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The Access and Support program provides short-term, individual support to people who need help to access Home and Community Care (HACC) services.
The program aims to support people who have trouble
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50 bed adult mental health inpatient facility offering acute services as part of Eastern Health's 75 bed Inpatient service. (25 beds at Box Hill).
The mental health inpatient service provides
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25 bed adult mental health inpatient facility offering acute services as part of Eastern Health's 75 bed inpatient service (50 beds at Maroondah).
The mental health inpatient service provides
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Advance Care Planning (ACP) is considering:
Who will speak for you?
o Who would you want to make medical decisions on your behalf if you were unable to do this
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The Aged Care Assessment Service (ACAS) is a Commonwealth funded program which assists frail older people and their carers identify what kind of care will best meet their needs. ACAS teams conduct
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This service provides Aged Care Assessment Service (ACAS) assessment and short term case management for clients at risk of a preventable hospital admission or Emergency Department
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Aged Persons mental health offers specialised psychiatric treatment to people over the age of 65 who have a mental illness or challenging behaviours associated with, or secondary to, a
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Turning Point Alcohol & Drug Centre provides a wide range of specialist treatment and support services to people affected by alcohol and drug use. Clinical services at Turning Point are provided
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Eastern Health Alcohol and Drug Service (EHADS) is a compassionate and accessible service, offering a range of treatments and other support for people affected by substance use problems. EHADS offers
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Clinic for the assessment, management and advice to patients with allergies.
Services for:
- Respiratory
- allergy/immunology
- asthma, rhinitis
- bronchiectasis & immune deficiencies
- recurrent
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This Service offers Specialist Medical and Allied Health Services for the assessment and treatment of persistent pain. Within the Service are:
- Two Medical Clinic types
- A Medical Rehabilitation
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This is a clinic for assessment and surgical management of vascular insufficiency requiring amputation of effected areas. This runs in conjunction with vascular services.
Referrals to private clinc
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Hearing assessment for all patients of all ages.
We offer help with hearing assessment and ear health by a university qualified audiologist.
We test all patients, of all ages.
Specifically, our
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The provision of botulinum toxin treatment for adults with abnormal contraction of muscles (dystonia).
Common conditions treated include:
• Cervical dystonia
• Hemifacial spasm
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The breast clinic at Box Hill Hospital provides services for the assessment and diagnostic investigation of breast conditions.
Referrals to private clinic must have named specialist.
The clinic
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This clinic provides an oncology service for women requiring breast cancer treatment.
This clinics holds fortnightly multidisciplinary meetings at Box Hill Hospital and Maroondah Hospital to discuss
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Breast surgery services for initial assessment breast symptoms, surgical management of breast cancer, for follow up of breast patients with benign disease or high risk of breast cancer
Eastern
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- Participants attend twice a week for seven weeks. Each group session consists of one hour of tailored exercise, followed by one hour of information.
- Information sessions include very practical
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Cardiac rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary program to assist people with cardiac conditions to return to an active and fulfilling life. This will assist people to reduce the likelihood of a
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Assessment of adult cardiology problems. Organisation of the appropriate investigations and interventions required
Services provided include:
Echocardiogram (TTE), Stress Echo (Treadmill),
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Carers Offering Peers Early Support (COPES) provides peer support and information to families and carers whose family member or friend is using Eastern Health’s Adult Mental Health
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Carrington is a private practice for specialist practitioners including consultant psychiatrists, psychologists and mental health nurses. The practice operates alongside Koonung Community Mental
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The Continuing Care Program is a multidisciplinary team providing case management for people with a severe mental illness.
Continuing Care staff work with consumers, their carers, families and other
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The Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team are responsible for assessing all persons who are being considered for hospital admission and determining whether or not a less restrictive setting is more
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Provides a model of psychosocial rehabilitation for consumers who have a serious mental illness and associated decline in psychosocial function.
