Hi, I’m Kat Theophanous - the Labor Member of Parliament for Northcote in the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
Hi, I’m Kat Theophanous - the Labor Member of Parliament for Northcote in the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
Aboriginal women across metropolitan Melbourne will soon have access to a new dedicated service providing free, comprehensive and culturally safe care – with the Allan Labor Government announcing a new Aboriginal women’s health clinic.
Minister for Health Mary-Anne Thomas today announced First Peoples’ Health and Wellbeing (FPHW) will deliver the new clinic from their Thomastown and Frankston locations from mid-2025.
The clinic will provide a range of services including screening, diagnosis, and management of women’s health conditions, including pelvic pain, endometriosis, menopause, long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), and termination of pregnancy.
In addition to offering the services at their clinics in the city’s north and south east, FPHW will work closely with services across the state to provide care, referral pathways and education – ensuring location is no barrier to care.
Aboriginal Women’s Health Clinic staff will play a key role in service navigation for patients, streamlining access to timely and culturally safe diagnostic and treatment services across the healthcare system.
The clinic will also help to address the ongoing health equity and outcomes by increasing patients understanding of their own bodies, fostering self-determination in health and wellbeing, and promoting women’s health literacy.
The Aboriginal Women’s Health Clinic is part of the Labor Government’s landmark $153 million women’s health package to bridge the existing gap in women’s healthcare – including a new mobile women’s health clinic, virtual women’s health clinic, and 20 women’s health clinics.