HEALTH CENTRE

The Health Centre is staffed by a Community Health Nurse half a day per week. The school health service is an accessible way for secondary students to access health care and health information for issues such as:

  • • Healthy eating and nutrition

  • • Healthy weight and body image

  • • Coping with illness

  • • Feeling anxious, stressed or unhappy

  • • Mental health and wellbeing

  • • Loss and grief

  • • Relationships

  • • Sexual health

  • • Smoking, alcohol and drug use, and

  • • Other adolescent health concerns

Please note that school facilities allow for the provision of basic first aid only. Services are not designed to for sick or injured students to remain at school. Parents/guardians will be notified when students are unable to continue class participation and they will be responsible for transport to home or hospital for care. Ambulance costs are directed to the parents/guardians.

Appointments are required for non-urgent consultation. These appointments can be booked via referral to Student Wellbeing.