Appointments and Useful Links

To make an appointment to see Dr Coombes please contact the office on (02) 9436 1199 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm Monday to Friday.

You will need a referral from your general practitioner. Please get them to send the referral and any results of tests related to your condition electronically and also provide you with a copy, we don’t need x-rays.

If you have an urgent urological requirement, ask your GP to organise all tests and results to be sent to Dr Coombes. With high PSAs or second opinions, this information will allow us to fast-track your appointment.

There may be tests which need to be done before your first consultation, my staff can advise about this once we see your referral details: this can save time and your money. If your condition is outside the range of my sub-specialisation we can advise which suitable urologist is best tailored to your needs.

Dr Coombes almost always runs on time.

Please do not turn up late - we do try to run exactly on time, and it is quite disrespectful to other (subsequent) patients for you to delay them. Patients and partners should avoid wearing perfumes - please be considerate of those staff or other patients who may have sensitivities or reactions to these products. Likewise please do not chew gum, and please set your phone to silent for the consultation. Audible SMS tones and ring tones are most distracting and almost always completely unnecessary to be heard.

The staff of Dr Graham Coombes's surgery respect and uphold the rights of all our patients to privacy protection under the National Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988. The Australian Privacy Principles apply to us from their introduction on 12 March 2014. The Privacy Principles set the standards by which personal information is collected, handled, used and disclosed. As part of providing a quality health care service, we need to take and maintain information of a personal nature in your medical file and we will not release the contents of your medical file without your consent. The only exception is where notifiable diseases ( especially cancer) are analysed by NSW Cancer Council whereby patients may be contacted by them for statistical purposes and invitations to participate in patterns of care studies.

These links may be useful in your further reading about your urologic problem.

Please note that these are links to external websites, and thus the content is not created, and not necessarily endorsed by Dr Coombes

• Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia
  Local information and support groups
  
  
• South Australian Prostate Cancer Clinical Outcomes Collaborative (SA-PCOCC)
  Good general information on current practice and research directions in prostate cancer, as well as support groups
  
  
• Sydney Physio Solutions
  Management of chronic pelvic pain syndromes
  
  
• Mater Hospital Sydney: Urology
  Urological surgery including robotic surgery
  
  
• North Shore Private Hospital: Urology Services
  Urological and robotic surgery
  
  
• Concord Repatriation General Hospital
  Public Hospital urology department and patient information
  
  
• The Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand
  Position statements from the national urologic body
  
  
• Genesis Care
  Urological and prostate brachytherapy / radiotherapy