Peninsula Health’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Service is staffed by a General Practitioner, Nurse Practitioner and Sexual Health Nurses to improve sexual and reproductive health for clients.
The service assists with:
- Contraception, including Intrauterine Devices (IUD) & Implanon NXT insertions
- Medical and Surgical termination of pregnancy
- Vulval health
- Menopause assessment and management
- Screening and treatment for sexually transmitted infections
- Emergency contraception
- Pregnancy choices
- Continence advice and referral
- Breast health
- Postnatal Health checks
- Cervical screening test
Referral process
Referral addressed to named head of clinic is preferred.
Referral via ACCESS
OR
Women’s Health Services
Phone: (03) 9784 2600
Fax: (03) 9125 – 8416
(self-referral welcome via For Self Referrals)
Categories for Appointment
| Clinical Description | Estimated Wait Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Category 1 | Pregnancy – seeking termination. Symptomatic STI Emergency contraception | Next available |
| Category 2 | All other conditions | Within 2 – 4 weeks |
| Emergency | Uncontrolled vaginal bleeding, or if the woman is hemodynamically unstable Suspected ectopic pregnancy | To emergency department |
Eligibility Criteria
This clinic is available to all clients who were born with a cervix including LGBTQIA+ welcome.
Youth aged 13 – 18 years.
Peninsula Health Catchment preferred.
Exclusion Criteria
The Peninsula Health Sexual and Reproductive Health Clinic is unable to provide treatment and assessment:
- Undiagnosed breast lumps
- Men’s sexual health – transgender with cervix welcomed.
- Youth Health Service (all genders 13 – 18 yo ) Wednesday afternoon at Hastings Community Health
Alternative Referral Options
Breast Lumps can be referred to the Peninsula Health Breast Surgery Clinic or private services.
Uterovaginal prolapse, urinary incontinence requiring a gynaecological assessment, urodynamic investigations can be referred to the Urogynaecology Clinic.
For other specialist gynaecologist options refer to private services or other local public health services.
Other information
This is an inclusive service catering for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer/questioning, asexual (LGBTIQA+) members of our community.
Make a referral
All referrals to this clinic must contain the following information.
Referral: Date of referral, Specialist Clinic, Referring practitioner, Provider Number, Referrer’s signature.
Patient Demographic: Full name, Date of birth, Postal address, Contact numbers, Medicare Number, Interpreter required.
Clinical: Reason for referral, Duration of symptoms, Management to date, Past medical history, Current medications, Allergies.
Relevant medical history: Medications, results of all recent and relevant investigations
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