Genetic Counsellors provide medical information about genetic disorders and risks that can help individuals make personal decisions about their own health, a pregnancy, or their child or relatives health care.
Conditions that a genetic counsellor can help with include:
Specialist staff in the Chronic Disease Management (CDM) service work with adults who have one or more diagnosed chronic conditions and need help to manage their condition and stay well at home.
Clients may be in hospital, have recently been in hospital, or be at risk of going to hospital.
CDM services can help with locating the right type of care for you, as well as coordinating this care with other services to ensure you are well supported in the community.
A Shared Care Plan can be developed for you, together with your doctor and other health care professionals.
The Child and Family Health clinic is a free service to support families caring for children from birth to five years of age.
Child and Family Health Nurses provide regular developmental screening as well as information and support on breastfeeding, maternal and infant nutrition, introducing solids, growth and development, sleep and settling, parenting, immunisation, dental care, child safety and community services.
The Northern NSW Local Health District has a range of services aimed at helping you make positive changes to your alcohol and drug use. These include:
The Women’s Health Clinic provides a wide range of services for women, 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.
We provide speech pathology services to infants and children from birth to school age who reside in the Tweed and Byron shires.
Speech Pathology staff work together with the infant/child, their parents or carers and other service providers eg Nursing, Allied health, Psychology, Medical Specialists, Audiometry, and Preschools.
Our Social Workers provide counselling to people aged over 18 on a range of issues including depression, grief, family conflict, relationship break-up, relationship problems, anxiety and stress, work issues and domestic violence.
Our trained counsellors can also provide support to help with raising children and learning parenting strategies.
Palliative Care and Bereavement counselling is also available.
Access criteria:
The Paediatric Community Health Nurse provides support and education to children and their families following hospital admission, or who have chronic complex conditions.
The Paediatric Nurse also provides education for children and their families on conditions such as continence issues, asthma, anaphylaxis, and eczema.
Access criteria: