FAQs

Do you work in Ocean Reef or Carine or Dunsborough?

I have heard there is another Dr Caroline Chin who is a GP in the Perth Northern Suburbs and down south but that is not me!  Please do your research if you are booking online, I currently only work in Floreat and Claremont.  I have only heard good things about her but probably best to stick to one GP with the same name!

I work 4 half days a week, with either morning or afternoon sessions in an aim to be accessible to all.  I can be booked out in advance so if your appointment is not urgent it would be prudent to make an appointment ahead of schedule which allows for book on the day appointments to be possible.

I am a private billing practitioner.  That means with every consultation there is a fixed Medicare rebate and an associated out of pocket cost.  A standard consultation with me is 20 minutes (which goes very fast!) and I charge a discounted extra fee.  Simple short consultations will be billed accordingly but at times long consultations over 20 minutes or anything complex may be billed a long consultation.  If you think your appointment will be over 20 minutes long, it would be appreciated if you could make a double appointment to avoid making subsequent patients wait for long periods.  Long consultations may not always result in a larger out of pocket expense.
I am mindful of aged pensioners on a fixed income, multiple illnesses in the one family or chronic problems requiring multiple frequent appointments.  I do my best to discount or eliminate fees so that the out of pocket cost is reduced. Fees are subject to change so please contact individual clinics for fee schedules.