The AMS Symptom Score Card is a short questionnaire designed to help you and your doctor understand the severity and impact of your menopause or perimenopause symptoms. It allows you to record symptoms such as hot flushes, sleep disturbance, mood changes, cognitive changes, vaginal dryness and other physical or emotional concerns. Each symptom is rated on a simple scale, helping track changes over time. Completing the score card before your appointment helps your doctor: 1. Understand your most concerning symptoms 2. Assess how menopause is affecting your daily life 3. Guide decisions about treatment options 4. Monitor your progress over time We encourage you to complete the scorecard before your menopause consultation and bring it with you, or submit it via your online form if provided.
The Transfer of Record Form allows you to request that your medical records be safely and securely transferred between healthcare providers. It ensures your new care team has the information they need to continue your care without interruption. Completing this form helps us support continuity, accuracy and coordination in your healthcare.
The K10 (Kessler Psychological Distress Scale) is a short questionnaire that helps you share how you've been feeling emotionally over the past month. It looks at symptoms of stress, anxiety and low mood to give your care team a clearer picture of your overall mental wellbeing. It’s quick to complete and helps guide the support and care that best meets your needs.
The Geriatric Depression Scale is a simple questionnaire designed to help older adults share how they’ve been feeling emotionally. It looks at mood, motivation, and wellbeing, helping your care team understand whether you may be experiencing symptoms of depression. It’s easy to complete and supports care that is sensitive to your needs as you age.
The PROMIS-10 is a short questionnaire that asks about your physical, mental and social wellbeing. It gives your care team a broad understanding of how you’re feeling and functioning, so we can better support your overall health. It’s quick to complete and helps guide care that reflects your lived experience and priorities.
The Measuring Loneliness Scale is a short questionnaire that helps you share how often you feel connected, supported or isolated in your day-to-day life. Your responses help us understand your social well-being and identify whether extra support or connection might be helpful. It’s simple to complete and an important step in supporting your overall health and quality of life.
The 4-Item Zarit Burden Interview is a short questionnaire that helps carers share how caring responsibilities may be affecting their wellbeing. It highlights levels of stress, strain or emotional load, giving the care team a better understanding of what support you may need. It’s quick to complete and helps ensure carers receive the recognition and assistance they deserve.
The Iron Infusion Consent Form helps ensure you understand why an iron infusion is recommended, how the procedure works, and the possible benefits and risks. It gives you space to ask questions and make an informed decision about your treatment. Completing this form supports safe, transparent care and helps us provide the best support for your health and recovery.
The IUD Consent Form ensures you understand the intrauterine device (IUD) procedure, including how it works, its benefits, risks and any alternatives. It gives you the opportunity to ask questions and make an informed decision that feels right for you. Completing this form supports safe, respectful care and helps us provide the best experience for your reproductive health needs.
The Procedure Consent Form helps ensure you understand the procedure you’re having, including the benefits, risks and alternatives. It allows you to ask questions, make informed choices and give permission for the procedure to go ahead. Completing this form supports safe, transparent care and ensures the decisions made reflect your preferences and understanding.
The IPSS (International Prostate Symptom Score) is a short questionnaire that helps you share any urinary symptoms you may be experiencing, such as flow changes, frequency or urgency. It gives your care team a clearer picture of how these symptoms affect your daily life so we can plan the right support and treatment. It’s quick to complete and helps guide care tailored to your comfort and wellbeing.
The IIEF-5 (International Index of Erectile Function – 5-item version) is a brief questionnaire that helps assess erectile function and any difficulties you may be experiencing. It provides your clinician with a clearer understanding of your symptoms so we can offer the right advice, support and treatment. It’s discreet, easy to complete and helps guide care that supports your sexual health and wellbeing.
The COPD CAT is a simple questionnaire that helps you share how chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects your daily life. It looks at symptoms like breathlessness, energy levels and how much COPD impacts your activities. Your answers help your care team understand your condition better and guide treatment to improve your breathing and quality of life.
The Brief Pain Inventory is a short questionnaire that helps you describe your pain—how strong it is, how often it occurs, and how much it affects your daily activities. Your responses give your care team a better understanding of your pain experience so we can tailor treatment and support to improve your comfort and quality of life.
