Dr Duncan MacWalter

Waiting for Pfizer?

Book in now, Pfizer covid-19 vaccines available for all ages from 12 upwards.
Astrazenica is also available if preferred.

Booking is via phone only - 0732042644

Vaccines: Queensland Health are offering walk-in covid vaccines to all weekend. Anyone aged 12 and older (including over 60s) will be offered a Pfizer vaccine. Just lob up at any of their sites - https://www.qld.gov.au/health/conditions/health-alerts/coronavirus-covid-19/protect-yourself-others/c...

If you're over 60, and haven't signed up for your covid-19 vaccine, why not?

Are you waiting to see how it goes? Well it's not going well in NSW.

Are you waiting of Pfizer? Do you know why? AZ actually gets safer as you get older - and just as safer as Pfizer. It's just as effective against De...

To protect the many of us that are not yet able to be vaccinated, and while we are in lockdown or have mandatory mask wearing, please book phone consultations or get a covid test before coming into ours or any other healthcare seeing.

Yes, it's probably not covid (at present), but the only way ...

General practice is small business. Our only income is through fee for service.
Covid-19 has increased practice costs.
Everyone is doing it tough. The Federal Government had increased rebates for people with chronic conditions, or pension and healthcare cards, but from 01/10/20 these are being c...

Masks: if you have one, and are coming in for a face-to-face appointment, please wear one.

Queensland Health have suggested doctors and staff also wear masks, and will now be during appointments.

Telehealth has been a massive change to the way we work. We can still see people face to face, but some things can be sorted out quickly, effectively and safely via the phone, reducing all our potential exposure to covid-19.

Sadly, this week the Federal Government have added restrictions to who...

Rules are relaxing, but viral infections are rising, as they do every winter.

The week 18-24th May saw just as many cases of influenza as covid-19 in Queensland (6 of each).

Please remember to call ahead if you have any:
Fever / Cough / Sore throat / Breathlessness / Runny nose.

Coming in for ...

Covid-19 / coronavirus is causing a lot of distress to many people in various ways.

It's also radically changed the way we deliver healthcare within the week, with a change to pre-arranged appointments for patients with no known viral symptoms in the morning, and phonecalls to triage all other p...