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. We also provide an Immunisation Clinic for children aged 6 weeks to 5 years.
The Cardiac Rehabilitation program involves a team of health professionals working to help you manage your heart condition. We provide individual cardiac assessment and education focused on reducing cardiac disease risk factors, monitoring and managing your condition and improving your health.
Our program is managed by the Cardiac Liaison Nurse in conjunction with our Physiotherapy Department and Exercise Physiologist.
The program is suitable for most people living with or at risk of heart disease and those recovering from medical or surgical intervention.
| Location: | Murwillumbah Community Health, 8-10 Nullum Street, Murwillumbah 2484 |
| Hours of Service: | 8.30am – 4:30 pm Mon-Fri |
| Contacting Us: | Phone: (02) 6670 9400; fax: (02) 6672 5133 |
| Access Criteria: | Any patients with progressive illness, not exclusive to cancer patients. |
Audiometry provides assessment of hearing problems in children aged between 3 – 18 years.
This service is available in some sites through the School Health Nurse.
We accept referrals from GPs, Pre-schools, Child and Family health, self or family referrals.
Please phone to make an appointment and our clinician will contact you to arrange an appointment.
Hours: 8.30am – 4.30pm Monday to Friday
Contact: (02) 6670 9400 (02) 6672 5133
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 cervical screening testing, breast checks, pregnancy testing and advice, postnatal checks, post termination checks, continence assessment, and limited Sexual Transmitted Infection (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.
The Transition Care Program offers goal-oriented, time-limited and therapy-focused care to help older people regain independence after a hospital stay. It provides older people with a package of services that includes low intensity therapy such as physiotherapy and occupational therapy, as well as social work, nursing support or personal care to maintain and improve physical or cognitive functioning.
The program aims to help older people return home after a hospital stay, rather than prematurely enter residential aged care.
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.