The MNA-SF is a quick screening tool that helps us understand your nutritional health. It looks at things like appetite, recent weight changes and general wellbeing to identify if you may be at risk of malnutrition. It’s simple to complete and helps your care team provide the right advice and support to keep you healthy and well.
The MMSE (Mini-Mental State Examination) is a short assessment that helps us understand how your memory, attention and thinking skills are working. It involves simple questions and tasks, and gives your care team a snapshot of your cognitive health. It’s quick to complete and helps guide the right support if any changes in thinking or memory are noticed.
The PAID scale is a short questionnaire that helps you share the emotional challenges you may experience while living with diabetes. It asks about feelings such as frustration, burnout or worries related to managing your condition. Your responses give your care team a better understanding of how diabetes is affecting you day-to-day, so we can offer the right support and care.
The WHO-5 Wellbeing Index is a short questionnaire that asks about your mood, energy and overall sense of wellbeing over the past two weeks. It helps us understand how you’re feeling emotionally and lets us track changes in your wellbeing over time. It’s quick to complete and provides valuable insight to support your health and care.
The PHQ-9 (Patient Health Questionnaire-9) is a short, validated screening tool used to assess symptoms of depression. It includes nine questions that ask how often you’ve experienced certain thoughts or feelings over the past two weeks, such as low mood, changes in sleep, or loss of interest in activities. It helps clinicians understand the severity of depressive symptoms, monitor changes over time, and guide decisions about the most appropriate support or treatment. It is not a diagnosis on its own, but an important part of good clinical care.
The Consent Form at this link is your way of permitting for us to access your records on the ACT Health's Digital Health Record.
The COVID-19 Yorkshire Rehabilitation Screening (C19-YRS) is a short questionnaire that helps you share any ongoing symptoms or difficulties you may be experiencing after COVID-19. It gives your care team a clear picture of how you’re feeling day-to-day so we can better understand your recovery needs and plan the right support with you. It’s simple to complete and helps ensure your care reflects your lived experience.
The Collaborate-3 form is a quick way for you to tell us how well we explained your health issues, listened to what matters most to you, and involved you in decisions about your care. Your feedback helps us understand what we’re doing well and where we can improve, so we can provide care that truly reflects your needs, values and preferences. It only takes a moment to complete, but it makes a real difference to the quality of your care.
The DASS-21 is a quick questionnaire that helps you share how you’ve been feeling in terms of depression, anxiety and stress over the past week. It gives your care team a clearer understanding of your emotional wellbeing so we can better support you. It’s simple to complete and helps guide care that’s responsive to how you’re really feeling.
If you or someone you support is navigating the NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme), you may have encountered the term support coordinator. But what exactly do they do, and how do they fit into the broader system of supports? This article breaks it down in a clear, accessible way.
Thank you for booking an appointment. To help us provide you with safe and high-quality care, please review the following information before your consultation:
Welcome to Next Practice Deakin! We’re here to support you and your loved ones with care that’s personal, thoughtful, and easy to access. Whether you’re managing a long-term condition, need help at home, or require palliative care, our team is dedicated to making your health journey as comfortabl
This is an important update to our billing policy that will take effect from 1 July 2025.
At Next Practice Deakin, we remain committed to the ongoing health and well-being of our community, especially those who may still be feeling the effects of COVID-19 weeks or months after their initial infection.
𝙅𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙊𝙪𝙧 𝙄𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙢 Are you a passionate General Practitioner looking to be part of an innovative healthcare team? Next Practice Deakin is seeking dedicated GPs to join our clinic and make a difference in patient care.
We wish to inform our patients that Dr Jamie Yarub is currently on leave for personal reasons and will not be available for consultations until further notice.
The Australian Government has announced a delay to the new Aged Care Act, now expected to begin on 1 July 2025. This change is about taking more time to listen and make sure the new laws truly reflect what older people, carers, and families need.
It is with profound sadness that we acknowledge the sudden passing of Dr Kevin Tee in February 2025.
At Next Practice Deakin, we are committed to ensuring that all our patients have access to high-quality health information in their preferred language.
You’ve probably heard some buzz about medical fees in the press. Well, it’s true and impacts all general practices. However, like many other things at Next Practice Deakin, we use a different lens that ties it all back to how we value your health and well-being.