The Mobile Support and Treatment Services (MSTS)
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Clinic for the investigation, assessment and management of conditions of the thorax and mediastinum. The clinic works in closely with the Respiratory Medicine. Multidisciplinary meetings are held
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Eastern Health Child & Youth Mental Health Service is a specialist mental health service for children and young people up to the age of 25 years who are displaying symptoms of psychiatric
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Our childbirth education workshops are conducted by midwives to provide information on birth, parenting and breastfeeding. Childbirth education encourages women and their families to know their
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The Maroondah and Angliss hospitals provide a combined Dietetic and Speech Pathology feeding clinic for infants and young children.
The clinic will accept referrals if: Feeding is the primary
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This service provides speech pathology for pre-school children with speech and language difficulties. Reasons for referral may include:
- Difficulty/delay in using words or forming
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The Dietitian provides assessment, information and advice to assist with diet related problems or issues with children of any age.
Reason for referral may include:
- Overweight
- Underweight
- Fussy
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The Occupational Therapist works together with children and their families to address developmental concerns in the areas of gross motor, fine motor and sensory processing.
The Occupational
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This service provides goal orientated, time limited interdisciplinary rehabilitation for children who may have had an injury, medical or surgical intervention or a functional impairment.
This
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The Children’s Physiotherapy team at Eastern Health Community Health work with children and their families who are experiencing physical and gross motor skill related problems. They provide
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The Speech Pathologist works with children and their families who are experiencing speech related problems. Therapy is provided to preschool aged children individually or in small groups.
Reasons
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Clinical psychology and health psychology are specialisations within Psychology.
Clinical psychologists have specialist training in the assessment and diagnosis of major mental illnesses and
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For diagnosis and treatment of Coeliac disease.
Referrals to private clinc must have named specialist.
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CDAMS is a specialist diagnostic clinic for people with early cognitive changes or concerns about memory loss. CDAMS provides:
- Expert clinical diagnosis and treatment
- Assessment of the impact of
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Clinic for the assessment, investigation and treatment of patients with:
- Colorectal Cancers, including family history and screening,
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn's, Disease Colitis,
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Clinic for the colposcopic assessment of patients who have had an abnormal Pap smear and colposcopy has been recommended.
Colposcopic assessment of the cervix/vaginal vault.Referrals to private
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Community Health provides services to improve the physical, social and emotional wellbeing of our community.
We see children, adults and families as well as offering specialised services for those
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“Rehabilitation is a process which enables people to reach and maintain their optimal physical, sensory, intellectual, psychological and social performance. Rehabilitation gives people the
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Specialised short-term, sub-acute management of elderly people with complex aged related medical conditions, including cognitive changes and functional issues.
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We are a service provided by the mental health program to the acute medical, surgical and woman's health services of Eastern Health.
Referrals to Consultant Liaison Psychiatry service are only
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What is incontinence?
Incontinence is the loss of bladder or bowel control which can be embarrassing and distressing. Urinary and faecal incontinence may have many underlying causes and should not be
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Box Hill and the Angliss hospitals are two of the only three hospitals in Melbourne that provide baby's cord and placental blood donation facilities. The BMDI Cord Blood Bank is part of a network of
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Our general counselling service offers face-to-face counselling for individuals across a range of issues which can impact on your life. In addition to counselling, the service can also provide
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Clinic for the assessment and management of skin problems.
Melanomas and larger skin cancers that will require wide excision and grafting should be referred to the plastic surgery clinic. Patients
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Our Healthy Living and Diabetes program provides early intervention for those with newly diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes. Clients are provided with information about diabetes, and are
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Eastern Health Diabetes Education comprises a team of highly qualified nurses who provide personalised diabetes education and care to both inpatients and outpatients of Eastern Health hospitals. In
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Dietitians apply the science of human nutrition to food and health. They provide education and practical support to enable people to make dietary choices that will maximise their health and
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The Victorian Drug and Alcohol Clinical Advisory Service (DACAS) is a specialist telephone consultancy service that is free of charge for health and welfare professionals.
Consultation is provided
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Box Hill Hospital runs a clinic for the assessment investigation and treatment of conditions of the ear, nose and throat.
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Early Skills Check is a play based screening group for children aged 6 months to 6 years, whose parents have questions or concerns across any areas of their child’s development.
The Early
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ECASA provides a free counselling and support service to people who have experienced sexual assault either recently or in the past. The service is also available to non-offending family and friends.
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ECRU staff at Box Hill and Maroondah Hospitals carry out high-quality translational research, predominantly sponsored by pharmaceutical companies.
ECRU was established in 1995 and today is known as
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The Eastern Clinical Research Unit (ECRU) is part of the Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University. Doctors from the Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit at Eastern Health run the clinical trials
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The Eatsern Cognitive Disorders Clinic (ECDC) is a national referral centre for the clinical assessment of patients with atypical, genetic and young onset dementia, including early Alzheimer’s
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The Eastern Dual Diagnosis Service is one of four specialist dual diagnosis teams funded by the Department of Health as an initiative which aims to support the improvement of responses of mental
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Edward Street Nursing Home is a fully accredited public sector residential aged care facility located in Upper Ferntree Gully, providing individualised care to residents.
Our collaborative
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Eastern Health has been on a journey to build an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) since 2009, with the successful roll-out of two earlier releases (HealthSMART and ehCare). As part of the
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Eastern Health Endocrinology & Diabetes comprises a multidisciplinary team of Endocrinologists, Diabetes Nurse Educators, Podiatrists and Dietitians who bring expertise and excellent,
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Exercise Physiologists specialise in clinical exercise interventions for persons at risk of developing, or with existing chronic and complex medical conditions and injuries. These interventions are
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Eastern Health is very pleased to announce the launch of an Ophthalmology Service, to be based at Yarra Ranges Health, Lilydale. This service will provide for patients in the Eastern Metropolitan
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The Falls and Balance clinic is a specialist clinic that offers assessment and management including: diagnosis, intervention, education, advice and support for clients experiencing falls or balance
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23 percent of children live in households where at least one parent has a mental illness. A range of complex issues mean that these families don't often get the support they need.
Eastern Health's
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The family violence program offers men’s behaviour change groups, individual counselling and groups for women, and advocacy and referral safety plans for women.
We support clients who
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This clinic is for assessment, diagnosis and management of suspected femoro-acetabular impingement .
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The first seizure clinic is for investigation of patients with recent onset of episodes which are suspected to be seizures.
The epilepsy clinic is for the evaluation and care of patients with a
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A number of community programs related to food and nutrition are being run in Healesville and Yarra Junction.
Community Kitchens are groups of people who come together to socialise and enjoy good
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High risk foot clinic for diabetic ulcers of the foot and Charcot arthropathy.
Post op reviews
The High Risk Foot clinic will provide a multidisciplinary team approach to managing patients with
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For review and management of newly acquired fractures.
Appointments will be made within 7–10 days of referral.
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The gastroenterology clinic is a general clinic for the investigation, assessment and management of gastrointestinal conditions.
Note private clinic must have a specialist named on referral
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The gastroenterology department provides specialist medical care to patients with disorders of the gastrointestinal tract including the liver and pancreas.
Our areas of expertise include: viral
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The General Haematology and Thrombosis (non-malignant) private clinic provides services for the assessment and diagnostic investigation of haematology and Thrombosis (non-malignant) conditions, such
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Clinic for assessment and investigation and management of patients with complex general medical problems.
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• General neurology clinics are held at Box Hill Hospital and Maroondah Hospital three times per week.
• Clinics are held at Maroondah Hospital on Monday and Tuesday and at Box Hill Hospital
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The Gentle Water Exercise program in Healesville is a low impact, group exercise program specifically designed for people with arthritis and other joint problems.
