Specialist Refugee & Immigrant Health Clinics
GP Referral Only
Royal Children’s Hospital Immigrant & Refugee Health Clinic
Monday afternoons.
Ph: (03) 9345 5522/4211
Fax: (03) 9345 5034
Website: www.rch.org.au/immigranthealth/index.cfm?doc_id=10575
Royal Melbourne Hospital Victorian Infectious Disease Service (VIDS)
Immigrant & Refugee Clinic
Tuesday 9am-12noon.
Ph: (03) 9342 7212
Fax: (03) 9342 7277
Click RMH Refugee Health Clinic on the website: http://www.inthealth.unimelb.edu.au/
Dandenong Hospital Outpatients Refugee Health Clinic
Mondays 1.30 to 4.30
Ph: (03) 9554 1000
Fax: (03) 9554 8554
Dandenong Hospital Refugee Health Clinic GP Services to Medicare-ineligible Asylum Seekers: this service will run fortnightly on Monday afternoons, beginning 16th March 2009. There will be no service charge for eligible Asylum Seekers. Pharmaceuticals may attract a small co-payment.
Click here for details, eligibility and referral procedures.
The Dandenong Casey General Practice Association Refugee Health Program has details of regional (Dandenong & Casey) refugee health services on its website under Programs/ Refugee Health.
Geelong Hospital Refugee Health/Infectious Diseases Clinic
Tuesday mornings.
Ph: 52 267254
Fax: 52 465143
Colac: a new monthly refugee health clinic will be held in Colac every 4th Thursday 2-3.30pm. Referrals are made by a doctor or representative through OPD at Geelong Hospital 52 26 7254 or fax 52 46 5143. Please always provide the most recent relative pathology tests and clearly state if an interpreter is required and which language/s.
Refugee Health programs
There are a number of models of care that have developed in local areas of Victoria to respond to the health needs of refugees and asylum seekers:
Western Region Health Centre Refugee Health program provides a range of services to newly arrived refugees. The Refugee Health access team includes Refugee Health Nurses, Access Workers, a FARREP program worker, African Community Development Worker and a Dinka/Arabic Interpreter. It also includes a nutrition program and a Vitamin D clinic available for refugee families requiring treatment. An African antenatal clinic includes hospital staff and a FARREP worker one day a week. The team works closely with GPs at the community health centre and private GPs in the area with an interest in refugee health. More recently a psychiatrist is providing sessional work in conjunction with GP service.
An evaluation of the program was completed in 2009, click here for a copy.
For more information and contact details click here.
Tel: (03) 8398 4100
ISIS Primary Care Refugee Health Team which includes Refugee Health Nurses, GPs, referral to range of allied health services in community health and referral to the Royal Melbourne Hospital & Royal Children's Hospital refugee clinics.
For more information click here.
Tel: Hoppers Crossing (03) 87341415
Tel: Sunshine (03) 9313 5015
Dianella Community Health Refugee Health program provides initial health assessment including psycho-social screening and links to primary health care services. It also provides referral to allied health services including optometry, emergency dental, dental waiting list, physiotherapy, audiology, diabetes nurse educator, dietician, podiatry and other services. The program also provides links to other culturally-specific social services. Most clients are referred by their AMES Settlement Case Coordinator soon after arrival in Australia but the service is available for clients up to 5 years after arrival. For more information click here.
Tel: Refugee Health Nurse (03) 8345 5330
Arabic Access Worker : (03) 8345 5444
Goulburn Valley Health - Well established referral pathways between Refugee Health Nurse, GPs and Goulburn Valley Health services supported through Refugee Health working group. There is a paediatric clinic. The antenatal clinic at the hospital block books interpreters to allow on-site interpreting for particular language groups. TB undertakings are able to be addressed locally.
Tel: Refugee Health Nurse (03) 58233210