On Monday, 5 October 2009, the Wheatbelt GP Network opened its first General Practice - Wheatbelt General Practice, Northam. Dr Jinadu is employed as the General Practitioner.  He is available for consultations and is the on-call doctor for the Northam Hospital Emergency Department, Monday to Friday (8.30am to 4.00pm).

Opening Hours	Monday / Wednesday / Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm
Telephone	08 9690 1781
Email	northam@wheatbelt.com.au
Location	50 Robinson Street Inside the Northam Hospital NORTHAM
Postal Address	PO Box 781 NORTHAM  WA  6401
Consultation Fees	Standard Consultation 15 minutes $55.00 Long Consultation 30 minutes $80.00  Children Under 16 - Bulk Billed Pensioners and applicable Concession Card Holders - Bulk Billed Immunisations, Revisits and Prescription Repeats - Bulk Billed
FORMS
Word Document	New Patient Form - download and email to northam@wheatbelt.com.au or take to receptionist.
	Patient Feedback - please give us your anonymous feedback about our practice. Download the feedback sheet and email to northam@wheatbelt.com.au or print and post to Wheatbelt General Practice, PO Box 781 Northam, WA 6401
	Information Sheet - Please read about the services our practice provides
PATIENT INFORMATION
Link to Website	Translating and Interperting Service (TIS) The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) provides the TIS National interpreting service for people who do not speak English and for the English speakers who need to communicate with them. TIS National has more than 30 years of experience in the interpreting industry, and has access to over 1750 contracted interpreters across Australia, speaking more than 170 languages and dialects. TIS National is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for any person or organisation in Australia requiring interpreting services.
Link to Website	National Auslan Interpreter Booking and Payment Service (NABS) NABS provides interpreters to any person who uses sign language to communicate and would like an interpreter for private medical appointments. It is free of charge to Sign Language users and medical and health care practitioners. All interpreting services to Aboriginal and Islander Sign Language users are provided free of charge for both public and private health appointments. Bookings for interpreting services can be made for both deaf adults and deaf children. This includes situations where there is a deaf adult and a hearing child or a hearing adult and a deaf child attending a private medical consultation. NABS also provides interpreters for deaf/blind people. NABS operates nationally between the hours of 8am to 8pm, Monday to Friday and from 8am to 1pm on Saturday, excluding all national Public Holidays. Please click on the link to the left to go to the website to book an appointment.
	10 Tips for Safer Health Care - What Everyone Needs to Know Brochure produced by The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
	10 Tips for Safer Health Care - What Everyone Needs to Know - Arabic
	10 Tips for Safer Health Care - What Everyone Needs to Know - Cantonese
	10 Tips for Safer Health Care - What Everyone Needs to Know - Croatian
	10 Tips for Safer Health Care - What Everyone Needs to Know - Filipino
	10 Tips for Safer Health Care - What Everyone Needs to Know - Mandarin

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August 2011








Attending the Opening Ceremony:
L-R  Dr Duncan Steed (Chairman Wheatbelt GP Network) Dr Marian Rae (York Medical Centre), Dr Ola Jinadu, Tim Free (WA Country Health Service), Sue Gordon (Northam Hospital) and Steve Pollard (President Shire of Northam)



Dr Duncan Steed,
Chairman Wheatbelt GP Network, Officially Opens the New Practice