Better health links

• Health Organisations, Agencies and Services

  • In an emergency dial
    000
  • 24 hour Health Advice Line
    1800 022 222
  • Poisons Information Line
    131 126
  • My Aged Care (MAC)
    1800 200 422
  • Older Persons Advocacy Network
    Supporting you to understand and exercise your aged care rights 1800 700 600
  • Diabetes Australia
    1300 136 588
  • National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS)
    1300 136 588
  • Kidney Health Australia
    1800 454 363
  • Legal Aid NSW
    Free Legal helpline 1300 888 529
  • Seniors Rights Service
    1800 424 079
  • DVA-Dept. of Veterans Affairs
    General enquiries 1800 555 254 - you can book a taxi, claim form for travel
  • Get Healthy – information and coaching service
    gethealthynsw.com.au
  • Commonwealth Respite and Carelink Centre
    Provides emergency respite and carer support 1800 052 222
  • Community Health Centres – Eurobodalla
  • Moruya Phone 44 741 561
  • Narooma Phone 44 762 344
  • Batemans Bay Phone 44 751 620
  • Local Health District (Oral) (Dentist)
    1800 450 046

  • IPPTAS- Isolated Patients Travel & Accommodation Assistance Scheme
    1800 800 511

  Merimbula Home Nursing Service

  Merimbula Home Nursing Service operates across the SE Region in three regional locations.

  • Merimbula Nursing Service – covering Bega Valley Shire
    33 Beach Street, Merimbula Phone 02 6495 3939
  • Eurobodalla Nursing Service – covering Eurobodalla Shire and South Durras to Cobargo/Bermagui
    Ground Floor, Queen Street Medical Centre, 9 Mirrabooka Avenue, Moruya Phone 02 4474 4499
  • Cooma-Monaro Nursing Service – covering Cooma-Monaro, Snowy River, Bombala Shires
    Werri Nina Community Centre, 227 Sharp Street, Cooma Phone 02 6452 5252

• ATSI Health

  The Katungal Aboriginal Community Corporation & Medical Service

  • Batemans Bay
    1/3 Old Princes Hwy Phone 4488 4050
  • Narooma
    26 Princes Hwy Phone 4476 2155

  Your Grand Pacific Health (GPH) Aboriginal Health Teams

  • Moruya
    84 Murray St Phone 4474 2783
  • Bega
    89 Carp St Bega Phone 6492 3768

• Immunisation

  • The Australian Childhood Immunisation Register  
    1800 653 809

  Immunise Australia Program
  This Department of Health site is an excellent online guide to immunisation for parents and carers.

  Save the date phone app
  NSW Health has developed the SAVE THE DATE phone app, it’s an easy, free app for your phone to help you ensure your children are immunised on time.

• Mental Health Services

  • Lifeline Australia Crisis support / suicide prevention 
    13 11 14
  
  
  • Mental Health Access Line
    1800 011 511

  Kids Helpline
  For kids, teens and young adults, parents and carers. Free private and confidential online/phone counselling service.

  • Beyond Blue Support. Advice. Action
    1300 224 636
  • The Beyond Blue site for people 12 to 25
    Need to talk to someone? 24 hours: 1300 224 636

  R U OK suicide prevention 
  This not-for-profit organisation’s vision is a world where we are all connected and protected from suicide. They aim to encourage and equip us to regularly and meaningfully ask “are you ok?”

  National Youth Mental Health Foundation/Headspace
  Provides a service designed to make it easy as possible for a young person and their family to get the help they need for problems affecting their wellbeing such as mental health and physical health, work and study support, alcohol and other drug services.

  The Black Dog Institute
  Aims to significantly reduce the incidence of mental health and suicide, remove stigma and empower all people. Information for all ages including health professionals.

  The Blue Knot Foundation
  Supporting adults who are survivors of childhood trauma and abuse.

  The Butterfly Foundation
  Online, email and phone support for Australians 14+ living with eating disorders and their family and friends.

  Mental Health in Multicultural Australia
  Provides advice and support for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

• Mental Health self-help and support online

  SANE
  Helping all Australians affected by mental illness lead a better life.

  Mind health connect
  Find information about mental health resources for all ages that really work.

  MindSpot
  Combines educational and practical exercises with regular contact with a MindSpot therapist – discreet, effective help.

  Reachout
  A leading 14 – 25 mental health and wellbeing website, with fact sheets, stories, forums and apps to help young people understand and manage their mental health.
  Using ReachOut Guides

  Children of Parents with a Mental Illness
  A site for Children of Parents with a Mental Illness (COPMI) – stories and information for young people 10–18 whose parents have a mental illness.

  Bite Back 
  An ever-changing space which aims to improve the wellbeing and mental fitness 12–18 year olds

  Happify
  Online positive psychology games website for people 16+
  Happify Guide

  Mental Health online
  Offers self-guided or therapist assistant programs for panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, GAD, OCD, PTSD, depression and insomnia.

• Sexual Health Services - Eurobodalla

  • Eurobodalla Sexual Health Service
    Batemans Bay, Moruya, Narooma – 1300 139 887 or 0427 219 874
  • Bega Valley Sexual Health Service
    Bega, Pambula, Eden – 1300 131 562 or 0477 337 585

  You can also find out more info by calling

  • NSW Sexual Health Infolink
    1800 451 624
  • NSW PEP Hotline
    1800 737 669