The Centre Clinic is a community health service for positive people and the GLBTI community, but open to all.
Visit the Centre Clinic for:
- A health care centre where the doctors are unhurried, friendly and take your health concerns seriously;
- Health and medical care for PLWHA;
- HIV monitoring by experienced doctors including viral load and t-cell counts;
- Antiretroviral treatment & advice on antiretroviral treatment without pressure;
- Medical consultations on sexual health, general health, emotional and psychological health
- STD testing with on-the-spot treatment and diagnosis (where appropriate);
- HIV testing and counselling with results in one week;
- Hepatitis testing and vaccination; and,
- Condoms and lube for sale.
For more information about the discount safe-sex supplies that the Centre Clinic sells, please click on the link below.
Safe-Sex Products
Why?
- Because HIV health care is a part of life for positive people and should be a part of routine health care;
- Because gay and lesbian people sometimes feel more comfortable in a gay and lesbian friendly health setting;
- Because sexual health is no different from the rest of health and should be a part of routine health care.
How?
- A medical clinic run by the Victorian AIDS Council/Gay Men's Health Centre as a service to the community;
- Relies on Medicare income with all medical services and blood tests bulk billed, although vaccines and complimentary therapies are not covered by Medicare; and,
- HIV test results only ever given in person.
For information about appointments at the Centre Clinic, please click on the link below.
http://www.vicaids.asn.au/content/ContentPage.asp?PageID=85
Who?
You:
- Any HIV+ gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender person who feels more at home with a gay-oriented health service;
- Anyone else who feels comfortable with our service and likes the way we operate;
- HIV positive people who want an expert standard of care with the convenience, friendliness, and the personal approach of a local community medical centre; and,
- HIV+ and HIV- men and women who think everyone should get the same high quality service.
Us:
- Doctor and Clinical Director: Dr Louise Owen (St Kilda);
- Doctor: B.K. Tee (St Kilda & Northcote);
- Doctor: Stephen Rowles (St Kilda & Northcote);
- Doctor: Mathew Penn (St Kilda);
- Doctor: David Spencer (St Kilda)(Currently on leave);
- Practice Nurse: Simon Powell
- Practice Administrator: Ken Mackie;
- Receptionists: Sean O'Connor, Andrew Timmins, Be Jay Hope;
- Acupuncturist: Mattie Sempert;
- Clinical Trials: Nurse Helen Lau;
- Dietician: Jenny MacDonald.
