Previously North St Ives Medical PracticeForty years in St Ives. Still independent.
First as North St Ives Medical Practice, now as St Ives Doctors.
The name and the address have changed. The ownership, the doctors and the way we practise have not.
Dr Peter Hopkins opened a surgery in St Ives in 1983. Some of the children he saw in those first years now bring their own children to us, and a few bring their grandchildren.
The practice has been locally owned and independent for every one of those years. It has never been sold to a corporate group. In 2026 we took a new name, St Ives Doctors, and moved a few minutes down Mona Vale Road to rooms designed around how care is delivered today: more consulting rooms, a procedure room, an infusion pod, natural light, and space for the services our patients most often need nearby.
We made the move for one reason. Good doctors stay where they can practise well, and patients do better when they can see the same doctor year after year.
We listen, and take the time to understand
You know yourself better than anyone. We start there, and we welcome the questions and ideas you bring.
We explain
Advice grounded in current medical evidence, given in a way that is warm, clear and respectful, so that decisions are yours to make.
We follow through
Referrals made, results reviewed, calls returned. If something needs action you will hear from us.
Decisions about care are made by doctors.
Dr Caroline Scarman is our Clinical Lead. She chairs the monthly doctors' meeting, where the team reviews how we are doing and what we can do better, and she is responsible for the standard of care across the practice.
We help to make Medicare work for you.
St Ives Doctors is a privately billing practice. That is what allows longer appointments and a team that stays. We also look for the Medicare and government-funded pathways you are entitled to, such as care plans, health assessments and medicines reviews, so that the overall cost of looking after your health is as low as it sensibly can be.
Children under 10 are bulk billed, as are health assessments and chronic condition management plans for eligible patients. There is no surcharge on any card.
Local, in the ordinary sense of the word.
We support the Rotary Club of St Ives and take part in the St Ives Food and Wine Festival on the Village Green. Our patients come from St Ives, St Ives Chase, Pymble, Turramurra, Gordon, Terrey Hills, Belrose and well beyond, and all are welcome.
Ready when you are.
Book online at any time, or call the front desk during opening hours.