LeafLine Clinic
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An Australian telehealth clinic

Telehealth clinic for Castlemaine, VIC

Consultations by video or telephone for patients located in Castlemaine, with the VIC rules, local hours and fees in one place.

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Castlemaine by telehealth

LeafLine Clinic holds consultations with patients located in Castlemaine by secure video or telephone, with AHPRA-registered Clinicians and no referral needed. Castlemaine is in the Mount Alexander Shire in central Victoria, on the rail line between Melbourne and Bendigo. On the ABS's preliminary estimate for June 2025, 11,640 people live in the Castlemaine urban area, about 3.1 per cent more than in 2021.

By road, Castlemaine is about 120 kilometres from Melbourne, roughly 1 and a half hours of driving each way. Seeing someone in Melbourne in person usually means taking the day off.

What Victorian law adds for patients in Castlemaine

The Victorian rule that matters most is the permit. A Clinician needs one from the Department of Health before prescribing to a patient with a history of drug dependence. For everyone else the Department’s published position is that no permit is required, and LeafLine schedules a week-seven review for Victorian patients because the Act itself refers to an eight-week mark.

Checking SafeScript before each prescription is a duty the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 (Vic) places on the prescriber, so your Clinician sees your recent prescribing history whether or not other records have arrived.

The federal side is the same everywhere. Our guide to getting a prescription through SAS-B explains the TGA approval, and if you are moving from another clinic, the Victoria changing-clinics page covers what transfers and what does not.

How a consultation works from Castlemaine

  1. Check your eligibility

    The eligibility questionnaire is confidential and comes before any booking or payment. LeafLine Clinic consults with adults only, aged 18 and over.

  2. Book video or telephone

    Choose video if you have a camera and a steady connection, or telephone if you would rather. Both reach the same Clinician and run the same way. Support and bookings run 9am to 7pm local time during standard time.

  3. What to have ready

    Keep your Medicare card, your home address and a list of what you currently take, with doses, within reach. Letters or results from other practitioners help if you have them. A closed room or a parked car gives you the privacy the conversation needs.

  4. After the consultation

    A consultation does not end in a prescription by default. If the Clinician considers a treatment appropriate and it needs a TGA approval, they lodge a Category B application in their own name, together with any VIC application, and wait for both before prescribing. Later reviews follow the same video or telephone format.

Castlemaine's Primary Health Network

The Primary Health Network for Castlemaine is Murray PHN. A PHN is a regional body funded by the Australian Government that commissions primary care services rather than providing consultations. LeafLine Clinic is a private telehealth clinic with no link to any PHN.

If you want local services alongside a telehealth Clinician, including a regular GP, the PHN's website is where to start looking.

Next steps from Castlemaine

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Questions from Castlemaine

Can I see a Clinician by telehealth in Castlemaine?

Yes. Consultations are held with patients located in Castlemaine at the time of the appointment, by video or telephone, and every LeafLine Clinician is AHPRA-registered. You do not need a referral, and the eligibility questionnaire comes first.

Which rules apply to a patient in Castlemaine?

The Victorian rules, because state and territory law sets the approval and monitoring layer. The VIC approval position is: Department of Health permit where there is a history of drug dependence. Your Clinician also checks SafeScript before prescribing.

What hours can I reach LeafLine from Castlemaine?

Support and bookings run 9am to 7pm Melbourne time, seven days a week, which is 9am to 7pm local time during standard time. During daylight saving, Victorian local times sit one hour ahead of AEST.

Do I need to travel from Castlemaine at any point?

No. LeafLine Clinic has no consulting rooms, so every consultation and review is held by video or telephone wherever you are in Victoria. For reference, Castlemaine is about 120 kilometres by road from Melbourne.

Sources for this page

General information, not medical or legal advice. Anything specific to your own care belongs in a consultation.

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