Lower Eyre Health Service - Community Health Services

Lower Eyre Health Services, provides to the community a number of Community and Allied Health Services. These services are available at the Cummins Hospital campus and the Tumby Bay Hospital campus.

As part of the Lower Eyre Community Health Services dedication to the youth of the district, we have released a Youth Services Information Booklet, entitled 'Where do you get it?' It is a valuable directory of services available to the youth of the district.

To download a copy please click on this link - pdf 555kb

For appointments or enquiries Phone: (08) 8688 2629

A large proportion of these services are specifically funded by the Commonwealth and is called a Regional Health Service (RHS) This funding has been available since January 2002, and is effective for a three year period.

The Outcomes & objectives of the Regional Health Services program are:

Improve the health and wellbeing of people in rural Australia

Improve access to quality primary health care services

Play a role in the recruitment and retention of health professionals in rural communities.

Enable flexible delivery of services

Assist service viability.

Current services are:

Podiatry

Dietetics

Speech Pathology

Mental Health Services

Community Nursing/Midwifery

Health Promotion And Community Development

Youth Services

Transport (wheelchair access bus)

Other services not Regional Health Service funded are:

Diabetes Education

Physiotherapy (Public & Private)

Chiropractor

Child & Youth Health

Optometry

Rural Counsellor

Family & Youth Service

Grow

Social Work Services

What Social Work services are provided by Lower Eyre Health Services?
The social work service assists people by providing them with the skills to cope with difficult life circumstances, including grief & loss, stress and other emotionally traumatic experiences.
The social worker is a member of the Community Health Team and participates in health initiatives, such as community awareness campaigns.

Who Uses Social Work services?
Anyone can make use of this free health service. If another service is more appropriate, the social worker could arrange a referral for you.

Referrals can be made to a Social Worker by:

Yourself

Spouse, parent or family member

Your Doctor or other health professionals

Carer

Enquiries,appointments and referrals to:

Lower Eyre Community Health

Ph: 8688 2629