Hume RICS

The after hours GP helpline is an extension of the healthdirect nurse triage service providing you with free* medical advice and support.
*Call charges may apply from mobiles and payphones.

Albury Wodonga Aboriginal Health Service is a community controlled organisation offering a wide range of services including health services.

The Allied Health group of AWH includes seven different professions. These are: Dietetics, Exercise Physiologists, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Social Work, Speech Pathology. These professionals offer services across the entire health care continuum of Albury Wodonga Health service. This includes both inpatient & community services at both Albury and Wodonga campuses.

Our service helps people in many aspects of their daily life. We offer a variety of services from the Emergency Department through to community based programs. All services provide a team approach to care. We work with both the client and their family / carers. We offer a time limited, goal directed program that focuses on improving quality of life and independence.

Arthritis Victoria offer an interactive map of health care services, activity and healthy lifestyle services in Victoria.

The Australasian Lymphology Association (ALA) is committed to promoting the development of lymphology in Australasia. The Association will strive to improve the management of those with, or at risk of developing lymphoedema and enhance communication between health professionals, educators, relevant authorities and government in regard to oedemas and lymphoedema.  Search for a practitioner and find further information via the website.

Find a health service such as GP, dietitians, physiotherapists, speech therapist, psychologists etc

Managing physical changes due to cancer.

Produced in consultation with the Aboriginal community to provide information and resources on cancer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Many physical challenges are common among women and men who have cancer. They may be temporary or ongoing and may depend on the type of treatment.

Your GP can plan and coordinate the health care of patients with chronic or terminal medical conditions, including patients with these conditions who require multidisciplinary, team-based care from a GP and at least two other health or care providers. with some costs funded under Medicare.

Promotes bladder and bowel health. Provides advice, a resource centre and helpline.

Dealing with cancer and other medical conditions is stressful and it can become hard to remember all the information given by the many different specialists involved in your treatment. To help you remember certain nutrition and speech pathology needs, Peter Mac in collaboration with Western & Central Melbourne Integrated Cancer Service has developed seven short videos, called vodcasts, for you to watch.  They are designed to help you and your family or carer understand and remember the information given to you by health professionals. These vodcasts cover a number of different nutrition and speech pathology areas to help you.

• Module 1: How to administer a syringe bolus feed via a gastrostomy tube (PEG)
• Module 2: How to administer a gravity bolus feed via a nasogastric tube (NGT)
• Module 3: How to administer medications via a feeding tube
• Module 4: Laryngectomy care
• Module 5: How to thicken fluids (Mildly Thick)
• Module 6: How to thicken fluids (Moderately Thick)
• Module 7: How to thicken fluids (Extremely Thick)

The Service Access Unit provides a single point of access to all Allied Health, Community Health and Integrated Care services; ensuring that people access the right care, at the right time, at the right place.

Hume Region Palliative Care Consortium is an alliance between all the services in the Hume Region that provide palliative care services. The consortium aims to assist palliative care services in the region to provide a best practice service.

The Ileostomy Association of Victoria caters for all types of Ostomates including those with a Colostomy, Ileostomy and Urostomy.

Community Health Services are made up of Allied Health and Nursing clinicians who provide a range of primary care services including audiology, counselling/social work, dietetics, sexual health nursing, occupational therapy, podiatry, physiotherapy, speech pathology and health promotion to meet local needs and enable better health outcomes for the community.

Look Good Feel Better is a free national community service program dedicated to teaching cancer patients how to manage the appearance-related side-effects caused by cancer treatment. Women, men and teens participate in a practical workshop which covers skin care, make-up and head wear demonstrations, leaving them empowered and ready to face their cancer diagnosis with confidence.

Provides information and support to people with lymphoedema.

The National Health Services Directory (NHSD) provides easy access to reliable and consistent information about health services for everyone.

After hours GP home visists bulk billed (Geographic boundaries apply)

NURSE-ON-CALL provides immediate, confidential expert health advice from a registered nurse, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. NURSE-ON-CALL is a Victorian Government health initiative.

Oncology Massage is 'mindful massage' focusing on eliciting the relaxation response in clients who have cancer, are in treatment for cancer or who have a history of cancer.

ONTrac at Peter Mac has access to a range of allied health services including occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech therapy and dietetics

Quit Victoria is dedicated to eliminating the pain, suffering and cost caused by tobacco.

Reclaim Your Curves is a registered charity run by a crew of volunteers, created to assist women to plan their life after breast cancer, specifically women seeking breast reconstruction. 

Practical advice and medical information in these pages is sourced from women who have undergone breast reconstruction and from the health professionals who have cared for them.

The Rumbalara Aboriginal Cooperative Ltd provides a variety of services including health services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Shepparton, Victoria.

The Colostomy Association of NSW Inc is dedicated to the support of memebers who have undergone surgery resulting in a Colostomy, Ileostomy, Ileal Conduit, Urostomy or other external pouch procedures.