Water exercise is an excellent way
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GEM is an inpatient unit under the care of a geriatrician and multidisciplinary team, which includes nurses and a comprehensive team of allied health staff. It aims to manage the complex conditions
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The Geriatric Evaluation and Management at Home (GEM@Home) program aims to ensure that frail older people with multiple and complex needs gain rapid access to specialist assessment, diagnostic and
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The gynaecology clinic is for women who require a specialist opinion and management of a wide range of gynaecological/women’s health problems, including prolapse, urinary incontinence, abnormal
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The haematology (malignant) public clinic provides services for the assessment and diagnostic investigation of malignant haematological conditions including transplants.
The Haematology Clinic holds
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A supported playgroup for young parents living the Yarra Valley. This playgroup is a group for parents who meet regularly to participate with their children in activities focusing on their
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The Health Promotion team works in partnership with the community and other key organisations to enable people to take control of their health. While many Eastern Health services offer treatment and
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This program:
- Aims to prevent avoidable hospital presentations and admissions by working with those clients at risk of, or already experiencing frequent emergency presentations or hospital
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The palliative consultation team is a team of specialist nurses and doctors who provide advice to teams caring for patients with life limiting illnesses at Eastern Health. We specialise in symptom
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Hospital in the Home incorporates two programs:
- Hospital in the Home (HITH)
- Yarra Valley District Nursing Service (YVDNS)
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Outpatient follow up of complex infectious disease issues, post discharge from an Eastern Health hospital
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The Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) clinic provides investigation, assessment and management of patients with IBD including Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis.
IBD Helpline service: This is a
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Interpreter services are free of charge. Patients who have difficulties communicating in English are entitled to a professional interpreter.
It is not appropriate for children under 18 years or
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Eastern Health Maternity Services has a strong commitment to promoting, protecting and supporting breastfeeding. We have dedicated Lactation Consultants who have internationally recognised
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The Eastern Health Library Service (EHLS) provides a professional knowledge and information service for Eastern Health staff, affiliated staff and students on placement, to support their work in
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The Life Links program provides additional support for people adjusting to changed lifestyles after an initial diagnosis or episode such as cardiac disease or re-occurring episode of a chronic
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Linwood PARC services are provided directly for people with a severe mental illness. The treating team will also work with families and carers of the consumer as well as GP’s and other service
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Clients are seen in this clinic with any symptom or disease associated with the liver.
Eligibility Criteria
Management of hepatitis C, Hepatitis B, fatty liver, alcoholic liver disease, drug
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The Lung Cancer Clinic at Eastern Health is for patients who require specialist medical oncology opinion and management of lung cancer. The clinic provides multidisciplinary treatment and care.
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The program provides opportunities to:
- Develop greater understanding of the things which impact on your mental health
- Learn to use strategies which can change the way you think
- Increase your
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BreastScreen Victoria is part of the national breast cancer screening program inviting women to have a free screening mammogram (breast x-ray) every two years.
BreastScreen Victoria saves
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The Maroondah Community Care Unit (MCCU) provides residential assessment and rehabilitation services to adults with a major mental illness and associated decline in psychosocial function. The
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The purpose of the Prevention and Recovery Care service is to provide brief (1 – 3 weeks) intensive residential recovery care. The target group is adults requiring more support following an
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Pregnancy Options
Eastern Health maternity services offers a variety of pregnancy care options at each of the Eastern Health hospitals. Our team of doctors and midwives provide a high level of care
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Eastern Health Maternity Service offers a model of care in which you may choose an Eastern Health accredited General Practitioner (GP) who will provide your
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The Melanoma Clinic at Eastern Health is for patients who require specialist medical oncology opinion and management of melanoma. The clinic provides multidisciplinary treatment and care.
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The original version of the Mental Health Navigation Tool was developed in 2010 by Greater Eastern Primary Health and the Manager of the Eastern Health Primary Mental Health Team in consultation with
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Mental Health Triage provides advice, screening and assessment for all new referrals facilitating access to psychiatric treatment.
