Apart from finger paintings and the odd collage, the unfortunate reality is that the thing your child will most likely bring home from childcare is an infectious illness.

Working in the after hours, our Doctors are frequently called to the bedside of a person requiring palliative care or end-of-life care. Some of these patients may be in an aged care facility, while others are at home.

Coronaviruses can make humans and animals sick. Some coronaviruses can cause illness similar to the common cold and others can cause more serious diseases, including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). This new coronavirus originated in Hubei Province, China and the disease outbreak is named COVID-19.

Shingles, also know as ‘zoster virus’ or ‘herpes zoster’, is caused by the same virus responsible for chicken pox. It is a skin rash than can be very painful, occurring mainly but not exclusively amongst older adults in the population.

As winter approaches the community braces for an onset of infectious illnesses – coughs, colds, flu, gastro, skin complaints, eye infections and now COVID-19.

The Easter break is prime time for Aussies to go on holidays, particularly if it coincides with the balmy days of early autumn.

13SICK, National Home Doctor Service provides an important service to more than a million patients each year. But did you know our service is under threat?

In the after hours, our doctors often provide treatment to patients for asthma flare-ups and complications from asthma conditions. Asthma in Australia is very common, with many in our community requiring asthma services,

Those of us of a certain age remember a bygone era when the family doctor made house calls. The doctor would come to the house about tea time,