Best Pathology in the Newcastle are. Extremely pleasant, friendly and helpful staff. GreT that is…read morenow opening at 7.30

Nobody likes getting their blood taken. Urgh. It's more than enough to ruin your day. Plus, if…read moreyou're getting blood taken, you're usually feeling pretty crappy already, so blood tests can just add insult to injury. The lovely people at Douglass Pathology in Turramurra seem to sense that. They know you're nervy and their sunny personas do well to quell it. But more importantly, they're bloody good at their job (terribly lame pun intended). Wielding butterfly needles and deft hands, blood is taken in a pinch (another awful pun intended). Just be warned, this branch closes at 3:30pm, so you'll want to head there early in the day. And let's face it, it's better to just get it over and done with, right?

Normally getting blood taken isn't a particularly enjoyable experience, but I'm happy to say that…read morethe staff here are so friendly, I'd even begin to consider blood tests as a good thing!

The clinic covers Men's Health, Women's Health, Children's Health, Preventative Health, Mental…read moreHealth, Chronic Disease Management, Miscellaneous. I love the broad range of medical staff working at this clinic. Current medical staff are GPs with these special interests: * Dr Andrew Keyworth (special interests in acute accident/emergency treatment, skin cancer checks and minor surgery, paediatric and adolescent health, sports/injury medicine, men's health, travel/adventure/expedition medicine (particularly South American destinations!) and family medicine/antenatal care.) * Dr Cath Eve (enjoys all aspects of family medicine. Trained as a Speech Pathologist.) * Dr Julian Jackel (special interests in skin cancer, mental health, preventative health, and the use of technology in medicine.) * Dr Margaret Lynch (special interests: chronic disease management, skin cancer management and removal of minor skin lesions, women's health, implanon insertion, and antenatal care, as well as nursing home visits.) * Dr Rachel Giblin (special interest in musculoskeletal/sports medicine, women's health and paediatrics. Previously trained as physiotherapist.) * Dr Paul Saunders (special interests in acute accident/emergency treatment, skin cancer checks and minor surgery, paediatric and adolescent health, sports/injury medicine, men's health, travel/adventure/expedition medicine (particularly South American destinations!) and family medicine/antenatal care.) * Dr Debra Scott (special interest include women's health , paediatrics, adolescent health and sexual health. Debra has extra training in Mental health and Travel Medicine.) * Dr Ben Nicholas (After a few forays into alternative careers including Engineering, Computer Networking and Travel Journalism he has found his niche in General Practice. His special interest is patients, whatever your ailment.) * Dr Jamie Tran (Her special interests are in women's health, antenatal care, chronic disease management, and aged care.) * Dr Upasana Thakorlal (Special interest areas are Women's Health and Children's Health.) * Dr Rod Watson (special interests include women's health, child an adolescent health, cardiology and psychiatry.) * Dr Jennifer Whiteley (widespread interests in paediatrics, women's' health and geriatrics.) * Dr Adrian Watts (enjoys all aspects of general practice, including paediatrics, antenatal care and dermatology.) * Dr Al Giles (special interests in travel medicine and aviation medicine.) * Dr Erica Gomes (interest in women's health, paediatrics and mental health)