Page 4891 - Week 13 - Thursday, 28 November 2019
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(1) The following services are provided in the electorate of Yerrabi:
• The Gungahlin Walk-in Centre (WIC) provides a range of services for minor injury and illness, such as cold and influenza, cuts and bruises, minor infections and wounds, sprains and strains and skin conditions. These services are provided by Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners working within the WIC Model of Care, Clinical Treatment Protocols and pathways.
• The Community Care Program (CCP) offers clinical nursing and Allied Health Services within Community Health Centres across the ACT, including the electorate of Yerrabi. Services include wounds, stoma and drain management, palliative care, continence care, podiatry, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nutrition and social work. These services are delivered in Community Health Centres, including Gungahlin Community Health Centre with a limited home visiting service available.
• Canberra Health Services provides oral health services to eligible clients including preventative dental interventions and health promotion, emergency dental care, restorative and prosthetic dental care and some orthodontic interventions.
• The Gungahlin Mental Health Team (GMHT), a dedicated Adult Community Mental Health Team located in the Gungahlin Community Health Centre (GCHC). The GMHT provides specialist mental health assessment and treatment services for people who live within the Gungahlin catchment area. The services are provided within a multidisciplinary model for people with moderate to severe mental illness. This includes the provision of clinical management, assessment, treatment and consultation services for adults aged between 18 and 65 years within the Gungahlin catchment area. GMHT provide clinical management to voluntary clients as well as people who may be subject to mental health orders. The GMHT clinicians attend home visits or community presentations as well as providing clinic-based services within the GCHC.
• There are a number of other Mental Health, Justice Health and Alcohol and Drug Services provided across the ACT, including in Yerrabi.
• Canberra Health Services provide a Diabetes Service within the electorate of Yerrabi. The service provides a variety of diabetes services which include; group programs for people with pre-diabetes, a group program for pregnant women diagnosed with gestational diabetes, individual and group education programs for people with diabetes and their carers and multidisciplinary medical, nursing and allied health services for adults and paediatric clients.
• The Women Youth and Children Community Health Program offers Maternal and Child Health Services within Community Health Centres across the ACT, including the electorate of Yerrabi. Services include Childhood Asthma Education Service, Early Childhood Immunisation Service, Early Parenting Counselling Service, Integrated Multi-agencies for Parents and Children Together (IMPACT) program, Maternal and Child Health (MACH) Nursing Service – child health clinics, universal home visits, drop-in clinics, new parent groups, sleep groups for various ages, Early days groups, Parenting Enhancement program, Canberra Maternity Options appointments, Nutrition Service – both groups and individual appointments, Orthoptic Secondary Screening Service, Physiotherapy Service – groups and individual appointments, and the Women’s Health Service.
• In addition, Women Youth and Children Community Health Programs provides school-based services, including Health Access at School Service, High School Immunisation Service, Kindergarten Health Check Service and School Youth Health Nurse Service.
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