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Our community needs to have accurate information on our health problems. To ensure this happens, make sure you identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders when you receive medical care. The life expectancy of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders is 17% less than the wider community. ...

Addiction specialist medical practitioners provide assistance to people with opiate addiction and complex medical and/or psychiatric presentations with withdrawal, opiate replacement therapy and psychiatric management. Referral can be made by community GPs for specialist advice. Sessional GPs wit...

Families and health care workers are often required to make medical decisions without knowing a patient's preferences. In order to address this, Barwon Health has implemented the Respecting Patient Choices® program.A key aim of the program is to identify patient wishes regarding their health car...

This service is for people over 65 years with existing complex mental illness, those who develop a mental illness later in life and those who have severe behavioural problems associated with dementia. Services include assessment and intervention, case management, outreach and secondary consultat...

18 full-time anaesthetists, three part-time anaesthetists, 27 visiting anaesthetists, 15 registrars in training and 3 support staff, currently staff the Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management. We provide anaesthesia services for all elective and emergency surgery at The Geelong Hospi...

The day unit provides a range of services in the treatment and support of cancer patients and their families, ranging from paediatric through to adult....

Specialist nutrition and dietary services are available to assist with:Healthy eating Nutritional deficiencies Advice to lose/gain weight Cancer Diabetes Diagnosed food allergy or intolerance Dysphagia Eating disorders Gastrointestinal disorders (e.g. bloating, constipation, diarrhoea...

Geelong Hospital's maternity ward on Bellerine Centre 6 South provides inpatient pregnancy care and post natal care. During your stay, midwives will provide information and support on how to look after yourself and your baby. Barwon Health provides extended postnatal care where midwives can visi...

Provision of education to organisations, schools and employers covering alcohol and drug use, its effects, harm minimisation and treatment options....

The Geelong Hospital Audiology Department offers a broad range of diagnostic Audiology services on an impatient and outpatient basis. Services are provided to all age groups, from newborns to the very aged and can be modified to suit patients with special needs. Services include:Audiometric ...