What is primary health?
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A primary health professional will be the first health care worker you see when you begin a journey through the Australian health care system. A primary health care worker may be a nurse, allied health professional (like a physiotherapist or dietitian), doctor or pharmacist. Click here to find more information about the health care system on the Health Issues Centre website.
Numurkah District Health Service has its own Primary Health department. The services below are all located in the same building but some are provided by other organisations. These include the dentist (Goulburn Valley Dental Group), financial counsellor (Goulburn Murray Hume Agcare), general practice clinic (Quinn Street Clinic) and podiatrist. primary health Services: |
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Numurkah now has a Family Violence Worker that visits from Shepparton every fortnight. This free and confidential service supports people over the age of 16 who are currently experiencing family violence or have experienced family violence in the past. To access this service or find out more information please call Primary Care Connect on 5823 3200.
If you are experiencing a personal crisis, call Lifeline on 13 11 14 (24 hrs a day). |
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High quality care
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To make sure we provide the best possible care, we use guides and models from the Victorian and Australian Governments. One of these is the Active Service Model. To find out how this model helps our clients reach their health goals, click on this Fact Sheet.
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Diversity and inclusion
Numurkah District Health Service has a Diversity Plan to make sure that we can meet the needs of everyone in our community, with a special focus on people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with dementia, people living in rural and remote areas and people experiencing financial disadvantage (including people who experience or are at risk of homelessness).
