Community Health

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 

Privacy

Yea & District Memorial Hospital is committed to protecting the privacy of personal and health information.

Information we collect through this website

You can generally browse the Yea & District Memorial Hospital (YDMH) website without identifying yourself or providing personal information.

 

We may receive personal information from you when you choose to contact us through the website, including when you:

 

  • complete an online form
  • send us an email
  • provide feedback
  • make an enquiry or request information
  • contact YDMH using contact details provided on the website.

 

The type of information collected will depend on the nature of your enquiry or interaction with us.

How we use your information

Information you provide through our website will generally be used for the purpose for which it was provided. This may include responding to an enquiry, processing feedback, providing requested information or directing your enquiry to the appropriate YDMH staff member or service.

 

We will only use or disclose personal information for other purposes where permitted or required by law.

Website analytics and cookies

Our website may use cookies and website analytics tools to help us understand how visitors use the site and to improve its performance, accessibility and content.

 

Cookies are small files stored on your device by your web browser. Depending on the services used by our website, information collected may include your browser and device type, pages visited, approximate location, referring website and the date and time of your visit.

 

Some pages may also contain content or services provided by third parties, such as maps, videos or social media content. These providers may use their own cookies or collect information in accordance with their own privacy policies.

 

You can control or disable cookies through your web browser settings. Disabling some cookies may affect how certain parts of the website function.

Personal and health information

YDMH is committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of personal and health information.

 

Personal and health information is handled in accordance with applicable Victorian privacy legislation, including the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic) and the Health Records Act 2001 (Vic), as well as other legal and regulatory requirements that apply to Victorian public health services.

 

Information submitted through this website should not be used to provide urgent or emergency medical information. If you require urgent medical assistance, call 000.

Accessing or correcting your information

You may request access to personal information held about you by YDMH or ask us to correct information that you believe is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date.

 

Access to some information, including health records, may be subject to specific processes or requirements under Victorian legislation.

 

For information about accessing documents through Freedom of Information (FOI), please see our Freedom of Information information or contact YDMH for assistance.

Privacy enquiries and complaints

If you have a question about how YDMH handles your personal or health information, believe your privacy has been breached, or would like to make a privacy complaint, please contact:

 

Yea & District Memorial Hospital
45 Station Street
Yea VIC 3717
Phone: (03) 5736 0400

 

We will treat privacy enquiries and complaints seriously and respond in accordance with our privacy obligations and applicable legislation.

Accessibility

Yea & District Memorial Hospital is committed to making our website and online information accessible to as many people as possible, regardless of ability or technology.

We aim to provide information that is clear, easy to understand and easy to navigate, and to meet the current Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Level AA.

Accessible formats

If you have difficulty accessing information on this website, or need information provided in another format, please contact us.

Phone: (03) 5736 0400
Email: YeaHospital@ydmh.org.au

We will work with you to provide the information in an accessible format where possible.

Improving accessibility

If you experience an accessibility problem with this website, please let us know. Your feedback helps us improve the accessibility of our information and services.

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