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Doctors in Secondary Schools Program

The Victorian Government is making sure young people are getting the health support, advice and treatment they need so they can reach their full potential.

Doctors in Schools Program in Gippsland

Doctors in Secondary Schools Program

Each of the nine secondary schools participating in the Doctors in Secondary Schools (DiSS) program is serviced by a general practitioner, practice nurse and general practice management to support the program delivery and access to students.

This initiative has provided modern, fit-for-purpose consulting room in schools. All secondary school students who are enrolled in a participating school across Gippsland have access to a GP and practice nurse. The schools are listed below.

GPs and practice nurses attend the DiSS onsite at the secondary school on either a weekly or fortnightly basis. Telehealth has also been introduced as an option for consultation.

The objectives of the program are to:

  • Make primary health care more accessible to students
  • Provide support to young people through the early identification of health problems
  • Reduce the pressure on working families.

Program principles include:

  • Equity of service
  • No cost of access to a student, parent or caregiver
  • Youth friendly
  • Staff trained in adolescent health
  • Student confidentiality
  • Cultural safety

Gippsland PHN funds the following general practices to deliver DiSS services in local secondary schools:

  • Swifts Creek P-12 School – Gippsland Lakes Complete Health
  • Bairnsdale Secondary College – Gippsland Lakes Complete Health
  • Sale Secondary College – Inglis Medical Centre
  • Traralgon Secondary College – Latrobe Community Health Service
  • Kurnai College – Latrobe Community Health Service
  • Neerim District Secondary College – Neerim South Medical Centre
  • Warragul Regional College – Latrobe Community Health Service
  • Drouin Secondary College – Central Clinic, Warragul

To find out more download the DiSS Operational Guidelines.

Additional Resource

You can also call HeadtoHelp on 1800 595 212 or visit visit www.headtohelp.org.au

Key contacts

LifeLine

13 11 14

BeyondBlue Support Service

1300 224 365

Suicide Call Back Service

1300 659 467

MensLine

1300 789 987

Kids Helpline

1800 551 800

Qlife

1800 184 527

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Gippsland PHN is committed to providing inclusive services and work environments where people of all backgrounds, sexualities, genders, cultures, spiritual beliefs, age, bodies and abilities are valued, supported and celebrated.

Gippsland PHN acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional owners of country throughout Gippsland, and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to them and their cultures, and to elders both past and present.

We also recognise, respect and affirm the central role played in our work by people with lived experience, their families and/or carers.

Gippsland PHN acknowledges Alfie Hudson for the healing circles artwork. Alfie is a Gunai Kurnai man and created this artwork which represents health professionals being committed to work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members for the best health outcomes.

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