The speech pathology service provides assessment, management and education for patients presenting with communication (speech, language, fluency, voice, multimodal) and/ or swallowing difficulties.
Speech Pathology is included in the multidisciplinary care of inpatients as well as targeted outpatient services.
Paediatric speech pathology services are available to infants and children of all ages, prioritising early intervention.
Our Social Workers provide social work intervention and counselling to people aged over 18 on a range of issues including depression, grief, relationship issues, anxiety and stress, and domestic violence.
Palliative Care and Bereavement counselling is also available.
Anyone aged 18 and over can access this service. We accept self-referrals and we also accept referrals from GPs or other organisations.
Location: Tweed Valley Hospital, 771 Cudgen Road, Cudgen NSW 2487
Hours: 8.30am – 5.00pm Monday-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 Prostate Cancer Support nurse provides information and support for men, and their families, who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
We work closely with the health team to get the best of care for each client.
We offer assistance and guide clients to navigate the prostate cancer journey, linking them with relevant services in the local community.
We help increase awareness of prostate cancer by providing education and support in the community, to groups such as Men’s Shed, Cancer Council support groups, Prostate BLUE Tweed City 2485 Support Group.
Our Podiatrists work with clients who have foot and leg disorders to improve their mobility and enhance independence. This is achieved through the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and management of pathological foot problems and associated restrictions in function.
The Podiatry service provides ulcer debridement and offloading, diabetes foot assessments, general foot care, orthotic treatment, and help with applications for footwear.
The Community Paediatric Nurse provides nursing care, support and education to children and their families in the community.
Our services include care for a wide range of conditions, such as:
Occupational therapists help people of all ages participate in work, school and fun activities, personal care or household tasks and roles that are important to them. We refer to these as “occupations”.
The Knee and Hip Arthritis Service helps people live better with knee or hip osteoarthritis. The program aims to reduce pain and improve quality of life using strategies that have been proven to be effective for managing osteoarthritis. These include:
Hospital in the Home allows eligible patients to access hospital services, such as nursing and medical care, in the comfort of their own home.
Our Hospital in the Home team works with patients, families and carers to providing ongoing medical treatment including intravenous antibiotics, pre-surgery treatments, Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), blood disorders, wound dressings, sub-acute surgical care for wounds, stomas and drains, physiotherapy services including respiratory and much more.