Health Service Directory
ACTIVITIES
Day Care Centre - Bingo, cards, etc.
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Sue Hallas
Phone: 03 6359 0200
Ladies Day Out
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Sue Hallas
Phone: 03 6359 0200
Senior Men's Programme
Town: Whitemark
Phone: 03 6359 0200
AGED CARE BUS RUN
Flinders Island Aboriginal Association Inc
Town: Lady Barron
Phone: 03 6359 3532
ALCOHOL & DRUG SUPPORT
Kat Bester
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Flinders Island Multi-Purpose Centre
Mobile: 0487 781 047
AMBULANCE
Ambulance Emergency
Phone: 0 0 0
Ambulance Non Emergency
Phone: 1800 008 008
ANTENATAL CLINIC
LGH Antenatal Clinic
Town: Launceston
Phone: 03 6348 8980
BREAST SCREEN
Breast Screen Tasmania
Phone: 13 20 50
CARER RESPITE
Carer Respite Centre
Phone: 1800 059 059
Family Based Care & Cwlth Carer Respite
Phone: 1300 360 759
CHILD HEALTH CLINIC
FI Community Health Nurse
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Bev Watson
Phone: 03 6359 0200
CHILD PROTECTION
Child Protection & Referral Service
Phone: 1300 737 639
CHILDCARE
Furneaux Child Care Centre (Duckpond)
Town: Whitemark
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
Peter Crosby-Brown
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Ochre Medical Centre
Phone: 03 6359 2011
Positive Solutions
Town: Launceston
COMMUNITY BUS
Community Transport Services Tasmania Inc.
Phone: 1800 781 033
COMMUNITY NURSING
CBI Aboriginal Association
Town: CBI
Phone: 03 6359 3566
Flinders Island Multi Purpose Centre
Town: Whitemark
Phone: 03 6359 0200
COUNSELLING SERVICES
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Town: Launceston
Phone: 03 6334 7060
Family & Relationship Counselling Sevice
Town: Launceston
Phone: 03 6332 0600
Family Relationship Centre
Town: Launceston
Phone: 03 6336 7000
Positive Solutions
Town: Launceston
Relationships Australia
DENTIST
Government Dental Service by appointment
Town: Whitemark
Contact: RFDS Dental Service
Mobile: 0429 322 253
Private Dental Service by appointment
Town: Whitemark
DIABETES EDUCATOR
at FI MPC and CBI by appointment
Town: Whitemark/CBI
Phone: 03 6359 0200
DIETICIAN
by referral from FIGP / FIMPC / Community Nurse or FIAAI
DOCTORS
Cape Barren Island Health Centre
Town: CBI
Phone: 03 6359 3566
Flinders Island Aboriginal Assoc Inc (FIAAI)
Town: Lady Barron
Phone: 03 6359 3532
Ochre Medical Centre
Town: Whitemark
Phone: 03 6359 2011
EMOTIONAL WELL BEING PRACTICES
Reiki, massage, bush flower essence
Town: CBI
Contact: CBI Health & Wellbeing Centre
Phone: 03 6359 3675
EXERCISE CLASSES
Circuit Class
Town: Lady Barron
Contact: Kathleen Heap
Mobile: 0428 212 751
FIAAI Heart & Lung Program
Town: Lady Barron
Phone: 03 6359 3532
FIAAI Sizzling Seniors
Town: Lady Barron
Phone: 03 6359 3532
Martial Arts
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Glenn Sandford
Mobile: 0432 161 703
Reiki, massage, bush flower essence
Town: CBI
Contact: CBI Health & Wellbeing Centre
Phone: 03 6359 3675
EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGIST
by referral from FIGP / FIMPC / Community Nurse or FIAAI
FAMILY PLANNING
Family Planning
Town: Launceston
Phone: 03 6343 4566
FITNESS CLASSES
Kathleen Ives-Heap
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Kathleen Ives-Heap
Mobile: 0428 212 751
FOOT CARE
Flinders Island Multi Purpose Centre by appointment
Town: Whitemark
Phone: 03 6359 0200
FORTNIGHLTY APPOINTMENTS (THU)
FI Child Health Nurse
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Bev Watson
Phone: 03 6359 0200
FORTNIGHTLY GATHERINGS
Senior Men's Programme
Town: Whitemark
Phone: 03 6359 0200
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Town: Whitemark
