{"id":2202,"date":"2023-01-30T22:34:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T22:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skmg.com.au\/?page_id=2202"},"modified":"2025-09-23T03:47:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T03:47:01","slug":"drnickcarr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/skmg.com.au\/zh\/practitioners\/drnickcarr\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Nick Carr"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Nick is one of the senior partners at St Kilda Medical Group.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Nick trained at Cambridge University and in London before moving to Melbourne in 1988. He wrote his master\u2019s thesis on antibiotic prescribing and has sat on numerous committees and writing groups dealing with appropriate medication use.<\/p>

Nick is an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Melbourne University, and continues to give talks and lectures on a wide variety of health topics.<\/p>

Nick was one of the first GPs in Victoria trained to provide Voluntary Assisted Dying care (VAD) care and is happy to take referrals for this. He is a Board member of Dying with Dignity Victoria.<\/p>

Nick has extensive media experience. For 3 years he presented health stories on ABC television with Jill Singer and George Negus, and subsequently did a weekly radio segment with Steve Vizard. He can often be heard on RRR radio on Sunday mornings (102.7 FM, \u201cRadiotherapy\u201d, 10-11 am), and Tuesday evenings on ABC Radio Melbourne (774 AM, with David Astle, he of the impossible crossword fame; \u201cWrits and Cures\u201d, 8-9 pm). He can also be found every Friday and Sunday on TV, on Channel 7\u2019s House Of Wellness.<\/p>

Nick received the inaugural Division award for \u2018significant contribution to General Practice in 1998, and Melbourne University\u2019s Outstanding GP Term Teacher award in 2018.<\/p>

Nick\u2019s first book,\u201cWhat Happens Now? The essential book for first-time fathers\u201d<\/i> was published by ACER in 2012. Sadly it is now sold out, so you\u2019ll have to go to the library or scour the second-hand shops.<\/p>

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