Mental Health Triage provides telephonic advice and screening
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Clinic to prevent and manage persons with
- High risk of fragility fracture
- Hypercalcaemia
- Other metabolic bone diseases e.g. osteogenesis imperfecta, Paget's disease
- Primary Hyperparathyroidism
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Monda Lodge is a fully accredited aged care facility located in Healesville in the Yarra Valley.
Residents are welcomed into a home-like environment where their independence, maintenance of
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Mooroolbark Public Sector Residential Aged Care Service (PSRACS) is a fully accredited specialised aged care facility located in the suburb of Mooroolbark.
Mooroolbark (PSRACS) is a secure
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The Mother & Baby Program is an 8 week exercise and education class conducted by a Physiotherapist. These tailor made exercise classes are run for women who have recently had a baby. Each session
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The assessment and management of adults with conditions affecting their ability to produce and control movement. A common movement disorder is Parkinson’s Disease.
Information for Health
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Program offers a multi-disciplinary approach to people diagnosed with Parkinson’s and related disorders. The service consists of three streams:
- Multi-disciplinary Strategy Training
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The Eastern Health MS Service provides care to people with MS. The service aims to:
- Provide health care that is focused on the patient and family
- Strive for excellence, innovation and
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This day aims to enhance mother’s awareness of self-care and offers information as to how this might be achieved. A number of guest speakers provide useful information for women who just had a
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Mums in training is an exercise class conducted by a physiotherapist with a special interest in women’s health. The exercise class introduces different styles of exercise that suits your needs,
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This program provides clean needles, syringes and alcohol swabs for intravenous drug users.
In Victoria the Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) was originally established to minimise the spread of HIV
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We are a diagnostic laboratory specialised in neurology diagnostic testing.
We provided the following testing:
• Nerve conduction studies
• Electroencephalography (EEG)
• We
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Clinical neuropsychology is a subspecialty of psychology specialising in the relationship between brain and behaviour. Neuropsychologists work with patients who have cognitive impairment, and can
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For assessment and management of neurological concerns requiring surgical intervention.
Referral
GPs are encouraged to used the Victorian Statewide Referral Form (VSRF) which can be downloaded into
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Northside Public Sector Residential Aged Care Service (PSRACS) is a fully accredited specialised aged care facility located in Burwood East on the Peter James campus.
Northside (PSRACS) is a secure,
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The Eastern Health-Deakin University Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre is a collaborative partnership that drives research to improve patient outcomes within the disciplines of nursing and
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Dietetics can assist individuals and groups with nutritional advice.
- Nutritional Assessment
- Healthy eating
- Chronic disease self management eg diabetes
- Achieving a healthy weight
- Other dietary
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This clinic reviews patients who wish to consider weight loss surgery. The clinic is run in conjunction with a dietitian.
Eligibility Criteria
- Body Mass Index (BMI) >40kg/m2
- BMI >35kg/m2
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Obstetric Medicine works with obstetrics, maternal-fetal medicine and general medicine. The Eastern Health Obstetric Medicine Service was established to provide co-ordinated medical input into
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Occupational Therapy is provided at all the major sites across Eastern Health, with a range of inpatient and outpatient services available.
Occupational therapy aims to promote health and well being
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Our Occupational Therapists assist people living at home who may be having difficulties with:
- Managing self care
- Bathing, grooming, toileting
- Managing at home
- Preparing
- Managing self care
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Patients attending the oncology clinic will be supervised for ongoing chemotherapy, palliative aspects of care, and for diagnostic appraisal of new patients who are referred with a suspicion or prior
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This is a general orthopaedic clinic where referrals from the Emergency Department, post-op reviews and urgent GP referrals are seen.
Referrals are also accepted for joint replacement surgery and
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This is a service running for patients with hip and/or knee osteoarthritis that are referred to the Eastern Health orthopaedic departments (Box Hill Hospital or Maroondah Hospital). Patients are
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Management of patients with suspected or diagnosed osteoporosis. This service works in conjunction with orthopaedics on referral for patients with recurrent fractures.