Phone: 03 6359 5006
Mobile: 0421 667 157
FUNERALS
Town: Whitemark
Phone: 03 6359 5006
Mobile: 0421 667 157
GAMBLING
Gamblers Help Services
Town: Launceston
Mobile: 1800 243 232
GOLF CLUB
Flinders Island RSL & Sports Club
Town: Whitemark
Mobile: 0459 358 983
GROUP ARTS & CRAFTS
Day Care Centre
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Sue Hallas
Phone: 03 6359 0200
GROUP GATHERINGS
Eating With Friends
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Sue Hallas
Phone: 03 6359 0200
HEALTH & WELLBEING
Flinders Island Netball Association (FINA)
Town: Whitemark
Junior Football
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Chris Macqueen
Mobile: 0428 583 119
HEALTH INFORMATION
Women's Health Information Service
Phone: 1800 675 028
HEARING
Australian Hearing
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Daniel Whillas
Phone: 6332 4700
HEART
Heart Foundation
Phone: 03 6224 2722
Mobile: 1300 362 787
HELPLINE
Australian Breast Feeding Association
Phone: 1800 686 268
HELPLINE SERVICE
Beyond Blue
Phone: 1300 137 934
Break Even Problem Gambling Services
Phone: 1800 243 232
Cancer Helpline
Phone: 13 11 20
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
Phone: 1800 332 388
DadSpace
Dementia National Helpline
Phone: 1800 100 500
Epilepsy Action Australia
Phone: 1300 374 537
Epilepsy Tasmania
Phone: 1300 852 853
Family Drug Support
Phone: 1800 811 994
Family Violence Counselling and Support Service
Phone: 1800 608 122
Gambling Helpline Tasmania
Phone: 1800 858 858
Headspace
Phone: 1800 650 890
Kids Helpline
Phone: 1800 551 800
Leaukemia Foundation of Tasmania
Phone: 1300 728 533
Lifeline
Phone: 13 11 14
Mens Line
Phone: 1300 789 978
Mental Health Services Helpling
Phone: 1800 332 388
Mums Space
National Dementia Helpline
Phone: 1800 100 500
Open Arms
Phone: 1800 011 046
PANDA National Helpline
Phone: 1300 726 306
Parenting Helpline
Phone: 1300 301 300
Pregnancy Counselling and Support
Phone: 03 6224 2290
Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia
Phone: 1800 220 099
Quit-Line
Phone: 13 18 48
Reconnect
Phone: 1800 243 232
Rural Alive and Well (RAW)
Phone: 1300 4357 6283
Sexual Assault Support Service
Town: Launceston
Phone: 03 6334 2740
Mobile: 0409 800 394
Suicide Call Back Service
Phone: 1300 659 467
Veterans Affairs Helpline
Phone: 1800 011 046
HOME HELP
Family Based Care
Phone: 1300 360 759
Flinders Island Aboriginal Association Inc
Town: Lady Barron
Phone: 03 6359 3532
HOSPITAL
Flinders Island Multi Purpose Centre
Town: Whitemark
Phone: 03 6359 0200
IMMUNISATIONS
Cape Barren Island
Town: CBI
Phone: 03 6359 3566
Flinders Island Aboriginal Association Inc
Town: Lady Barron
Phone: 03 6359 3532
Ochre Medical Centre
Town: Whitemark
Phone: 03 6359 2011
INFORMATION
FI MPC & Ochre Medical Centre
Town: Whitemark
Phone: 03 6359 0200/2011
at LGH
Town: Launceston
Phone: 03 6348 7477
LAWN BOWLS
Flinders Island RSL & Sports Club
Town: Whitemark
Mobile: 0459 358 983
MEALS ON WHEELS
Meals on Wheels
Town: Whitemark
Phone: 03 6359 0200
MEDIATION
Positive Solutions
Town: Launceston
MEDICAL ACCOMMODATION
Flinders Island Multi Purpose Centre
Town: Whitemark
Phone: 03 6359 0200
Spurr Wing (268-270 Charles Street)
Town: Launceston
Phone: 03 6331 2457
MENTAL HEALTH
Assoc of Relatives and Friends of the Mentally Ill (ARAFMI (Tas) Inc)
Town: Launceston
Phone: 03 6331 4486
Mental Health Carers Tasmania
Town: Launceston
Phone: 03 6349 1121
Positive Solutions
Town: Launceston
Red Cross Mental Health Programs
Town: Hobart
Phone: 03 6235 6077
MENTAL HEALTH SOCIAL WORKER
FI MPC (Private)
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Robyn McKinnon
Phone: 03 6701 5227
