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eeping up-to-date with your child’s immunisation is now as simple as doing your weekly grocery shop, with a unique community health centre for children and families opening at Charlestown Square. Operated by Hunter New England (HNE) Health staff, the Kaleidoscope Community Health Services centre offers infant and child development checks, immunisation clinics, parenting groups, speech pathology clinics, youth health and counselling services and violence prevention services. HNE Health director children, young people and families, Professor Trish Davidson said while services offered at the centre had previously been available throughout the region, improving access to services was a key factor. “We’ve had a long-term vision that we need to change health services and make them more accessible to people who need them,” she said. “There were three priorities – accessibility, integrating it within the community so it becomes part of mainstream life, and offering a better custom-built and constructed facility that actually serves the purpose of the health we’re delivering.” Professor Davidson said with ample parking she expected fewer no-shows, more patients being seen and shorter waiting times. NSW Health Minister, Jillian Skinner said the location of the centre, close to the Secret Garden Playground, would act as a reminder to parents to arrange regular health check-ups for their children. “When my children were little we had baby health
Member for Charlestown, Andrew Cornwell with his daughter Grace, Hunter New England Health director children, young people and families, Professor Trish Davidson and NSW Minister for Health, Jillian Skinner at the new Kaleidoscope Community Health Services centre in Charlestown Square. centres and they provided a fantastic service,” she said. “But this is where people gather, the Secret Garden, the coffee shop, kids clothes shops, this is where they come already and if it acts as a memory jogger – ‘Oh, I’ve got to
get my kids immunisation brought up-to-date or I need to have other important milestones checked’ – here it is.” Kaleidoscope Community Health Services is open 8:30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
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