We offer online booking for your telehealth and in-office visits for patients attached to Bayswater Family Practice.
If your medical issue is urgent and you do not see appointments available in the time frame you require, please contact the office by phone and discuss this situation with our staff. The staff have access to a few emergency appointment slots each day that are not always available online.
After you complete your appointment booking, you will receive an immediate email confirmation. The email contains a link if you subsequently need to cancel. You will also receive a reminder email one day prior to the booking. If you have booked a phone or video appointment, please review the instructions on the telehealth page of our website in advance of your appointment.
Patients who miss appointments will have their access to our online booking system cancelled and will need to speak with our staff before booking further appointments.
Please be aware that the time allotted in one appointment is for one patient. If there are family members coming with you who also wish to be seen, they will need to book their own appointment.
For more information on booking your appointment and for our booking policies, please see here.
We do our best to fit our patients in for all urgent problems. Please see us instead of going to a walk-in clinic (see our walk in clinic policy). You will be fit in with whichever doctor has space in their schedule. “Fit-ins” are short appointments squeezed into the schedule and we will only be able to address your urgent concern.
Most patients do not need a complete annual physical exam and MSP does not cover routine physicals for healthy patients. Patients with some chronic health conditions, newly pregnant women as well as infants and preschool age children do require complete physical exams. Sometimes your doctor will recommend a physical exam as part of the investigation of new symptoms. Preventive care is important. Periodic health exams which include specific evidence-based screening tests (such as cervical, breast and colon cancer screening tests, blood pressure checks, diabetes and cholesterol tests) are recommended and covered by MSP. Your doctor will discuss the recommendations for your individual situation with you. Physical exams for employment or camp are not covered by MSP.
If you have questions about when you are due for a preventive health visit, or when visits are recommended for children, please ask your doctor.
We offer many minor procedures including suturing of lacerations, mole removals, biopsies, IUD and Nexplanon insertions and removals, wart treatments and injections. In most cases you will need a consultation with your doctor prior to booking a procedure. Not all procedures are covered by MSP.
Doctor’s notes and medical forms are not covered by MSP. Please let the receptionist know in advance, when you booking your appointment, if you have a form that needs completing. We charge a reasonable fee for forms which varies based on the complexity of the form. for more information on fees for uninsured services, please see here.
If you have a form that needs to be completed, you can email it into the office in advance of your visit. Please allow at least 24 hours for our staff to retrieve it and upload it to your chart. Most forms require a medical visit to complete.
For information on sick notes see here.