Coronavirus screening and Outpatients service updates
COVID-19 Vaccination
For Peninsula Health COVID 19 Vaccination information see;
COVID 19 Vaccination in Pregnancy
RANZCOG, and the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) recommend the all pregnant women are routinely offered Pfizer mRNA vaccine (Cominarty) at any stage of
pregnancy. See Australian Government Department of Health COVID 19
Local Coronavirus Positive Pathway
Peninsula Health (PH) will be contacted by DHHS about all positive coronavirus cases in our area and PH will liaise with GPs and patients about follow up and clearance.
SEMPHN and DHHS have developed a regional COVID-19 Positive Pathway for GPs.
This has useful PH contact numbers and clinical information and can be found here. Key Contact information is summarised in the table below;
Call Community Care 9788 1700
email: communitycareenquires@phcn.vic.gov.au
URGENT HANDOVER
Monitoring & additional clinical and specialist support
Call 8am-9pm 7 days a week
(9pm-midnight on-call medical support)
NON-URGENT
Advice on community management, guidelines, clinical support and services available
Please call 9am-5PM Monday to Friday
SOCIAL AND WELFARE NEEDS
Advice, support and escalation to mental health and addiction services
& a range of other social supports
Please call 9am-5pm Monday to Friday
Emergency Department
For urgent transfer to hospital
24hours a day 7 days a week
GP’s please call Emergency Department Admitting Officer 9784 7196
ACCESS- COVID 19 Recovery Program 1300 665 781
For follow up of symptoms post resolved infection
9am-5pm Monday to Friday
Fax 9784 2309
More Information for GPs
- Caring for people with COVID-19Living guidelines: High priority, evidence based clinical guidelines updated weekly with the latest research
- DHHS Case Locations and Outbreaks
For concerned community members who have accessed this page for advice regarding Coronavirus
- The DHHS Coronavirus hotline (Tel 1800 675 398) is available for patient advice 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Consider Calling your GP clinic. Most GP clinics will give you all the advice that you need over the phone. They will also let you know if and where you may need to be seen and/or tested for Coronavirus.