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Please review our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page on this site, prior to booking an appointment or phoning our clinic. We may have the answer you need.
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Making an appointment
Inverloch Healthcare offers a flexible appointment system to allow us to care for a range of urgent, non-urgent, complex and health maintenance needs.
Appointments can be made online via our website, by phone or in person. We offer face to face consultations in our rooms as well as telephone or video appointments.
We are committed to continuity of care and where possible will offer you an appointment with the GP of your choice. If this is not possible our staff will recommend an alternative GP.
Our standard appointments are 10-15 minutes and in this time we can usually deal with one to two issues.
If you feel you may require a longer appointment please let us know at the time of booking.
If you require an urgent appointment, please let our reception staff know and you will be directed to our practice nurse.
New Patients
We are thrilled to welcome Dr Scott Freeman to Inverloch Healthcare in early Feb 2025. Scott is a GP registrar and will be accepting new patients.
Dr Martin Hodgson is currently accepting new patients.
Our other GP’s are not currently accepting new patients. This will continue to be reviewed regularly.
Prior to your appointment we would request you complete our new patient registration form and new patient health information form.
Please download and complete prior to attending or please attend five minutes early for your appointment and reception will provide you will a copy to complete.
For the safety of all our staff, doctors and patients please do not enter the clinic if you have any respiratory symptoms including fever, cough, sore throat, shortness of breath or you are waiting for the results of a covid test. While attending the clinic you are no longer required to wear a face mask but may do so if you feel more comfortable. Anyone with respiratory symptoms seen in the clinic will be asked to wear a mask.
All the GPs at Inverloch Healthcare are Independent Health Practitioners, this means that Inverloch Healthcare provides administrative support and facilities to them to ensure they can do what they do best… look after you and your healthcare needs. Each GP effectively runs their own business and Inverloch Healthcare supports them to do so. As part of upholding the highest professional standards, GPs will collaborate on your care.
Meet our doctors
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Dr Sinead de Gooyer
MBBS, FRACGP, DRANZCOG
Independent Health Practitioner
Sinead graduated from Monash University in 1999 and has been working in rural communities since completing GP training. She enjoys the breadth of her general practice work and has a particular interest in adolescent, womens’ and mental health issues.
Outside her clinic work Sinead is current board member of the Melbourne based charity the Piano Project. She was a director and past Chair of Gippsland PHN and has held board positions in both the health and dairy sectors. Sinead lives locally with her family and an assortment of pets.
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Dr Sarah Smith
BAppSc (Hons), MBBS, FRACGP
Independent Health Practitioner
Sarah grew up in East Gippsland and after some years as a research scientist she decided to swap the microscope for people and retrained in medicine, completing her MBBS in 2010 from the University of Melbourne. She undertook her GP training in the Northern Territory and has spent the last two years working as a solo GP in a remote community in Central Australia, returning to Gippsland in 2018 to have her second child.
Sarah has particular interest in paediatrics and chronic disease but enjoys all aspects of rural general practice. She lives in Inverloch with her husband, two young boys and a disobedient labrador named Louis.
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Dr Roz Giles
MBBS, FRACGP, DRANZCOG
Independent Health Practitioner
Roz completed her medical studies at the University of Melbourne in 1991 and after completing her GP training moved to South Gippsland. She has been working in both Leongatha and Inverloch since 1995. Roz takes a holistic approach to health care with a particular interest in preventive health. Other special interest areas are older people, chronic disease management and palliative care.
Roz is married with three children and outside of work enjoys walking, bike riding and gardening.
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Dr Sue Comerford
BCOM, MBBS, FRACGP
Independent Health Practitioner
Dr Sue Comerford graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2001 and worked in Melbourne for a number of years before making a sea change in 2012. Sue enjoys all aspects of family medicine and has particular interests in women’s health and preventive care. She is passionate about the role of nutrition and exercise in psychological and physical well-being. She performs skin checks and minor surgical procedures.
In her spare time Sue loves jogging, beach walks and spending time with her family.
Sue will be leaving Inverloch Healthcare in April 2025 to focus on her medical education role at Monash University. Her final day will be April 15th.
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Dr Martin Hodgson
MBBS, GradDipOccH, DipDHM
Independent Health Practitioner
Martin is a well-informed and experienced doctor with a long and varied career. This started with time in the Royal Australian Navy, where he became an Underwater Medicine Specialist. For twenty years he was involved in problem wound management and hyperbaric medicine. He has maintained an interest in sports medicine, has mental health training, awareness of men’s health issues and good rapport with children. He has a Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and can perform diving medicals and employment medicals.
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Dr Hana Thompson
Description goes hereMBBS, FRACGP , FRChPM
Independent Health Practitioner
Hana studied at the University of Melbourne, graduating in 2011. She then undertook further hospital-based training in the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne before completing GP training and then further specialist training in Palliative Medicine, before returning to practice as a GP. She moved to Inverloch in 2019 and enjoys all aspects of General Practice. She has a particular interest in palliative care and also does medico-legal work. Outside medicine Hana enjoys keeping fit and spending time with friends and family.
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Dr Kate Davey
MBBS, FRACGP
Independent Health Practitioner
Kate is a Fellow of RACGP and Melbourne University Medical School Academy of Clinical Teaching. She is a Senior Lecturer in General Practice with Melbourne University Rural Clinical School and has particular interests in older person’s and women’s health as well as medical education. Kate has spent her career working in rural Victoria and in 2019 was awarded the prestigious RACGP Rural GP of the Year award.
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Dr Scott Freeman
MD, Clin Dip Pall Med, Cert EM
GP Registrar
Scott will join Inverloch Healthcare as a GP Registrar in February 2025 having spent the last year working in Daylesford. Scott enjoys all aspects of general practice and has particular interests in rural health, Palliative Care, Mental Health, and Men’s Health and is committed to providing compassionate, inclusive care.
Outside the clinic, Scott values spending time outdoors and taking long walks with his wife and their sometimes-well-behaved Golden Retriever.
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Robyn Butler - Clinical Nurse Manager
Robyn Butler is a highly skilled practice nurse who has been supporting and caring for rural communities for over thirty years. Robyn has been a Practice Nurse and Clinical Nurse Manager for over 20 years in the South Gippsland region. Robyn is passionate about her community, equity of access to care and ensuring that as health providers we never forget what a privilege it is to be part of someone’s health journey.