Dr Beck recognizes the fact that it can be difficult to keep
appointments
when you are addicted to heroin. Therefore you are welcome
to come to
the clinic without an appointment but please ring before
coming to
confirm consultation hours.
PLEASE READ THIS
BEFORE YOU COME TO THE CLINIC
Medicare rebates will be accepted as
full payment in all cases, so Medicare cards must be brought to
consultations. No one will be turned away because of lack of money. However
once patients are over their crisis period, voluntary donations to the work
of the clinic will be gratefully received, to enable us to provide more
extensive services .
Patients must bring a minimum of $10 for their
prescriptions, which are all P.B.S. subsidised except for
Buprenorphine,which has recently dropped 90% in price and will soon also be
Government subsidised.
Patients must bring as much I.D. as they can
in order to make applications for Buprenorphine.
A. To help addicts, who no longer want to be addicts,
i. To
discover what the underlying factors were that caused them to become addicts
in the first place and what factors cause them to continue to be addicts.
ii.. To help them to get off their drugs of addiction as quickly,
painlessly and economically as possible. (We use Buprenorphine S.P.E.E.Q.E.
detox, not rapid detox).
iii. To help them to correct the underlying
factors that caused them to become and to continue to be,
addicts.
iv. To help them to stay off drugs, long term.
v. To
work with them to pathways enable them to develop and enrich themselves and
their lives.
B. To help raise the level of mental health, to reduce
blocks to education and personal development, to assist families troubled by
Chemical Health Problems, and reduce to drug related crime, imprisonment and
pressure on the criminal justice system.
Medicare rebates will be
accepted as full payment in all cases, so that Medicare cards must be
brought to consultations. No one will be turned away because of lack of
money. However once patients are over their crisis period, voluntary
donations to the work of the clinic will be gratefully received, to enable
us to provide better services.
Patients must bring a minimum of $10
for their prescriptions, which are all P.B.S. subsidised except for
Buprenorphine,which has recently dropped 90% in price and will soon also be
Government subsidised.
Patients must bring as much I.D. as they can
in order to make application for Buprenorphine.
