Vale Dr Geoff Forbes
Dr Forbes died on 23 August 2025
Funeral Recording
A recording of Dr Forbes' funeral, 20 September 2025, is available to view on the Bowra & O'Dea website
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Dr Geoff Forbes: Medical practice closed permanently on 15 August 2025
All patients who had been booked to see Dr Forbes for a consult or procedure in 2025 have been contacted.
If you have not been contacted directly, please contact your GP.
PATIENT CONTINUATION OF CARE
For all ongoing care, including repeat upper GI endoscopy, colonoscopies and other endoscopic procedures, patients of Dr Forbes will need to see another gastroenterologist. This can be facilitated via your GP.
If you require urgent medical attention, please contact your GP or attend your nearest emergency department.
MEDICAL RECORDS
GP practices received copies of all Dr Forbes patient’s correspondence and reports.
Patients of Dr Forbes can request a copy of their records, in the first instance, from their treating general practitioner.
If your GP does not hold your record please contact prior GP's, or those who made medical referral to Dr Forbes. Patients can then provide these to another gastroenterologist or other treating medical practitioner for continued care.
If you are unable to obtain medical records via your GP, below contact information can be used
EMAIL: reception@forbesgastro.com.au
POSTAL: PO Box 176, CLAREMONT, 6910, WA
N.B. Due to permanent closure of Forbes Gastroenterology / Dr Forbes medical practice due to his death, former email address is monitored infrequently.
Every reasonable effort will be made to provide response, delays in obtaining response or access to medical records may be encountered as his practice is no longer staffed.
Those seeking medical records, identification and consent for release via email will be requested.