Yea & District Memorial Hospital offers the following Community Health Services to assist and support our community with their health and wellbeing.
Cardiac Support Program
Diabetes Education
Dietetics
Our Cardiac Nurse provides free heart health checks, risk factor management advice, ongoing support following a cardiac procedure or diagnosis. Convenient visits in centre or at your home.
Our Diabetes Nurse Educator works with you and other health care partners to support your diabetes management – face to face clinic appointments or tele health available.
Our Dietitian can work closely with you to develop dietary strategies designed to help deal with, prevent or treat a wide range of health and medical conditions for both adults and children. Healthy eating modification can also be provided. Our Dietitian is also available to do community group presentations.
Mental Health
Social Work
Speech Pathology
Our two clinically trained mental health nurses are available to assist with any mental health concerns you may be experiencing, from anxiety, depression, borderline personality disorder, bipolar affective disorder, schizophrenia, family violence, trauma, drug and alcohol use.
LGBTIQA + and ATSI trained. Age Range – from teenagers upwards.
Our Social Worker focuses on enhancing personal and community well-being by providing support, resources, and advocacy for individuals, families, and groups to address social, personal, and structural challenges.
We offer services for both children (pre-school) and adults. Our children’s services are based at Yea and Kinglake attached to kindergartens. Our service for adults – supports anyone with language & swallowing difficulties.
Appointment Process
Call Yea Community Health on 5736 0448 to book an appointment.
Cost of Appointments
Yea & District Memorial Hospital charge fee / co-payment for its Community Health services.
Our fees are charged in accordance with the Victorian Department of Health & Human Services guidelines and will be discussed at the point of contact. Please see information below regarding the schedule of fees.
Note: YDMH is not a Registered NDIS provider and our Community Health staff are not Medicare service providers
Waiting Room
Whilst waiting for your appointment, please take a seat in the newly refurbished waiting room in the Grace Bennetts Centre, Miller Street corridor.
District Nursing
Click Here – For information about the Yea District Nursing Service
Fees
The structure of these fees is as follows:
Community Health schedule of fees (current February 2025)
Appointments over 1 hour may be charged in 15 minute blocks.
No person will be denied access to a service because of an inability to pay or contribute to service fees. If you are unable to pay the set co-payment fee for the service you have been referred to please call 03 5736 0400.
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Activity / population type |
Policy |
Fee payable | ||
| Low | Medium | High | ||
| Financially dependent children | Parents of financially dependent children may be charged if they are not low income. | Nil | $17.50 | $122.10 |
| Health promotion and group activities | Agencies may charge a fee for group activities. | $8.85 | $8.85 | $8.85 |
| District Nursing Service | Chargeable services * plus consumables/dressing costs |
$4.40 (per visit) |
$38.90 (per hour) |
$118.40 (per hour) |
| Counselling/casework consultations | No charge for low and medium income clients | Nil | Nil | $122.10 |
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Allied health consultations provided by Yea Community Health
|
Chargeable services | $11.50 | $17.50 | $122.10 |
| Interpreting | Nil | Nil | Nil | |
| Initial needs identification | Nil | Nil | Nil | |
| Other services and items (such as report writing, court attendance, information material, secondary consultations) |
Where appropriate, such service fees may be charged even when associated with a service that does not attract a fee (e.g. counselling provided to a low income person). Fees should be levied in a manner consistent with the exemptions and capping provisions included in this policy. |
Agency may set fees | Agency may set fees | Agency may set fees |
Income Ranges
(Effective September 2024)
The Community Health income ranges are based on the Centrelink Income Test for pensioners.
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Low income |
Medium income |
High income |
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Individual |
< $39,089 |
> $39,089 |
< $86,208 |
> $86,208 |
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Couple |
< $59,802 |
> $59,802 |
< $115,245 |
> $115,245 |
|
Family (one child) |
< $66,009 |
> $66,009 |
< $118,546 |
> $118,546 |
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(plus $6,206 per additional child) |
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https://www.health.vic.gov.au/community-health/community-health-fees-schedule-and-income-ranges
Waiting Lists
A waiting list may occur and priority is given to those with the highest assessed need.
Private Allied Health Services
Yea & District Memorial Hospital has some private providers utilising various spaces in our buildings, to help provide a range of healthcare services to our community. These services do not come under our Community Health Fee structure.
This includes, but is not limited to:
- Podiatry
- Audiology
- Physiotherapy
- Psychology