ADHD care in General Practice

Information for New Patients

If you are not a patient of our practice, please contact your existing GP (i.e. the one who referred you to your psychiatrist) first. All GPs have the ability to apply for individual authority to provide ongoing prescriptions for adults with the endorsement of their psychiatrist.

If you do not live the Erskineville or Newtown area, we do not accept new patients who are seeking ongoing prescribing of ADHD medication.

It’s important that the GP who is managing your ADHD medication is the same GP who provides regular support for any co-occurring conditions, and all other aspects of your health. 

Information for patients seeking an ADHD diagnosis

NSW ADHD reforms will support a small number of GPs in priority areas (rural and regional locations and Aboriginal community-controlled health settings) – to diagnose ADHD and start medication in children and young people. Priority training will start from March 2026, and is expected to take between 3 – 6 months to complete.

If you are a current patient, we recommend you book an appointment with you or your child’s regular doctor to discuss the referral pathways for diagnosis and management of ADHD.

Information for current patients – children

NSW ADHD reforms allow children and young people aged 6 to 17 years, who have already been diagnosed with ADHD and stabilised on their medication to see their GP for ongoing prescriptions.

Upon completion of a training course endorsed by NSW Ministry of Health and application to the NSW Ministry of Health (the Ministry) Pharmaceutical Services Unit (PSU) a GP may be able to prescribe psychostimulant medications for patients previously diagnosed with ADHD and stabilised on their medications.

For more information about these changes to ADHD prescribing please make an appointment with you or your child’s regular doctor.

March 2026

Due to important staff training we will be closing the following days:

Appointments can be managed online, or via the AMS Connect App.

Call healthdirect on 1800 022 222 to get free and fast medical attention for health issues that are not an emergency​​​ or go to Balmain GP Casualty at 29 Booth Street, Balmain.

In an emergency, always call 000 or go to straight to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH) Emergency Department at Missenden Road, Camperdown.

For urgent, on the day issues please go to Balmain GP Casualty at 29 Booth Street, Balmain – 02 9395 2155 between 8am and 10pm, 7 days a week or call the National Home Doctor Service on 13 74 25 from 6pm weekdays, 12pm on Saturdays and all-day Sundays and Public Holidays.

In an emergency, always call 000 or go to straight to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH) Emergency Department at Missenden Road, Camperdown.

Goodbye for now: Doctors on leave

Stay up-to-date on who is going on leave in the next few months:

Dr Annabel Kain: 22 August – 10 September 2025

Dr Patti Walton: 1 – 16 September 2025

Dr John Kevin: 5 – 9 September 2025

Dr Shereena Sinayyah: 16 – 21 September 2025

Dr Sorayya Cooper: 20 – 28 September 2025

Dr Jennifer Lonergan: 4 – 12 October 2025

Welcome back: Dr Catherine Pratten

We are excited to inform you that Dr Catherine Pratten is back from leave!

Dr Catherine, who only works on Thursday, specialises in Womens Health.

She has a special interest women’s reproductive and sexual health and is certified to advise on menopause, contraceptive methods and can insert all types of IUDs (intrauterine devices) and Implanon (hormonal implants). She has a Certificate in Reproductive and Sexual Health from Family Planning NSW. Catherine has been a doctor since 1984 and a General Practitioner since 1988.

New patients

Erskineville Doctors is not accepting new patients at this time.

Please check back soon.

Last updated May 2026

The practice will be closed for the Kings Birthday public holiday on Monday 9 June 2025.

We will re-open at 7:30am on Tuesday 10 June 2025.

All staff and doctors are unavailable during this period.  

In an emergency, call 000 or go to straight to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Emergency Department at Missenden Road, Camperdown.

For afterhours care, you can call the National Home Doctor Service on 13 74 25 from 6pm weekdays, 12pm on Saturdays and all-day Sundays and Public Holidays.

Or, call healthdirect on 1800 022 222 anytime day or night if your or your child is unwell and you are not sure what to do or where to go.

healthdirect is free and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A registered nurse will answer your call, ask some questions, and connect you with the right care.

The practice is closed for the Easter holidays from Friday 18^th April to Monday 21^st April.

We will re-open at 7:30am on Tuesday 22^{nd April}.  

We will also be closed on ANZAC Day, Friday 25^th April.

All staff and doctors are unavailable during this period.  

In an emergency, call 000 or go to straight to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Emergency Department at Missenden Road, Camperdown.

For afterhours care, you can call the National Home Doctor Service on 13 74 25 from 6pm weekdays, 12pm on Saturdays and all-day Sundays and Public Holidays.

Or, call healthdirect on 1800 022 222 anytime day or night if your or your child is unwell and you are not sure what to do or where to go.

healthdirect is free and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A registered nurse will answer your call, ask some questions, and connect you with the right care.

This week, we bid farewell to Dr Georgia Wyatt – we wish her all the very best!

Over the past few weeks we have welcomed two new GPs, Dr Sorayya Cooper and Dr Mabel Chew.

Dr Cooper specialises in preventative health, women’s health, LGBTQI+ health, sexual health, and paediatrics. She has completed the Sydney Child Health Program as well as the Family Planning Certificate in Reproductive and Sexual Health. She is also a s100 prescriber.

She is available for appointments on Monday and Friday.

Dr Chew graduated from the University of Sydney. She worked in Palliative Medicine and Aged Care prior to starting general practice in 1995 in the Inner West, where she has worked ever since. She is also a medical journal editor. She provides care to all patients over the age of 5 years, but has particular interest in women’s health, mental health and chronic pain management.

She is available for appointments on Tuesday.

Leave

Dr Cara Frame is on leave from 4 March – 30 March 2025.

The practice is closed on 27 January for the public holiday.

You can call health direct or use their app – https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/australian-health-services. They can direct you to urgent care services, virtual emergency services or advise you if you need hospital treatment.

Call 13 7425 for a home visit locum doctor.

In case of emergency call an ambulance or go to your nearest Emergency Department.

The practice will be closed from 1.30pm, Wednesday 24 December to Wednesday 1 January. We will re-open at 8:30am on Thursday 2 January 2025.

All staff and GPs will be unavailable during this period.

In addition to this Christmas shut down period, a number of the GPs are taking leave throughout December and January.

It’s important that you consider what your medical needs may be during these periods and organise any prescriptions that are due for renewal prior to their departure.

Please refer to these guides to requesting repeat scripts and referrals.

Doctors on January 2025

Dr Linda Taoube is on leave from 9 December 2024 – 10 January 2025.

Dr Georgia Wyatt is on leave from 20 December 2024 – 13 January 2025.

Dr Jenny Lonergan is on leave from 20 January – 27 January 2025.

The practice will be CLOSED from Sunday 6 to Monday 7 October.

We will re-open at 7:30am on Tuesday 8 October.

All staff and GPs will be unavailable during this period.

Call healthdirect on 1800 022 222 anytime day or night if your or your child is unwell and you are not sure what to do or where to go.

healthdirect​​ is free and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A registered nurse will answer your call, ask some questions, and connect you with the right care.

In an emergency, always call 000 or go to straight to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH) Emergency Department at Missenden Road, Camperdown.