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Coober Pedy Medical Practice
Contact details
Opening hours
Monday and Friday 9:30 am to 4:00 pm (by appointment)
Appointments
Appointments are available by phoning reception during office hours
Fees and billing
The GPs at this practice bulk bill all patients providing they hold a current Medicare card
Medical reports and heavy vehicle licences will be billed according to the complexity of the report.
COVID-19 clinic
Location: Coober Pedy Medical Centre, McDougall Road
COVID hotline number: 1300 334 222 to make an appointment for a COVID test
Bookings essential – stay in your car: Testing is by GP referral only. People will be provided with an appointment date and time and are asked to wait in their cars and a nurse will come to them.
Hours: Monday and Friday 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm.
Weekends and Public Holidays - People requiring Day 1, 5, 12 swabs can be accommodated via appointment with the hospital directly. Please note that appointment times are limited due to pathology courier availability.
After hours and emergency care
After hours and emergency care is available through the Coober Pedy Hospital. Please call (08) 8672 5009 if you require urgent after hours medical treatment, or phone 000 for an ambulance.
Non-urgent after hours medical advice is available from Healthdirect Australia helpline 1800 022 222
We welcome your feedback as it helps us improve our services
If you have any feedback about your experience or any other aspect of our service, we would like to hear from you.
Your feedback might be a compliment, a complaint, or a suggestion. Whatever it is, your feedback is important, and we are listening.
You can share your feedback by email Health.EFNConsumerFeedback@sa.gov.au or by calling us on 0401 772 141.
Further information is available on Feedback and complaints | SA Health.