The Victorian Sexual Health Network is expanding with Yarram and District Health Service becoming the sixth GP partner clinic. Sensational news! People living in Yarram and surrounding districts now have more sexual health services available. The team at Yarram and District Health Service have undergone extensive sexual health training with Melbourne Sexual Health Centre.
Yarram and District Health Services are now offering a comprehensive range of sexual health services under the Sexual Health in Practice (SHIP) program, including:
- Nurse assessment and GP consultation
- Routine check-ups for sexually transmissible infections (STIs)
- Testing and treatment for people with STI symptoms
- Treatment for chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis and genital warts
- Sex work certificates: check-ups for people working in the sex industry
- Prescriptions for PEP and PrEP
- Medicare bulk-billed service to eligible SHIP patients
Yarram and District Health Service has built a new Integrated Healthcare Centre which delivers a range of health services including:
- allied health
- community support
- GP services
- mental health
- pathology services
- sexual health
Yarram and District Health Service provides all-inclusive and welcoming services to the LGBTIQ+ and Indigenous communities. They pride themselves on the extensive and reliable health services on offer.
To access sexual health services at Yarram and District Health Service, call (03) 5182 0222 and request a SHIP appointment.
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