Refugee Health Nurse- Dental Programs

Aug 3, 2023

Refugee Health Nurse- Dental Programs

Refugee health nurses are located at various community health services, some of those have public dental programs.

It can be beneficial to refer people seeking asylum to the refugee health programs (RHPs) as they can provide ongoing support, advocacy and follow up for health issues. People can be referred to the program that is closest to their residential address. How to refer is listed below.

The list of Melbourne-metro Refugee Health Programs are as below:

East – EACH

Catchment area – Yarra Ranges, Maroondah, Knox, Whitehorse, Manningham, Stonington,

City of Monash– Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley

Referrals can be emailed to:  refugee.health@each.com.au

West – IPC

Catchment area – Wyndham, Hobson’s Bay, Brimbank

Referrals can be emailed to:

Brimbank Intake Brimbank.Intake@ipchealth.com.au OR,

Wyndham Intake Wyndham.Intake@ipchealth.com.au

West (inner) – cohealth

Catchment area- Maribyrnong, Melbourne, Moonee Valley, Yarra. 

All referrals to be completed on-line.

cohealth

West (outer) Western Health (formerly Djerriwarrh Health Service)

Catchment area – Melton, Moorabool, Caroline Springs

Referrals can be emailed to:

intake@djhs.org.au  or  Fax : 9746 0668

North – DPV

Catchment area- Hume, Whittlesea

Referrals can be emailed to:

intake@dpvhealth.org.au

North (inner) – YOUR Community Health

Catchment area – Darebin, Banyule LGAs

Referrals can be emailed to:

info@yourcommunityhealth.org.au 

South East – Monash

Catchment area- City of Greater Dandenong, Casey and Cardinia LGAs

Referrals can be emailed to: rhn@monashhealth.org 

Immunisation notification to be sent to refugeeimmunisation@cgd.vic.gov.au​

Referrals requiring urgent attention must be discussed with Nurse on Triage, Ph 9792 8100. This number should also be used for escalation or secondary consultation

Referrals requiring urgent attention must be discussed with Nurse on Triage, Ph 9792 8100. This number should also be used for escalation or secondary consultation

The Victorian Refugee Health Network reiterates it’s auspicing agency’s acknowledgement of country:

The primary locations of the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture Inc., Brunswick, Dallas, Dandenong, Sunshine, and our outpost location in Ringwood, are on the traditional lands of the Kulin nation.  In keeping with Foundation House’s aspiration to heal individuals and communities we recognise the loss of land, children, language, lore and spiritual and physical wellbeing of the people of the Kulin nation and other Indigenous Victorians due to the impact of colonisation.

We believe that acknowledging the past and its impact on the present is vital in building strong Victorian communities. We recognise the survival and enduring strengths of Victorian Indigenous culture in spite of such dispossession and aim to build respectful and informed relationships with the Victorian Indigenous community based on the acknowledgment of their unique position as the traditional owners of Victoria. As such, Foundation House is committed to the acknowledgment and participation of Indigenous Victorians within Foundation House events and this is reflected in our official protocols.

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