After hours doctors house calls in South East Queensland and North and West Sydney.

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To request an after hours doctor’s house call, ring :   13 SICK   that’s   13 7425

To confirm whether Family Care Medical Services is available in your suburb, use the suburb locator or view the coverage maps.

Patients can either call to request an after hours house call, or attend our clinic. The clinic, located in Logan, is operational with the assistance of the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. To view a map of the clinic location in Queensland click here. Click here to view a patient information sheet.

Family Care Medical Services operates within the Commonwealth defined after hours period.

The Commonwealth after hours period is defined as:

Monday to Friday 6 pm to 8 am
Saturdays from noon onwards
All day Sunday
All public holidays

How to request an after hours doctor’s house call:
Click on the map of Queensland or New South Wales to view whether the service is available in your area. Otherwise use the postcode locator by simply typing in your post code.

Call Family Care Medical Services on 13 SICK, that’s 13 7425 from 4 pm weekdays, 10 am on Saturdays and anytime on Sundays or public holidays to request a doctor’s house call.

Our Medical Referral Assessors will take details and arrange for a doctor’s house call. Alternatively you can visit our clinic in Logan. 

We recommend that the following patients are bulk billed: Patients of subscribing GP's who are under 16, eligible concession card holders, Family Care Friendly Society members, nursing home residents and clinic patients. When booking a call, ask for a cost estimate.

Informed financial consent

There is a fee for the consultation if the patient does not attend to GP's who subscribe to the service.

Patients of subscribing General Practices that are concession card holders (i.e. pension, health care card, DVA gold card), a child under 16 years or a Family Care Friendly Society member or a nursing home resident will be bulk billed.

The minimum fee for a standard consultation after 6 pm is $175 and after 11 pm is $195. Medicare will refund $120.30 before 11 pm and $141.75 after 11 pm.

The fee for a hotel or site visit is $300. The Medicare rebate depends on the item number that is applicable.