order! We are delighted that she will return to Eleanor Clinic at the end of the year as a Fellow of the Australian College of GPs.

Let 2023 be the beginning of a great year for all of you and the people you care about, our team, General Practice in Australia overall and excellent health care. Thank you to all of you for your support and palpable excitement for our little local clinic that could, right here in our Inner West.

Skin Cancer Awareness Week 2022

At Eleanor Clinic we are strong supporters of the skin cancer awareness week.

All year around we offer dedicated skin checks, where you doctor checks your skin from head to toe for any suspicious skin lesions. Early detection of skin cancer can be lifesaving. So if your skin check is not up to date, please book one in now.
Australia has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world, with approximately two in three Australians diagnosed with skin cancer during their lifetime. Sadly, around 2000 Australians will die from this disease this year, and it is estimated that almost twice as many men as women will die from melanoma this year alone.
Yet research shows that many Australians, particularly men, aren’t regularly using all five forms of sun protection. This year, Cancer Council Australia in partnership with the Australasian College of Dermatologists, is urging all Australians, especially men aged over 40, to be SunSmart and reduce their risk of developing skin cancer.
Over-exposure to UV radiation causes 95% of melanomas. In every region across Australia, it is likely to reach extreme levels of UV over the summer months. We encourage Australians to check the UV before you head outside, on the SunSmart app, via the Bureau of Meteorology’s website or your local weather forecast.
Fortunately, most skin cancers can be prevented by using all five forms of sun protection when the UV level is 3 or higher:

• Slip on sun protective clothing that covers as much skin as possible.
• Slop on broad spectrum, water resistant SPF30 (or higher) sunscreen.
  Apply 20 minutes before going outdoors and every two hours afterwards.
• Slap on a hat – broad brim or legionnaire style to protect your face, head, neck and ears.
• Seek shade.
• Slide on sunglasses – make sure they meet Australian Standards – ‘What’s Okay At Home’, for children