Murdoch University Health: Medical Service provides confidential, high quality medical assessment, treatment and referrals as well as health promotion activities for the Murdoch community.

The Medical Service is available to all actively enrolled students at Murdoch University. We’re pleased to announce that staff can now also use the health service for routine medical care throughout the year. 

We’d like to welcome doctors Derek Scurry, Peter Burke and Stefanie Bracknell to our team. Our existing doctors Beverly Day, Jane Whitaker and Dan Xu continue to see patients throughout the week and all of our doctors have a range of specialty skills to address your health needs.

Doctors’ appointments are available at the South Street Campus Monday to Friday 08:30 to 16:30 through the year.  

Our qualified and experienced medical staff provide medical treatment and health advice for a whole range of health concerns that may impact on your ability to study or work, such as: 

• Prescriptions
• Lifestyle advice, stress management, fitness, nutrition, advice about managing alcohol and other drug use
• Mental health care plans and referrals
• Wellness checks such as pap smears, cholesterol, blood pressure checks, and contraception.
• Sexual health advice and screening
• Pregnancy related care and counselling
• Gender specific health issues
• Immunisations and travel health
• Dressings and wound care management
• Daily morning nurse triage walk in clinic
• First Aid

A wide range of vaccines is also available at the medical service for:

• Overseas travel
• Health care workers, including students and or staff who are undertaking training placements and or fieldwork
• Animal workers and handlers
• Annual influenza campaign available to all staff and students

Commencing Semester One 2015, 2 March, nurse triage will be available as a walk in clinic, in the morning only. Fasting blood tests can be attended between 08:30 and 09:00, while daily walk in clinic for minor health issues, routine STI screens and non-fasting blood tests can be attended between 09:00 to 12:00. Basic first aid is available at all times at the clinic during normal opening hours 0:830 to 16:30.

In addition to individual treatment and advice, we run health education and promotional activities throughout the year. If you have a health promotion activity you’d like us to support, we’d love to hear about it.

To make an appointment, you can either walk into the Medical Service and speak with our administration team or call us on 9360 2293.

You can find us in Building 418 Tavern Undercroft ( Next to the Sports and Recreation Centre) on the  South Street Campus

Students please bring your medicare, OHSC or other health insurance card with you, all medical appointments are bulk billed. Staff will be charged a private fee that is part reclaimable via medicare.

We look forward to helping you stay healthy in 2015.

The Medical Service team.