The Lorn Surgery

If you have COVID or are a household contact please do not enter the surgery. Please instead contact reception via phone. Telehealth consultations are available.
The Lorn Surgery provides multi-disciplinary health care to the Maitland community as well as providing serviced medical offices & practice management services to independent medical & allied health businesses:
Specialist General Practitioners - Dr Juliet Archibald (Term 1 GP Registrar) - Dr Simon Batterham - Dr Hannah Britten - Dr Natasha Chatman - Dr John Chiang - Dr Julia Gan - Dr Kelleigh Golden (Term 2 GP Registrar) - Dr Gaylene Kennedy - Dr Toni Kesby - Dr Nicola Pennell - Dr Madison Pullen - Dr Craig Richards Accredited Skin Cancer Doctors - Dr Mary Boyling - Dr Kate Macklinshaw
Dietetics - Hunter Mind Body Clinic Lactation Consultants - Sally Richards - Rebecca King Transitional Nurse Practitioner - Kylie Hinton Paediatrics - Dr Sabah Brown Pathology - 4Cyte Pathology Physiotherapy - Physio Health Solutions Podiatry - Ashley Geelan Podiatry Psychiatry - Dr Ian McCracken (children, teens) Psychology - Katie Wood Psychology (older teens, adults) Speech Pathology - Early Start Speech Pathology

General Information

Opening hours
Mon - Fri: 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM Sat - Sun: Closed
Outside these hours please call The Lorn After Hours Service
Appointments For appointments please call reception on 4933 2622. Existing patients can also book online.Free interpreting services can be arranged if you are not fluent in English or use AUSLAN. Appointments are reserved each day for patients who are acutely unwell. These appointments are made available daily and can be booked online from midnight.In an emergency please call triple zero (000) or present directly to your nearest hospital emergency department.
Script & referral requests For your convenience, repeat scripts and referral renewals can now be requested and paid for online.Scripts can be sent via SMS, collected, posted to you or faxed direct to your pharmacy (contact reception if your preferred pharmacy is not listed).Referrals can be collected or faxed direct to the specialist's rooms.
Fees As independent businesses, each clinician has their own fee schedule. GP fees are based on the duration of your consultation and are generally billed in 5 minute increments. An average GP consultation lasting 10-14 minutes costs $71-98. Currently no clinicians are offering a concessional rate to health care card holders.For a full listing of our your clinician's fee schedule please see reception.
LocationsPlease check the location of your appoinment when making a booking. Parking- 8/555 High St MaitlandThere are 20 car spaces directly in front of the surgery that are reserved for patients who can't walk the 250m from the rear car park which has a further 55 car spaces. To exit the rear car park you need to enter a 4 digit code which will be given to you by reception as you leave the surgery.
Parking- Bulwer St, Maitland Parking is available in front of the surgery on Bulwer St, in the surgery car park behind the surgery in Napoleon Lane (including one disabled car park), as well as in the surrounding streets and nearby public car parks (K-mart, Pender Place, Maxi-Save). There are disabled access ramps at both the front and rear of the building.