The Bowral Doctor

31/10/2025

Tomorrow morning (Saturday 1 Nov) we are holding a Q Fever Clinic. Q Fever is serious, but preventable. If you want to book in for a Q Fever vaccination please call us today on 4811 1391 to make an appointment. Click below for more information:https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/factsheets/Factsheets/qfever-vaccine.pdf

15/10/2025

Walking Group has started back again. Come and join us Wednesdays at 7.30am for a 30min walk. With the beautiful spring weather there's never been a better time to prioritise your fitness.

17/09/2025

NEWS UPDATE: We are pleased to welcome Dr Mier Marges to the team. Mier has moved from the Blue Mountains to the Southern Highlands. She is a highly experienced Dutch-trained general practitioner with a diverse medical background spanning Europe, rural Africa, and Australia. Having worked in a variety of healthcare settings, from busy urban hospitals to remote villages, she brings an exceptionally broad knowledge base and a deep, holistic approach to patient care. She has a strong surgical and gynaecological background, performs skin excisions, iron infusions and Implanon procedures and offers mental health support, including for ADHD.

Dr Mier Marges is available Monday-Friday.

Quality, comprehensive General Practice in the heart of the Southern Highlands

17/09/2025

NEWS UPDATE!! We are pleased to welcome Dr Kate Baker to the team. Kate has moved from the Blue Mountains to the Southern Highlands. She graduated from the University of Newcastle in 2011, completing her internship and residency at Westmead Hospital and within the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District. Kate obtained her Diploma in Child Health in 2014 and achieved Fellowship with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 2016 after completing her GP training in the Shoalhaven region.

Kate has a special interest in Women's and Children's Health, as well as functional medicine. She takes a holistic approach to managing chronic illness, focusing on whole-person care and long-term wellbeing.

Dr Baker is available for consultations Tuesdays and Fridays.

Quality, comprehensive General Practice in the heart of the Southern Highlands

16/07/2025

Someone turned 13 recently. Happy Birthday Dude.

16/07/2025

Have you considered Cardiovascular Risk Screening? Preventing heart disease and heart attacks from occurring is a basic job of general practice. To do this, it is important to ensure cholesterol and blood pressure are normal. Knowing about your heart attack risk should start in your 40’s. Consider scheduling an appointment to review your heart disease risk if you are in your 40’s or 50’s and haven’t had a check-up in the last two years.

16/07/2025

We are partnering with Macquarie University student Ashleigh throughout July on her research project. Ashleigh aims to increase the uptake of bowel cancer screening in our patients aged between 45-49 years.

Bowel cancer is Australia’s second biggest cancer killer. It kills more people in NSW than prostate cancer, breast cancer or melanoma. Despite this, currently only 40% of eligible people in NSW take part in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. Test kits are automatically sent to people when they turn 50, but from 45 yrs people can request a kit.

We are now in possession of some Home Test Kits and Ashleigh is messaging eligible patients to see if they'd like to participate. It's quick, easy, painless and free.

We are grateful for Ashleigh’s interest and enthusiasm and hope it will contribute to our goal of providing great health care.

30/06/2025

Walking Group is taking a break over winter and will start up again in Spring (this week the walking path is likely to be flooded anyway). Hope to see you all 3 September.

16/04/2025

We'll be closed over Easter but help is available through SHGPAHS - both a phone service with the GP on-call, and clinics everyday morning and afternoon. We hope you have a safe and relaxing break. We're back business as usual on Tuesday 22 April.

29/03/2025

Dr Perry is competing in the Buffalo Stampede today; the Sky Marathon (42km). If you want to follow his progress click on link below. He is bib number 4397. Race starts around 7.20am

26/03/2025

FLU Vaccines arrived TODAY. We now have both the government issued and private flu vaccines. Plus we have COVID boosters too. First weekend flu clinic will be Saturday 5 April, from 1pm til late. Next one will be Sat 12 April. Phone reception to secure your place. P.S: We're already starting to see Influenza cases in the Highlands