Eligibility Criteria
Private
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The Outer East Crisis Assessment Treatment Team provides assessments to people in psychiatric crisis and short term home treatment as an alternative to hospital.
The team is a multidisciplinary team
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The Outer East Mobile Support and Treatment Service provide intensive home and community based recovery services for people living with a mental illness.
This service focuses on working
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The Outreach Youth Clinic offers a free health service provided by a community health nurse, secondary school nurse and a local GP. It supports young people concerned about any type of health issue
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This clinic sees paediatrics for the management of acute and chronic paediatric medical problems.
Eligibility Criteria
Private clinics must have named specialist on referral
Referral
GPs are
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Eastern Health Pharmacy supports the safe and effective use of medications across the health service.
Pharmacies are located at Box Hill, Maroondah and Angliss Hospitals as well as our subacute
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Physiotherapists work in Acute Outpatient Physiotherapy Departments across Eastern Health assessing and treating patients, following hospital or emergency department admission, for recent injury or
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There are two areas of Women’s Health Physiotherapy in Eastern Health:
Continence and Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy
Currently available at Yarra Ranges Health and Peter James Centre (Eastern
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Physiotherapy can assist you with managing:
- Pain related to muscles, joints and bones
- Rehabilitation after breaking a bone or having surgery
- Soft tissue injuries after a fall or sports
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Our inpatient physiotherapists can provide assessment and management during your hospital stay. The appropriateness of physiotherapy intervention whilst as an inpatient is determined by the
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Mums In Training is a group exercise class for pregnant women, conducted by a physiotherapist working in women's health
Mums In Training is a one hour group exercise class specifically for pregnant
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The purpose of a Planned Activity Group is to engage people in meaningful group social activities which draw on personal strengths, build capacity, encourage independence and involve them in their
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The clinic accepts referrals for initial assessment for plastic surgery, hand, reconstructive surgery including skin cancers, burns and management of fractured fingers. Urgent, semi-urgent and
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The podiatry department of Eastern Health provides podiatry services across the health care network.
Podiatry can assist you with caring for your foot problems.
- Diabetes care:
- Diabetes foot
- Diabetes care:
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We plan and coordinate short term community support for patients after discharge from hospital to assist them during their recuperation period.
Assessment
Hospital staff will assess your discharge
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This clinic conducts a one hour class for postnatal mothers with a suspected stretching or separation of their Diastais Recti Abdominal Muscles (DRAM).
The class involves the assessment, management
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The Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies program is a community based service providing support to women in the Shire of Yarra Ranges. We help pregnant women to connect to services and education. The
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The practice philosophy is oriented towards family medicine, men’s and women’s health and preventive medicine in an accessible, professional and comfortable atmosphere. It is well
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The Eastern Health Primary Mental Health Team is part of the public mental health service system and provides among other things an outreach model of mental health shared care to primary health care
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A 12 session course designed to improve the strength and exercise tolerance of people suffering from a chronic respiratory condition with education sessions to help respiratory patients understand
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The Rapid Access Lung Lesion Clinic at Eastern Health is for adults who require specialist opinion and management of a suspicious lung lesion. The clinic provides multidisciplinary care including
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Ready Set Baby (RSB) is an enhanced antenatal program that aims to provide additional support and education for new mothers. The program is conducted by Eastern Health midwives and community partners
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Inpatient rehabilitation services are provided at the Peter James Centre and Angliss Hospital. Both sites provide specialist neurological and musculoskeletal rehabilitation programs.
Rehabilitation
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The Eastern Health Integrated Renal Service (EHIRS) was established in 2008 to service the growing health needs of people living in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
The service provides a
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The Residential Inreach Service provides an alternative to emergency department presentations for clients in residential aged care facilities (RACF’s). This service aims to support clients and
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This clinic provides general respiratory services to outpatients, including respiratory function assessment, fibreoptic bronchoscopy, sleep monitoring, lung oncology as well as clinical
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he Rheumatology Clinic is divided into disease specific sub clinics: rheumatoid, psoriatic arthritis, connective tissue disease, joint and gout.