Scribes can be human or digital. They can help enhance care quality through more effective and efficient documentation.
We registered for MyMedicare – now you can too
Delighted the NPD team were able to host a visit from Hon Mark Butler MP, Minister for Health and Aged Care @Mark_Butler_MP and @heartfoundation for the launch of the country’s new #CVD risk guideline and calculator.
Monday 20th March is #internationaldayofhappiness.
Did you know over 300 million people around the world are living with a rare disease?
At Next Practice Deakin, we want to be part of creating pathways for those who may be facing challenges, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed.
Fabulous GP opportunities at Next Practice Deakin. 2023! Make this the milestone year for your GP career and join the Next Practice Deakin team.
NPD is a contemporary and progressive general practice in the heart of Canberra’s medical precinct. As well as opportunities for in-practice general practice we’re seeking to collaborate with doctors interested in Aged Care and disability care.
World Cancer Day is the one singular initiative under which the entire world can unite together in the fight against the global cancer epidemic.
Welcome to Jacqueline Bampton - Dietitian now offering services from Next Practice Deakin.
There has been much in the news about the health system. General Practice is the cornerstone of the health system, but access can be problematic, including financial barriers. Reform in primary care is being considered, and Dr. Paresh Dawda, Director and Principal at Next Practice Deakin, was int
Two years ago, Next Practice Deakin opened its doors to the community of Canberra as a progressive general medical practice with the purpose of making a positive difference in the lives of our patients and our community.
Dr. Dawda delivered the occasional address to graduates of the University of Canberra's Faculty of Health. Attached below is the transcript of his presentation.
The clinicians at Next Practice Deakin have recently reviewed the fee structure. The following changes will take place effective Monday 21st March.
This general practice is AGPAL accredited – what does this mean? Being accredited means that our general practice is committed to a comprehensive program which involves:
"We discover our own humanity when we help others.”
"All that would be required to prevent the disease [cholera] would be such a close attention to cleanliness in cooking and eating, and to drainage and water supply, as is desirable at all times.”
"I think health care is more about love than about most other things. If there isn’t at the core of this two human beings who have agreed to be in a relationship where one is trying to help relieve the suffering of another, which is love, you can’t get to the right answer here."
Shared Decision Making - Description of Finding your way Finding your way was created by mob, for mob. This shared decision making model can be used when making decisions about COVID-19 vaccines and other health and wellbeing related concerns.
A patient advocates at Next Practice Deakin recently interviewed GP, Dr Elizabeth Wong exploring her background, training and clinical interests. Read the interview here.
A patient advocates at Next Practice Deakin recently interviewed GP, Dr Ren Poh exploring his background, training and clinical interests. Read the interview here.
“It is not about how much you do, but how much love you put into what you do that counts.” “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.”
Ellen ‘Nellie’ Gould was a nurse at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, and forged the way for training and education of civilian nurses for military service during the Boer War and in World War I.
“We are all here now and we have to solve our differences and live together as Australians... I will use the title you have honoured me with to bring the Australian people together... Together we can build a remarkable country"
“A 'whole-patient oriented' view of disease is more accurate than a disease oriented view.”
“The availability of good medical care tends to vary inversely with the need for it in the population served.”
We acknowledge we are on the land of the Ngunnawal people. We pay respects to their Elders, past, present and future and recognise the strength and resilience of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Coeliac Awareness Week is an annual event held by Coeliac Australia between 13 and 20 March. Its aim is to increase public awareness of coeliac disease and to improve the rates of testing and diagnosis by medical professionals.
“Day of Hearts” Day is celebrated on 14 February and encourages us all to take care of our hearts.
“These acts of kindness – the simple human touch from my caregivers - have made the unbearable bearable”
The tradition of New Year's resolutions goes back at least 4,000 years to the ancient Babylonians who made resolutions after days of celebration to keep themselves in good standing with the Gods!
Have you noticed the names on the doors of some of our rooms? Have you wondered who the people are behind the name? As Shakespeare said "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" so why we have we got names for our rooms?
Next Practice Deakin has been in the making for over a year and we’re thrilled to be offering the Canberra community a new kind of care. We’ve spent a lot of time thinking about reimaging healthcare.
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