Mobile: 0419 544 110
MONTHLY GATHERING
Ladies Day Out
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Sue Hallas
Phone: 03 6359 0200
NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAMME
Flinders Island Multi Purpose Centre
Town: Whitemark
Phone: 03 6359 0200
NURSING HOME
Flinders Island Multi Purpose Centre
Town: Whitemark
Phone: 03 6359 0200
NUTRITION
at LGH
Town: Launceston
Phone: 03 6348 7477
OPHTHALMOLOGIST
Andrew Patrick
Town: Whitemark
Phone: 03 6334 0000
OPTOMETRIST
Eyelines
Town: Launceston
Phone: 03 6343 6333
ORTHOPAEDIC
Dr Butorac
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Flinders Island Multi-Purpose Centre
Phone: 03 6359 0200
OUTPATIENT FACILITY
at FI MPC
Town: Whitemark
Phone: 03 6359 0200
PALLIATIVE CARE
Family Based Care
Phone: 1300 360 759
PATIENT TRAVEL
Ochre Medical Centre
Town: Whitemark
Phone: 03 6359 2011
Patient Travel
Town: Launceston
Phone: 03 6348 7249
PHARMACY
Launceston General Hospital (LGH)
Town: Launceston
Phone: 03 6348 7728
Ochre Medical Centre
Town: Whitemark
Phone: 03 6359 2011
PHYSICIAN
Mike Buist
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Ochre Medical Centre
Phone: 03 6359 2011
PHYSIOTHERAPY
Carolyn Asman
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Flinders Island Multi-Purpose Centre
Phone: 03 6359 0200
David Heap
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Flinders Island Multi-Purpose Centre
Phone: 03 6359 0200
PLAYGROUP Weekly Fridays
Mums & Bubs
Town: Lady Barron
Contact: Flinders Island Aboriginal Assoc.
Phone: 03 6359 3532
PLAYGROUP Weekly Thursdays
Launch Into Learning
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Flinders Island District High School
Phone: 03 6359 2021
PLAYGROUP Weekly Tuesdays
CBI Play Group
Contact: Cape Barren Island
Phone: 03 6359 3675
PODIATRIST
Bernadette Nicholls
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Flinders Island Multi-Purpose Centre
Phone: 03 6359 0200
PREGNANCY SUPPORT
LGH Antenatal Clinic
Town: Launceston
Phone: 03 6348 8980
PSYCHOLOGIST
Peter Crosby-Brown
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Flinders Island Multi-Purpose Centre
Phone: 03 6352 0200
PSYCHOLOGY
Positive Solutions
Town: Launceston
RURAL HEALTH WORKER
Anita Wilson
Town: Whitemark
RURAL WOMENS HEALTH
Lyn Davies
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Ochre Medical Centre
Phone: 03 6359 2011
SOCIAL WORK
Launceston General Hospital
Town: Launceston
Phone: 03 6348 7245
Positive Solutions
Town: Launceston
SPEECH PATHOLOGY
Launceston General Hospital (LGH)
Town: Launceston
Phone: 03 6348 7230
SUPPORT AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Bicultural Community Health
Town: Launceston
Phone: 03 6331 2522
Centrelink
Phone: 1800 050 004
Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS)
Town: Launceston
Phone: 1300 135 513
Launceston City Mission
Town: Launceston
Phone: 03 6331 6999
Launceston Community Legal Centre
Town: Launceston
Phone: 1800 066 019
Lions Club of Flinders Island
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Jim Hughes
Phone: 03 6359 2023
Mobile: 0428 748 820
Medicare
Phone: 13 20 11
Positive Solutions
Town: Launceston
Relationships Australia
Sexual Health Branch
Phone: 1800 675 859
Sexual Health Service Tasmania
Town: Launceston
Phone: 03 6336 2216
TELEHEATH
Flinders Island Multi Purpose Centre
Town: Whitemark
Phone: 03 6359 0200
TRAVEL- PATIENT
Town: Launceston
Contact: Linda
Phone: 03 6343 0155
Flinders Island Aboriginal Association Inc
Town: Lady Barron
Phone: 03 6359 3532
Flinders Island Multi Purpose Centre
Town: Whitemark
Contact: Sue Hallas
Phone: 03 6359 0200
XRAY
Ochre Medical Centre
Town: Whitemark
Phone: 03 6359 2011