Maternity care centre in Carindale, fewer hospital trips.
Our maternity care centre in Carindale offers GP-led antenatal shared care with your chosen hospital, so most routine checks happen close to home. The same GP coordinates your care through to the six-week postnatal check for you and your baby.
How shared care cuts down hospital visits
A typical pregnancy involves around ten to fourteen antenatal visits. Under hospital-only care, most of these happen at the hospital antenatal clinic. Under GP shared care through our maternity care centre in Carindale, many of these routine visits happen with us instead, while the hospital sees you for the booking visit, key checks later in pregnancy and the birth.
For a lot of women, that means far fewer trips into a busy hospital, less time in waiting rooms and appointments that fit around work and family. Your hospital and GP follow the same schedule, so you still get all the checks you need.
In short: Carindale Doctors’ maternity care centre inside Westfield Carindale provides GP shared care, so many of your ten to fourteen antenatal visits happen close to home rather than at the hospital. Your hospital handles key visits and the birth. Medicare rebates apply where eligible, and your baby is bulk billed.
- Many routine visits close to home
- Hospital booking and key visits as planned
- Same schedule followed by both teams
- Less travel and waiting
- Appointments that fit around work
- Six-week postnatal check here
A sample shared care journey in Carindale
Every hospital has its own schedule, but a typical shared care journey looks like this: early visits with your GP, a booking visit at the hospital, alternating GP and hospital visits through the middle of pregnancy, and more hospital visits as your due date approaches.
See our main maternity care centre page for more.
Practical questions about shared care
These are the practical questions we hear most:
- How many visits at each place: depends on your hospital and health.
- Who to call with problems: your GP for routine questions, your hospital birth suite for urgent concerns.
- What to bring: your pregnancy health record to every visit.
- Changing hospitals: possible early on, with a new referral.
We’ll make sure you always know who to contact.
What's included at our maternity care centre
Your care with us includes:
- Pregnancy confirmation and early tests
- Hospital referral and shared care setup
- Routine antenatal checks
- Test referrals and results review
- Pregnancy vaccines
- Postnatal checks for mum and baby
Your GP updates your pregnancy health record at every visit.
Your shared care journey
Our approach:
- Step 1, early pregnancy: confirmation, tests and referral.
- Step 2, booking-in: your first hospital visit.
- Step 3, shared visits: alternating GP and hospital checks.
- Step 4, birth and beyond: hospital birth, then six-week check here.
Maternity care centre fees in Carindale
Shared care can reduce your travel costs, and public hospital care is free for Medicare-eligible patients.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| GP visits | Standard consultations with a Medicare rebate where eligible |
| Hospital visits | Free at public hospitals for Medicare-eligible patients |
| Newborn checks | Bulk billed |
| Billing | Mixed billing practice, with fees explained when you book |
| Medicare rebate | Processed onsite where eligible |
| Children 16 and under | Bulk billed |
| Patients 65 and over | Bulk billed for the initial consultation |
| Early appointments | After-hours fees apply before 8am |
| Concession cards | Discount on standard consultations for Health Care Card and pension card holders |
Maternity care close to Carindale homes
Carindale sits about 11 kilometres from the CBD, so a trip to a city hospital can take a big chunk of the day. Our clinic on Level 1 of Westfield Carindale, beside Priceline and Centre Management, keeps routine visits local.
We care for mums-to-be from Carina, Belmont, Mansfield, Chandler and Capalaba.
- Routine visits close to home
- Lifts and parents' rooms
- Centre parking and buses
- Mums from Capalaba and Chandler welcome
Inside Westfield
Carindale.
Next to Priceline & Centre Management
Shop 2066/1151 Creek Road, Carindale, QLD 4152
Centre parking, lift and step-free access, and an easy run from across Brisbane's southside — book a check-up around the rest of your day.
| Monday, Wednesday, Friday | 7:30 — 17:00 |
| Tuesday, Thursday | 8:30 — 16:00 |
| Saturday, Sunday & public holidays | Closed |
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Bring to your first visit
- Medicare card and any concession cards
- A list of your current medications
- Referral letters or recent results, if you have them
- Photo ID if you're a new patient
Shared care questions from Carindale mums
It depends on your hospital and health, but shared care usually means fewer than hospital-only care.
Your hospital birth suite for urgent concerns, especially after 20 weeks.
It's possible early in pregnancy with a new referral.
Yes, both teams follow the same schedule.
Your pregnancy health record and Medicare card.
Yes, children 16 and under are bulk billed.
Book shared care in Carindale
Fewer hospital trips, more time at home.
Speak to reception 07 3120 0990Talk to us about your care.
Call the practice during opening hours and our reception team will help, or book your appointment online any time.
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Phone07 3120 0990
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Fax07 3120 0991
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Opening hoursMonday, Wednesday, Friday: 7:30 — 17:00
Tuesday, Thursday: 8:30 — 16:00
Closed Saturday, Sunday & public holidays
In a medical emergency, call 000 immediately.
Rather speak to someone?
Call reception during opening hours, or book online any time.
Reception answers during opening hours. You can also email info@carindaledoctors.com.au.