Plenty Valley Community Health

Plenty Valley Community Health provides healthcare and support services to people of all ages, with a strong focus on health promotion, treatment and the prevention of illness and injury. Our qualified and professional staff work with people to regain and maintain their physical independence and social and emotional well-being.

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City of Whittlesea

The City of Whittlesea is located on the metropolitan fringe approximately 20 kilometres to the north of the Melbourne CBD. Covering an area of approximately 487 square kilometres, the City is geographically one of the largest municipalities in metropolitan Melbourne.

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Northern Health

Established in July 2000, Northern Health provides quality health care services to the expanding communities in Melbourne's northern suburbs. In one of Melbourne's busiest growth corridors, Northern Health offers the community health care services where they are needed - close to where people live.

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City of Darebin

Darebin is home to one of the largest, most diverse communities anywhere in the State. Here, we celebrate our diverse community and acknowledge our Aboriginal heritage. Darebin is committed to sustainability and is a leader in the development of environmental policies, practices and programs. Darebin emcompasses the suburbs of Alphington 3078, Bundoora 3083, Fairfield 3078, Kingsbury 3083, Northcote 3070, Preston 3072, Reservoir 3073, and Thornbury 3071.

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Darebin Community Health

Darebin Community Health Service provides a comprehensive range of responsive primary health and community support services. Our skilled health professionals are committed to delivering quality health care and advice to people living, working and studying in the City of Darebin. Darebin Community Health is responsible to its own Board of Management made up of people from diverse backgrounds drawn from the local area. This assists the service to be responsive to the needs of the local community.

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Northern Migrant Resource Centre

The NMRC was initially established in 1984 to provide settlement services for migrants and refugees living in the North-East region incorporating the municipalities of Yarra, Darebin, Whittlesea, Banyule, Nillumbik and Moreland. The NMRC offers services to over 67 different ethnic and language groups and employs staff fluent in over 17 relevant community languages. The key purpose of the NMRC is to cater for the immediate and longer term needs of migrants and refugees so that these people can successfully integrate into their local Australian community and are able to reach their full potential.

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Northern Division of General Practice

The Northern Division of General Practice was established in September 1993 by general practitioners in the northern suburbs of Melbourne. The Division brought together GPs from both private practice and community health who wished to have a voice in local health service planning issues. The government agreed to fund Divisions of General Practice to provide a focus for GP involvement in the implementation of public health initiatives, to provide locally based professional development and to support reform within the sector. The Northern Division has always worked closely with the region’s public and private hospitals and in its early years was housed by the Austin and by The Northern Hospital. Today the Division is centrally located at Level 1, 232 Plenty Rd Preston.

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City of Yarra

The City of Yarra is an inner metropolitan municipality which is home to a diverse community of 69,000 people. Yarra is one of Australia's smallest inner city municipalities at 19.5 kilometres, and features lively arts and entertainment precincts, vibrant shopping and café strips, and numerous sports and recreational facilities. Yarra is made up of three wards - Langridge Ward, Melba Ward and Nicholls Ward. Each ward has three Councillors who are democratically elected for a four year term. Council is responsible for maintaining essential community infrastructure and delivers a wide range of services, including street cleaning, maintenance of parks and gardens, and home and community care to a diverse and eclectic community.

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North Richmond Community Health Centre

NRCHC offers a range of services to the diverse communities who live and visit the City of Yarra. We also offer a number of targeted Statewide Programs. The Centre mandates a philosophy of providing culturally appropriate primary and social services to disadvantaged individuals and groups, especially refugees and newly arrived communities. Through extensive planning and consultation processes, we are responsive to the changing needs of the community, providing programs that capture both marginalised and well-connected clients.

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North Yarra Community Health

We are a community health service located in the inner Melbourne suburbs of Collingwood, Carlton and Fitzroy. In addition to these three Community Health Centres, we also run Drug Safety Services from our shop fronts in Smith Street, Collingwood.

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Royal District Nursing Service

The Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) is the largest and oldest provider of home nursing and healthcare services in Australia. Grounded in the principles of care and compassion, RDNS is a not-for-profit organisation, delivering 24 hour a day nursing care to people in their homes, schools and workplaces. This service is provided 7 days a week, 365 days of the year. RDNS provides healthcare to all people regardless of age, income or ethnic background. The only criteria for admission is that the client must have a genuine need for care, and that these needs are appropriate to the services RDNS can offer.

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St Vincents Health

St. Vincent's Health provides acute medical and surgical services, aged care, diagnostics, rehabilitation, allied health, mental health, palliative care and residential care. St. Vincent's Health owns and manages St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, a major teaching, research and tertiary referral centre, Caritas Christi Hospice, Prague House and St. George's Health Service.

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Womens Health in the North

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Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre (SMRC) was initially established in 1984 to provide settlement services for migrants and refugees living in the Northern region incorporating the municipalities of Yarra, Darebin, Whittlesea, Banyule, Nillumbik Hume and Moreland. In the past 10 years the Spectrum MRC was known as the Northern Migrant Resource Centre (NMRC). In 2007, it launched its new name Spectrum MRC in recognition of its new innovative services and programs serving migrants and refugee clients beyond northern metropolitan Melbourne. We offer statewide services such as Spectrum Immigration services, Spectrum Education and Training Centre, cultural and multilingual Aged Home Care & Personal Support for carer families as well launching several unique and innovative parenting and intergenerational youth programs supporting new refugee and migrant families and children choosing to settle in Victoria.

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Austin Health

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research in the northeast of Melbourne. Austin Health is world-renowned for its research and specialist work in cancer, liver transplantation, spinal cord injuries, neurology, endocrinology, mental health and rehabilitation. Austin Health comprises Austin Hospital, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital and the Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre.

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