Dr Jessica Santos

General Practitioner in Dorrigo NSW

GENERAL PRACTICE APPOINTMENTS

Standard appointment, 15 minutes

  • 1-2 simple issues only

Long appointment, 30 minutes

Examples:

  • New patient
  • Multiple or complex health issues
  • Antenatal (pregnancy) consults
  • Mental Health consults
  • Driving medical assessment
  • Women’s health, including Implanon insertion and removal
  • Skin check or lesion excision
  • Childhood immunisations

Extra long appointment >30 minutes, may require nurse involvement as well

Examples:

  • 6 week postnatal mother and baby check and immunisations
  • Health assessment, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander/Indigenous
  • Health assessment >75 years
  • GP Management Plan and/or Team Care Arrangement ‘Care Plan’
  • Complex physical and mental health appointments

Telehealth appointment

Telehealth appointments are available. Video consults are preferred over telephone appointments. Medicare rebates apply if you are a returning patient with a face to face review in the past 12 months, please enquire when booking.

Home visit

Home visits are not offered routinely, but may be available in specific circumstances e.g. to provide care to the terminally ill.

If you are not sure if you should book a standard appointment or a long appointment, please book a long appointment. Fees apply based on the time taken not the time booked.

FEES

Dorrigo Health and Wellbeing is currently bulk-billing (accepting your rebate as entire payment) for standard GP appointments. Fees may apply to some specific services. Please enquire when booking.

Rebates

Medicare rebates are available for all relevant services, the amount rebated will depend on medicare item number requirements.

  • Patient rebate varies depending on consultation type. As an example, rebate for a standard consultation is currently $42.85 or a long consult $82.90 (January 2025).
  • Standard GP consult rebates are divided by time and complexity – simple <6 minutes, 6-20 minutes, 20-40 minutes, >40 minutes
  • Different rebates are available for some specific consultations e.g antenatal care, mental health care plan
  • Please request an estimate of out-of-pocket cost prior to booking an appointment.

Fees will apply based on the time taken not the time booked.