Eligibility Criteria
Due to limited resources
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This program is for people who need greater intensive outreach (home based) support that Maroondah Mobile Support Team (MMSTS) alone is unable to provide. The aim is to assist in maintaining mental
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The skin is the outer layer of the body and is the body’s largest organ. Intact skin (not damaged) is regarded as the body’s first line of defence against fluid being lost from the body
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Eastern Health Sleep Services is a NATA accredited service with a six bed state-of-the-art Sleep Laboratory at Box Hill Hospital.
Each of our six single patient rooms has a private ensuite, with
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Individual smoking cessation appointments, conducted by qualified nursing staff. This program is widely recognised as one of the most effective models to assist people to quit smoking.
Eligibility
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Social workers support patients & their families to deal with the psychosocial impacts of hospitalisation and illness. This is achieved by working with them to improve their quality of life and
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The Eastern Health Speech Pathology teams work with adults, adolescents and children with communication, thinking skills (cognition) and swallowing difficulties.
Communication difficulties may
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Eastern Health Speech Pathologists provide services based in the hospital for the assessment and management of communication, cognition and swallowing difficulties during an inpatient's stay in the
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Eastern Health Speech Pathologists provide Community Rehabilitation services for the assessment and management of communication, cognition and swallowing difficulties.
Located at:
Centre Based
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Eastern Health upholds the World Health Organisation’s statement of respect for ‘the uniqueness of each person and the need to respond to each individual's spiritual quest for meaning,
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The Strength Training program at Healesville Hospital and Yarra Valley Health is a low impact, individual workout program that is conducted in a group setting. The program is specifically designed to
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• Stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA) clinics are held at Box Hill Hospital and Maroondah Hospital three times per week.
• Clinics are held at Maroondah Hospital on Tuesday and
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o Programs in the eastern metropolitan region for families where a parent has a mental illness - Term 3 2017 Programs (download)
o CHAMPS (Children and
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A supported playgroup for parents living the Yarra Valley. This playgroup is a group for parents who meet regularly to participate with their children in activities focusing on their child’s
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This service provides assessment and management of paediatric surgical intervention and post operative review after surgery.
Eligibility Criteria
This service provides assessment and management of
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This clinic manages surgical disease of the oesophagus, stomach, pancreas, liver and biliary tree. This involves the range of conditions from common problems such as gallstones to conditions that
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The clinic will accept referrals for all general surgical clinical conditions. Patients requiring surgery will be placed onto the Eastern Health surgical waiting list.
Eligibility Criteria
The
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Tai chi is an ancient, Chinese martial art form that is practiced around the world as a type of gentle exercise. It involves smooth, flowing movements to help improve the flow of life energy, or Qi
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Welcome to Telehealth at Eastern Health.
Telehealth is being introduced at Eastern Health as a new way of connecting patients and health care providers to each other, without the need for travelling
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Transition Care aims to help older people complete their recovery following a hospital stay. The program can be provided in the community or in a residential setting. Each client will receive an
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The Urology Department offers assessment, investigation and further management of all adult urological disorders, including urologic cancers, stone disease and incontinence.
This clinics holds
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Clinic for the entire range of arterial and vascular disease, especially aneurysms, carotid disease and lower limb ischaemia.
Eligibility Criteria
All referrals are triaged for urgency. Please
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The Wantirna Health palliative care inpatient unit is a 30 bed specialist palliative care unit. We provide care for patients with life limiting illnesses. People are admitted for various reasons,
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The Well Women's Clinic offers free health screenings, education and information to women of all ages.
- Pap screening
- Pregnancy testing and options counselling
- Breast health information
- Family
Eastern Health is committed to ensuring the communities we service receive care that is responsive to their cultural and language needs.
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