Child Health
Child Health
Located: Manayingkarirra Primary Health Care Centre
Post: PO Box 136, Maningrida 0822 NT
Email:
Phone: 0889 795 930
The child health program is staffed by two Registered Nurses and two community workers.
The child health team are responsible for the health and well being needs of children and their families as they transition from the HU5 program through adolescence and into adult hood.
They work closely with the HU5 team, women’ health, men’s health and midwifery to ensure all the developmental needs are catered for.
The team manage the daily walk ins to the clinic and acute presentations as well as looking after other folios such as:
- Follow up medications
- Vulnerable children
- Immunisations
- Chronic and complex case management
The team also work closely with visiting specialists and allied health to facilitate support as needed, these include:
- Visiting paediatric clinics
- Visiting paediatric cardiology
- Hearing
- Dental
- Allied health; physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech pathology.