South West Healthcare

  • Birthing services suspended at Camperdown

    Birthing services are suspended at Camperdown Hospital, and with Colac not a reliable option, expecting mothers in the region are having to turn to other hospitals up to over an hour away.

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  • Camperdown vaccination centre closes

    South West Healthcare will close Camperdown’s COVID-19 vaccination centre, following low vaccination numbers in the past couple of months.

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  • Generational health study

    The parents of newborns at Camperdown can now take part in an innovative project aiming to improve child and adult health and wellbeing across the state.

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  • Camperdown training pays off

    Twenty months of preparations were immediately put to use when news came through that Corangamite Shire had recorded a positive COVID-19 case.

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  • Long drive for COVID test

    South West Healthcare says COVID-19 testing clinics are not a realistic option for every rural town, after a report that a Camperdown resident had to pay to get tested at a local GP clinic.

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  • Clinic vax back to routine

    South West Healthcare says its normal vaccinations will go ahead at Camperdown from this week.

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  • Patients wait 18 months for public dental services

    The average waiting time for Colac’s public dental service sits just below the state average, but people can still expect to wait a year and a half on average for dental care.

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