{"id":162,"date":"2025-10-24T12:05:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T01:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralgippslandfamilypractice.com.au\/?page_id=162"},"modified":"2025-10-27T14:52:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T03:52:24","slug":"phone-calls-and-electronic-communication","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/centralgippslandfamilypractice.com.au\/?page_id=162","title":{"rendered":"Phone calls and Electronic Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-colibri-id=\"162-c1\" class=\"style-756 style-local-162-c1 position-relative\">\n  <!---->\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"162-c2\" id=\"custom\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-start align-items-md-start align-items-start style-757 style-local-162-c2 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"162-c3\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-2 gutters-row-md-2 gutters-row-0 gutters-row-v-lg-2 gutters-row-v-md-2 gutters-row-v-2 style-758 style-local-162-c3 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-2 gutters-col-md-2 gutters-col-0 gutters-col-v-lg-2 gutters-col-v-md-2 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-auto h-col-md-auto h-col-auto style-759-outer style-local-162-c4-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"162-c4\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-2 h-px-md-2 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-2 v-inner-md-2 v-inner-2 style-759 style-local-162-c4 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"162-c5\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-763 style-local-162-c5 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p><strong style=\"font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Phone calls<\/strong><\/p>\n                    <p>In an effort to maintain patient confidentiality and to minimise disruption, Doctors do not accept phone calls when in consultation except if it is an emergency.<\/p>\n                    <p>They may accept calls between consultations but will usually call the patient back.<\/p>\n                    <p><strong style=\"font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Electronic Communication<\/strong><\/p>\n                    <p>Please note that the clinic\u2019s email address is <strong>not to be used for clinical enquiries, appointment requests, or the exchange of private or sensitive information<\/strong>. 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