After-hours urgent care in Bulleen for non-critical injuries and illness — stitches, sprains, UTIs, ear and eye problems and more. Seen quickly, without the long ED wait.
Same-night care for issues that aren't life-threatening (ATS Category 4 and 5). The most common reasons to see us:
For life-threatening emergencies, call 000 or go straight to Box Hill or Austin ED. This includes:
Unsure? Call us — we'll tell you where to go.
Out of blood pressure tablets? Need an antibiotic, ventolin, or anti-emetic tonight? We can prescribe most non-controlled medications — and controlled ones where clinically indicated. Book a telehealth slot on Halaxy; most requests are handled the same evening. Have your medication boxes ready to show on video.
This walk-in workflow is paused while the physical site is under renovation — expected completion September 2026. In the meantime, consultations continue via Halaxy telehealth and home visits.
Call 0403 025 359. A clinician takes a brief history and confirms whether we can help — or whether you need ED.
If we can help, a secure payment link comes by SMS or email. Once cleared, we prepare your room. Triage is free.
Arrive at 19–21 Manningham Road. Park on site. We're expecting you — your room is ready.
Consultation, treatment, dressings or scripts as needed. Most visits under 60 minutes, with a letter to your GP.
Fully private clinic. No bulk billing. No Medicare rebate. Private health insurance doesn't apply. You'll know the total before any treatment.
Video or phone consult — from anywhere
$132· per consultation
Within our service area, subject to doctor availability
$385· per visit
At our Bulleen clinic, 6 pm – 8 am
$275· per visit
Procedural work attracts additional fees — wound cleaning & dressings, suturing, strapping/splinting and other interventions are itemised at the time of consent.
Operating outside Medicare and private health insurance is a clinical and financial choice — not an administrative one.
A secure payment link is sent during your triage call. Payment must clear before treatment begins. No invoicing in arrears. No payment plans. Receipts available on request.
Scope and right of onward referral. We're an after-hours urgent care service for ATS Category 4 and 5 presentations. No inpatient beds, no operating theatre, no on-site imaging, no resuscitation equipment.
By using this service, you acknowledge that:
This wording mirrors comparable Australian private urgent-care services and is applied consistently.
Doctor-led urgent care in Bulleen, serving Melbourne's eastern suburbs — Doncaster, Templestowe, Balwyn, Kew, Ivanhoe, Heidelberg and surrounds. We open when GPs close, close when they open. Every shift is supervised by our consultant emergency physician.
Fellow of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine · Consultant ED Physician at St Vincent's Private Hospital · Senior appointments at GV Health and North Canberra Hospital.
Australian-trained emergency physician with over a decade in metropolitan and regional EDs. MBBS from the University of Western Australia; Fellow of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (FACEM); Associate Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (AFRACMA).
Consultant appointments at St Vincent's Private (East Melbourne), GV Health (Shepparton), and North Canberra Hospital. Contributed to Australia's COVID-19 response — administered the country's first vaccine doses to the Prime Minister and Chief Medical Officer. Provides clinical governance and consultant oversight here.
Every shift is staffed by an experienced on-call doctor, working to protocols set by Dr Jesse Li. You'll always be seen by a registered medical practitioner.
Every winter, eastern-suburb EDs fill with people who need stitches, sprains checked, UTIs treated, earaches reviewed — waiting hours beside critically unwell patients. We exist to take that pressure off Box Hill and Austin.
Cat 4 and 5 patients seen in minutes, not hours — freeing ED resources for the genuinely critical.
No 30-minute drive or fluorescent-lit queue for a dressing change.
Real Australian-trained clinicians — not a triage hotline. Everyone you speak to is clinical.
Need an ED? We'll tell you and help you get there. Don't? We'll fix it ourselves.
Between Bulleen Plaza and the Yarra. Easy access via Eastern Freeway, Doncaster Road, Bulleen Road, and the 207/309 buses. Wheelchair accessible · on-site parking.
Every day · 6 pm – 8 am (overnight)
Including weekends & public holidays
On-site car park · wheelchair-accessible entrance · pram-friendly waiting area.
Home visits to the suburbs below — within ~15 minutes of Bulleen at after-hours speeds. Just outside? Phone us — we accommodate where we can.
Urgent tonight? Phone us on 0403 025 359. For enquiries, dressing-review bookings, or feedback, use the form — it opens WhatsApp with your message ready to send.
Fastest path: let us triage you.
Fully private — no bulk billing, no Medicare rebate, no PHI cover. Full fees breakdown →
English and Mandarin. Interpreter services on request.
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