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Dr Nicola Kettleton-Butler

Practice Principal | Independent Consultant General Practitioner | Co-owner

MBBS UQ | FRACGP | B. Sc App (Human Movement Studies-Exercise Management)

Dr Nicola Kettleton-Butler is a highly-regarded local GP who has been practicing on the Sunshine Coast for over 10 years. As our Practice Principal and co-founder of Saltwater Medical, Nicola is an Australian-trained GP who graduated from the University of Queensland in 2008 with a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery. She went on to complete her specialist GP training and was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) in 2014. Nicola has a special interest in children’s, women’s and senior’s health and is well known for her caring nature and her thorough approach to patient care. Nicola also enjoys a range of general practice procedural work, including iron infusions and Implanon and Mirena insertions. Nicola is a keen sports fan (especially tennis, golf and rugby) and enjoys fishing and the coastal lifestyle.

Dr Nicola consults Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. She is not taking new patients at this time.

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Saltwater Medical will be closed for the Christmas break from:

Wednesday, 24 December 2025 at 12:00pm

and will reopen on Monday, 5 January 2026.

If you need medical assistance during this time, you could call our after-hours service National Home Doctor on 13 74 25, or you could attend the Caloundra Minor Injuries and Illness Clinic on West Terrace (8am-10pm Mon-Sun).

We wish all our patients and their families a safe, happy, and healthy Christmas and New Year. Thank you for your ongoing support — we look forward to caring for you in 2026.