AHPRA Registered
Secure & Private
Medicare Supported
Australia Wide
AHPRA Registered
Secure & Private
Medicare Supported
Australia Wide
A GP with advanced mental health skills training, working inside a consultant psychiatrist network. Your plan is prepared, your Better Access referral issued, and where a psychiatric opinion is needed the handover to a PsycheTel psychiatrist happens in the same clinic, not in a six-month queue.
Medicare rebate approx. $103 (MBS 2715) — out of pocket around $82.
Bulk billed for pension, health care card and DVA holders, and for patients in MM3–7 locations. T&Cs apply.
Medicare-subsidised psychology sessions per calendar year
Typical wait for a plan appointment, Australia-wide
FRANZCP consultant psychiatrists in the same network
A Mental Health Treatment Plan is a formal document your GP prepares after assessing you. It records your history, your current symptoms, your goals, and the treatment agreed with you and it is the gateway to Medicare’s Better Access initiative.
You do not need a diagnosis beforehand, and you do not need a referral to book. Your GP assesses you during the consultation and decides with you whether a plan is the right step.
A plan is not paperwork. It is the clinical reasoning that decides whether you need psychology, a psychiatrist, medication, or simply structured review.
Group therapy items and family/carer items are also available under Better Access where clinically appropriate. Ask during your consultation
A Mental Health Treatment Plan is a formal document your GP prepares after assessing you. It records your history, your current symptoms, your goals, and the treatment agreed with you — and it is the gateway to Medicare’s Better Access initiative.
You do not need a diagnosis beforehand, and you do not need a referral to book. Your GP assesses you during the consultation and decides with you whether a plan is the right step.
Anxiety, depression, stress, grief, burnout, adjustment. Plan prepared, Better Access referral issued to a psychologist matched on language and modality, review at six sessions.
From $185 · Gap Approx. $82
A GP-led work-up that arrives on the psychiatrist’s desk complete: DIVA-5 or ASRS, collateral and school history, comorbidity screen, ECG and bloods where indicated. Fewer wasted specialist minutes, faster diagnosis.
Bipolar, PTSD, autism, treatment-resistant depression, healthcare workers, medico-legal and Item 291 requests. Plan plus a specialist referral written to answer a specific clinical question.
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Book directly online or by phone. GPs and allied health can refer straight into the program.
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K10, history and medication list completed online, so consult time is spent on you, not data entry.
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30–50 minutes by secure video with a GP holding mental health skills training.
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Plan, referral letter and scripts sent to you — and to your psychologist or psychiatrist, with consent.
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Structured review at 4–6 weeks, repeat outcome measure, ongoing collaboration with your usual GP.
Adult ADHD demand is the single biggest pressure on Australian private psychiatry. The bottleneck is rarely diagnosis — it is the hours of history-taking, collateral gathering, comorbidity screening and titration reviews that sit around it.
Our GP program takes that work, within scope. The psychiatrist keeps diagnosis, stimulant authority and the treatment plan. The GP prepares, monitors and reviews.
GP holds
Screening and work-up, cardiovascular and BP monitoring, weight and sleep tracking, comorbid anxiety and depression, mental health plans, psychology referral, continuation scripts under an existing psychiatrist plan.
Psychiatrist holds
Diagnosis, stimulant initiation and dose titration, state authority applications, complex comorbidity, and any change to the treatment plan.
Shared
Case conferences, annual review, escalation when function deteriorates. State co-prescribing rules vary; the pathway is configured per jurisdiction.
Two appointments. Structured developmental and symptom history (DIVA-5 / ASRS), collateral or school reports collated, mood, trauma, sleep, substance and thyroid screen, ECG and pathology requests, functional impairment documented. Output: a psychiatrist-ready referral pack.
Booked inside the network with a PsycheTel ADHD psychiatrist. Diagnosis confirmed, treatment initiated, titration plan and monitoring parameters written back to the GP.
Every 3–6 months once stable: efficacy and side effects, BP, pulse, weight, sleep, mood, adherence and diversion risk, continuation script where state rules and the psychiatrist’s plan permit. Escalation back to the psychiatrist same week if anything changes.
A shorter psychiatrist appointment costs less. A review with the GP costs a fraction of a specialist follow-up. And the person who knows your history is available in weeks, not months.
Fees are charged at the time of consultation and the Medicare claim is lodged for you on the same day. Rebates below are indicative and depend on your Medicare history.
| Service | MBS item | Length | Fee | Est. rebate | Out of pocket |
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Pension, health care card and DVA holders, patients under 16, and patients in MM3–7 locations are bulk billed for plans and reviews. No out-of-pocket cost.
Plan documents, referral letters, psychologist matching, eScripts and pathology or ECG requests are included in the consultation fee.
Free until 24 hours before your appointment. Inside 24 hours, or arriving more than 10 minutes late, a $60 fee applies.
Medicare rebates shown are indicative only, based on the Medicare Benefits Schedule current at the date of publication, and assume the patient is eligible and referral requirements are met. A GP Mental Health Treatment Plan (item 2715/2717) can generally be claimed once in a 12-month period. Confirm your own eligibility with Services Australia on 132 011.
You stay the patient’s usual GP. We handle the long mental health consultations you cannot fit into a 15-minute book, and write everything back to you.
No. You can book a GP mental health consultation directly. Your GP assesses you during the appointment and prepares the plan if it is clinically appropriate.
Most telehealth services issue the plan and stop there. Here the GP sits inside a consultant psychiatrist network, so if your presentation needs specialist input ADHD, bipolar, PTSD, treatment-resistant depression the referral goes to a colleague she works with weekly, and the clinical information travels with it.
No. In Australia, ADHD diagnosis and stimulant initiation sit with a psychiatrist or paediatrician. The GP prepares the assessment work-up, manages comorbidities, and once a psychiatrist has diagnosed and stabilised you provides shared-care reviews and continuation prescriptions where state regulations and the psychiatrist’s plan allow.
Medicare generally allows one GP Mental Health Treatment Plan per patient in a 12-month period, with reviews claimable in between. If you already have a plan from another GP, book a review or a mental health focussed consultation instead our team will confirm which item applies before your appointment.
The full consultation fee applies. We tell you the exact amount before you book, and there are no additional charges for plan documents, referral letters or scripts.
Yes. Consultations run on an encrypted video platform and your health information is handled in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988. Information is shared with your psychologist, psychiatrist or usual GP only with your consent.
Yes, and we encourage it. This program supplements your usual general practice; a summary letter goes back to your regular GP after every consultation with your permission.
Book a GP mental health consultation Australia-wide. If specialist psychiatric care is the right next step, it is already in the same building.
Before your appointment
Have your Medicare card and any concession card ready
List your current medications and doses
Complete the pre-consult questionnaire we email you
Find a private space with a stable connection
