Port Macquarie · Telehealth
Telehealth Dietitian for Port Macquarie
Video appointments with Accredited Practising Dietitians for Port Macquarie and the Mid North Coast. Experienced support that would otherwise mean a long drive south.
How we see Port Macquarie clients: by telehealth only. Ausclin’s rooms are in Mount Hutton and we do not run a clinic in Port Macquarie, so every Port Macquarie appointment is a video consultation. Medicare and private health rebates apply on the same basis as an in-person visit.
Experienced care without the drive to Newcastle or Sydney
Port Macquarie is a regional centre with real health infrastructure, including a base hospital. What it has less of, like most of the Mid North Coast, is narrowly focused dietetics — the narrow areas where you want someone who does this every week rather than occasionally.
Historically that has meant travelling: roughly four hours to Newcastle, longer to Sydney, for an appointment measured in minutes. For anything needing regular review — which is most dietetics — that maths never worked. Video appointments make the distance irrelevant.
(You will see the profession spelled both dietitian and dietician. The accredited Australian title is dietitian, but they refer to the same thing.)
Where our Mid North Coast clients are
Port Macquarie, Wauchope, Lake Cathie, Bonny Hills, North Haven, Laurieton, Kendall, Camden Haven, Telegraph Point, Crescent Head, Kempsey and South West Rocks.
The Mid North Coast sits in its own local health district, and public dietetics waitlists here behave differently from the Hunter. A number of our clients come to us while waiting for a public appointment rather than instead of one, and we are happy to work that way.
Areas we actually focus on
We are a small practice and we have chosen depth over breadth. That is the reason someone in Port Macquarie would look four hours south in the first place.
Eating disorders in children, adolescents and young people · women’s health including PCOS, endometriosis and menopause · fertility and preconception · mental health and nutrition · SIL and NDIS support-worker training.
How telehealth works, and what it costs
Do you have a Port Macquarie clinic?
No. Our rooms are in Mount Hutton near Newcastle, roughly four hours south, and we do not travel to the Mid North Coast. Every Port Macquarie appointment is by video. If being in the room matters more to you than the specific areas we work in, a local dietitian is the better answer.
Is a telehealth dietitian covered by Medicare?
Yes, on the same basis as an in-person appointment. If your GP prepares a GP Chronic Condition Management Plan, Medicare item 10954 currently rebates $63.40 per session for up to five allied health sessions per calendar year, and the session must run at least 20 minutes. Eating disorder arrangements allow considerably more. You can check the pathways with our Medicare Eligibility Checker.
Does telehealth actually work for dietetics?
It suits dietetics better than most clinical work. There is no physical examination in a standard dietitian appointment — it is conversation, history, food patterns, planning and review. A video call loses very little of that, and it gains something: we can see your kitchen, your pantry, the labels on the products you actually buy, which is often more useful than anything that happens in a consulting room.
Can you work alongside my local GP or team?
Yes, and for anything complex we prefer to. With your consent we write to your GP after the initial appointment and at review points, and we can liaise with a local psychologist, paediatrician or public service. Distance does not change that — correspondence works the same regardless of where we are sitting.