Remote health services

To find a remote health clinic or remote health programs go to the Bushtel website.

Primary health care services

Not all Top End and Central Australian sites have access to all services.

Emergency

• emergencies in business hours
• emergencies after hours
• ambulance service
• obstetric emergencies
• mental health emergencies
• disaster management.

General

• medical assessment by a health practitioner or registered nurse
• blood pressure check
• wound management
• anticoagulant therapy
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health checks - all ages
• pain management
• X-ray.

Cancer

• some cancer checks and treatment.

Cardiac services - see emergency also

• cardiac assessment, including acute rheumatic fever
• rheumatic heart disease check and treatment
• blood lipids check.

Diabetes

• diabetes checks, including blood glucose tests
• HbA1c testing
• ACR (Albumin: creatinine ratio) testing
• diabetes in pregnancy check.

Infectious disease

• sexually transmitted infections (STI) checks and treatment
• disease outbreaks services
• tuberculosis checks and treatment
• leprosy checks and treatment
• blood borne virus checks
• strongyloides (worms) treatment.

Kidneys

• kidney function checks and treatments
• haemodialysis
• emergency dialysis - peritoneal
• urinary continence advice.

Respiratory

Respiratory assessment and treatment.

Maternal, women's health and obstetrics

• emergency birth
• antenatal and postnatal problems
• contraception advice
• sexual and reproductive health
• parenting groups
• antenatal checks
• diabetes in pregnancy
• postnatal checks
• breastfeeding
• postnatal depression checks
• cervical screening.

Child health

• child health checks - weight, height, development, hearing, eyes and skin
• anaemia check and treatment
• growth faltering check and treatment
• azithromycin treatment for bronchiectasis
• vaccinations
• complex care coordination
• dental check - see visiting services below for dental therapist
• trachoma check.

Mental health and alcohol and other drugs

• basic counselling
• social and emotional wellbeing assessment
• psychiatric community order review
• mental health assessment and treatment
• suicide assessment
• alcohol and other drugs assessment
• after hospital discharge checks.

Rehabilitation

• complex care coordination
• stoma care
• aged and disability referrals
• spinal care.

Healthy lifestyle

• smoking
• falls
• health promotion activities, groups, prevention services - such as healthy skin program
• early intervention programs
• environmental health
• vaccination programs.

Other services

• outstations / homelands services
• palliative care
• acute illness assessment and treatment
• Patient Assistance Travel Scheme (PATS) available
• telehealth available.

Visiting services

Attendance of visiting services varies from fortnightly to annually. Services include:

• dentist for adults
• dental therapist for children
• dietitian
• ultrasound
• Centre for Disease Control
• Age Care Assessment Team (ACAT)
• physiotherapist
• occupational therapist
• palliative care team
• exercise physiologist
• podiatrist
• cardiac educator
• diabetes educator
• audiologist
• surgeon
• physician
• obstetrician/gynaecologist
• cardiologist
• endocrinologist
• urologist/renal team
• respiratory team
• ear, nose and throat
• pharmacist
• Alcohol and Other Drugs Team
• Volatile Substances Assessment (VSA) team
• paediatrician
• ophthalmologist
• optometrist
• psychiatrist / Mental Health team
• speech pathologist
• Spinal Team
• psychologist
• social worker.

Contact details for Top End clinics

Contact details for Barkly clinics

Contact details for Central Australia clinics

Top End primary health care sites

Listed below are the places you can access primary health care in the Top End.

Darwin region

Top End West district:

• Adelaide River
• Batchelor 
• Nauiyu (Daly River)
• Palumpa
• Peppimenarti
• Wadeye (Port Keats).

Top End Central district:

• Belyuen
• Milikapiti
• Warrumiyanga
• Pirlangimpi
• Wagait Beach.

West Arnhem / Maningrida district:

• Gunbalanya (Oenpelli)
• Jabiru
• Maningrida
• Minjilang
• Warruwi.

Darwin urban district:

• Casuarina Community Care Centre
• Karama Child and Family Health Clinic
• Nylander Child and Family Health Clinic
• Palmerston Community Care Centre.

Prisons district:

• Darwin prison
• Don Dale
• police watch houses.

East Arnhem region

East Arnhem North district:

• Gapuwiyak
• Ramingining
• Nhulunbuy Community Care Centre.

East Arnhem South district:

• Alyangula
• Angurugu
• Milyakburra (Bickerton Island)
• Numbulwar
• Umbakumba.

Katherine region

Katherine district:

• Borroloola Primary Health Care Centre
• Pine Creek Primary Health Care Centre
• Robinson River Primary Health Care Centre
• Katherine Urban Community Care Centre.

Central Australia primary health care sites

Alice Springs district:

• Peter Sitzler Building Primary Health Care
• Remote Alcohol and other Drugs Workforce
• Flynn Drive Community Health Care
• Prison Health Care
• Police Watch House.