- Clinic on wheels to deliver health services to Aboriginal people in South-West
- Brunswick Junction and Collie first towns to benefit
A new mobile clinic will soon be hitting the road to deliver health services to Aboriginal people in the South-West region, thanks to funding from the State Government.
Officially launched in Bunbury today by Regional Development Minister Brendon Grylls, the South West Aboriginal Medical Service's Kaarbapiny Maar mobile clinic will next month begin operating on a trial basis in Brunswick Junction and Collie.
"I am pleased $200,000 in funding from Royalties for Regions and the South West Development Commission has helped the South West Aboriginal Medical Service get the wheels turning on this new health service," Mr Grylls said.
"The clinic on wheels, which incorporates a nurse station and examination space, will give people living in areas outside Bunbury the opportunity to consult with general practitioners and allied health staff without having to travel into the South-West city.
"Kaarbapiny Maar means 'healing hands' and this new service is on track to improving health in regional areas by providing people with access to important services closer to home.
"The service will initially be trialed in Brunswick Junction and Collie, with the opportunity to expand to other South-West communities once the trial has come to a conclusion."
The Minister said the outreach program had been designed to complement existing health services in the region.
"The clinic will help improve access to health services by providing a culturally sensitive outreach service, and where possible it will deliver services in partnership with other service providers," he said.
"While the clinic has been designed to respond to Aboriginal health needs, non-Aboriginal people in need of the mobile clinic will also be welcomed as clients."
Fact File
- $200,000 funding from Royalties for Regions and South West Development Commission
Minister's office - 9213 7000
