Our Health Advisor at VU can provide advice, information and referrals.
Check our wellbeing resources for information on how to stay physically and mentally healthy. We also have several health and wellbeing clinics where you can receive treatments such as:
VU has developed a set of detailed FAQs for students and staff around the coronavirus (COVID-19) to help address uncertainty and respond to questions posed to date.
First aid officers are available on each campus.
The first aid section on our intranet (requires login when offsite) lists first aid officers on each campus and provides the guidelines to first aid at VU.
Our Health Advisor provides advice, information and referrals about:
Contact our Health Advisor:
Phone: +61 3 9919 4417
Email: [email protected]
If you answered YES, call Triple Zero (000). Calls to Triple Zero are free.
Visit the Triple Zero website for more information.
A number of hospitals and general practitioners are in the city.
Unless it's an emergency, it is a good idea to call first and make an appointment. It is also worth asking the health practitioner if they offer a discount to students.
Always take your VU student ID card and your Medicare card or OSHC card.
Location: Level 2, Building C, 555 LaTrobe Street, Melbourne
Phone: +61 3 9606 2208
Appointments: email [email protected] or book an appointment online
Opening times: 8.30am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday (closed on weekends and public holidays)
Cost:
You need to take your Medicare or OSHC card to your appointment.
300 Grattan St (corner of Royal Parade), Parkville
Phone: +61 3 9342 7000.
41 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy
Phone: +61 3 9231 2211
A number of hospitals and general practitioners service the Footscray and Sunshine areas.
Corner Albert St and Paisley St, Footscray
Phone: +61 3 9687 8633
Cost:
324 Hampshire Rd, Sunshine
Phone: +61 3 9310 2947
Fee information:
Gordon St, Footscray
Phone: +61 3 8345 6666
176 Furlong Road, St Albans
Phone: +61 3 8345 1333
Railway Crescent, Williamstown
Phone: +61 3 9393 0100
Note: Emergency Department only available between 8am – 11pm.
A number of hospitals and general practitioners service the outer west.
390 Main Rd, St Albans
Phone: +61 3 9367 4648
Cost:
242 Hoppers Lane, Werribee
(Located in the new Wyndham Private Medical Centre opposite Werribee Mercy hospital)
Phone: +61 3 8731 6500
Website: Hoppers Lane General Practice Clinic
Cost:
300 Princes Hwy (corner Hoppers Lane), Werribee
Phone: +61 3 8754 3000.
National Home Doctor Service are doctors that can come and treat you and your family at home on evenings, weekends or public holidays.
They visit on behalf of your GP when they are closed, and visit every suburb across Melbourne, Geelong and surrounds daily.
Home Visiting Doctor is not an appointment service. All home visits are scheduled according to their urgency.
Phone: 13 SICK (7425)
Hours: Booking lines are open from 6pm weekdays, 12pm Saturday, all day Sunday and public holidays.
Cost:
Nurse-on-call is a free phone service. You can speak to a registered nurse 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
For emergencies you should always call 000 or go to an emergency department at a hospital.
Phone: 1300 60 60 24
Website: NURSE-ON-CALL
723 Swanston St, Carlton
Phone: 03 9035 8402
Email: [email protected]
Website: Melboune Dental Clinic
5% discount applies for university students, staff and alumni.
Medicare provides payments and services that can help when you, or someone you provide care for, use health care services or buy medicines.
Find out more about Medicare services.
As an international student, it is a condition of your student visa that you have Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) for the entire duration of your stay in Australia.
OSHC gives you access to out of hospital and in hospital medical services to help you maintain your health.
