EYE HEALTH
General Information
The WAMS Program Team provide Primary Health Care and opportunistic health screening to towns within the Walgett Shire and other remote locations. One of the main focuses of the Program Team is to provide health promotion activities which are implemented into the community to increase awareness on various health issues.
Eye Health
The Eye Health Worker assists the visiting Optometrist to conduct Eye Health Clinics in a number of communities.
Clinics are held in the following communities:
- Collarenebri
- Goodooga
- Lightning Ridge
- Narrabri
- Pilliga
- Walgett
- Wee Waa
The Eye Health Worker is located in the Chronic Disease Building and can be contacted on (02) 6820 3777 or 6820 3729
Links
- PHN - Allied Health
- NSW Spectacle Program
- Vision Australia - Benefits & Funding
- Brien Holden Vision Institute
- Health Info Net - Closing the Gap
Information
Article: "My Involvement in Aboriginal Vision Programmes" - Colina Waddell
2014-09-01 - Elligiblity spectacles program for Aboriginal people EMAIL
2014-12-18 - NSW Spectacles Program
Eye Health Directory August 2015
