We provide support to Aboriginal families with children under 5 years, and can also help parents and siblings in the family with any health concerns they may have.
Please call to make an appointment at a time that suits you, either at our health centre, or at a place of your choosing.
Hours: 8.00am – 4.30pm Monday - Friday
Contact: Ph (02) 6641 8702 Fax (02) 6641 8703
Location: Aboriginal Health Unit, Grafton Base Hospital, Arthur Street, Grafton NSW 2460
The Women’s Health Clinic provides a wide range of services for women aged 14 and over, including pap test screening, breast checks, pregnancy testing and advice, postnatal checks, post termination checks, diaphragm fitting, continence assessment, limited STI screening.
Our Women’s Health Nurses can provide information on sexual health, reproductive health, menstruation, menopause, osteoporosis, relationship and lifestyle issues and contraception, as well as group or individual education programs.
Our Speech Pathologists work with adults and children to treat a range of swallowing and communication difficulties.
This can include:
* Eating and drinking - difficulties with swallowing drinks or chewing and swallowing food, including people with alternate feeding e.g. PEG, NG
* Speech - ability to speak clearly and be understood
* Language - difficulty thinking of words, organising and expressing ideas, understanding conversation, following directions and answering questions, reading and writing impairment following brain injury/stroke
Our Social Workers provide counselling on a range of issues including depression, grief, family conflict, adjusting to health changes and life stage changes, anxiety and stress, and work issues.
Our trained counsellors can also provide support to help with raising children and learning parenting strategies.
Social Workers also provide a service to hospital inpatients and their families. Palliative Care and bereavement counselling is also available.
Hours: 8.30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday
Our sexual assault service provides a 24-hour crisis response team for children, young people and adults who have experienced sexual assault, indecent assault, or attempted sexual assault.
We also provide counselling and forensic medical assessment and care immediately after sexual assault and in the following weeks and months.
We provide information and support for non-offending parents, carers, partners, siblings or family members of children or adults who have been affected by sexual assault.
Respiratory services are free programs for people with long term lung conditions. They include Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Respiratory education services.
Pulmonary rehabilitation
Pulmonary rehabilitation is an evidence-based program for people with long term respiratory conditions. It is run by a team that can include nurses, physiotherapists and exercise physiologists. It focuses on:
Our experienced Physiotherapists provide assessment and treatment of musculoskeletal, respiratory and neurological conditions for children and adults of all ages. Our staff will assess your condition and work with you to develop an individual treatment plan. Most treatment plans involve education, self-management strategies, specific exercise programs, and physiotherapy techniques.
Physiotherapists service the hospital and provide clinics and various rehabilitation programs. Referral is required for our adult service through your GP, specialist or other agency.
Registered Nurses and the multi-disciplinary team monitor an individual’s pain symptoms and offer support in collaboration with their General Practitioner and treating specialists.
Inpatient care is available at Tweed, Byron and Murwillumbah hospitals.
We can also put families in touch with trained volunteers who provide in-home respite, equipment loan and transport. We can also arrange clinical, financial and bereavement support where required.
Hours: 8am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday
Our Occupational Therapy team assesses people’s ability to carry out their usual activities of daily living and help overcome any difficulties they may be experiencing. People may find it harder to do their usual activities due to the aging process, illness, an accident, surgery, or a disability.