About Us
High-Quality Medical Services accessible to Everyone
Golden Plains Skin Cancer And Laser Clinic aims to provide the highest quality skin cancer services, dedicated to delivering effective, quick and low-cost access to diagnosis and treatment. Driven by a passion to make a difference and the vision of "we are all about your skin", the health and happiness of our patients are at the forefront of everything we do. We will address your skin concerns with expert consultations, accurate diagnoses and personalised treatments. We do our very best to exceed your expectations by delivering the highest standard of care and most importantly, the utmost peace of mind.
Our Objectives
- Improve access to skin cancer care and reduce the mortality and morbidity of the disease.
- Reduce the waiting time for patients to receive efficient diagnosis and treatment.
- Offer a high-quality referral option to local GPs managing patients outside their scope.
- Offer effective referral management to Specialists for care outside our scope.
- Relieve the public hospital system as most patients cannot afford specialist care.
- Save lives by dramatically reducing the delay in diagnosis and treatment.
Care Outside Normal Opening Hours
Present to any of the following Hospitals' Emergency Departments:- Geelong Hospital (Ph: 03 4215 0000)
- St John of God Hospital (Ph: 03 5226 8888)
- Ballarat Base Hospital (Ph: 03 5320 4200)
- Geelong Private Hospital (Ph: 03 5226 1600)
If you require urgent medical attention (emergency), please call an ambulance on 000.
Nurse On –call (24 hours) 1300 60 60 24
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13 Sick National Home Doctor (from 6pm weeknights, 12pm Saturdays, All day Sunday & Public Holidays) 13 74 25 |
After hour service
After hour service is ONLY available for regular patients. Please call 0415 386 735 for after hour arrangements. Please make note; After hour consultation fee is $475.
Telephone Access
If you wish to talk to your Doctor or Nurse, please do not hesitate to contact us during our operating hours on (03) 5281 2320. If the person you wish to speak to is not available at the time, please leave a message with the reception staff and they will contact you as soon as possible. If your call is urgent, please inform the medical receptionist.
Fees and billing arrangements
Bulk billing option is available for eligible patients. Further, there will be an out of pocket fees for Total Body photography, Surgery Procedures etc.
Receiving the results of any test or procedure
The doctor will inform you when your investigation results will be available. It is advisable to book an appointment after that time to discuss the results with your doctor. Please ensure that all of your contact details are up to date as we may need to contact you if your result is abnormal.