Victoria’s range of Urgent Care Services offer free help faster. Whether it’s day or night, weekday or weekend, you can find the right urgent care you need now.
If you’re in a life-threatening situation and need emergency care now, call triple zero (000) or visit your nearest emergency department.
Provides free healthcare when you need to see someone immediately for non-life-threatening treatment.
Helping Victorians get faster urgent care and keeping our busy emergency departments free for those needing emergency care for life-threatening conditions.
Our nearest Urgent Care Clinic:
2/134 Logis Boulevard, Dandenong South
Phone 03 9579 7933
For more information, or to find your nearest Urgent Care Clinic, visit:
betterhealth.vic.gov.au/urgent-care-clinics
Provides free, 24/7 urgent care from the comfort of your home.
Connect with experienced emergency doctors and nurses by secure, online video call – anytime, anywhere with no referrals needed.
Whether it’s asthma, fever, vomiting or other urgent issues, you can get fast, professional advice without visiting a hospital.
For more information, visit:
www.vved.au
A free, 24/7 helpline to connect you with a registered nurse. Nurse-on-Call offers immediate, expert health advice on whether you should seek further medical help.
You should call Nurse-on-Call if you need immediate, expert health advice when:
1300 60 60 24
For more information, visit:
betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/serviceprofiles/nurse-on-call-service
Free and confidential mental health and wellbeing treatment to Victorians aged 26 years and over. Offers face-to-face, telehealth and telephone support services with no referrals needed.
Our nearest Mental Health and Wellbeing Local:
29b Langhorne Street, Dandenong
Phone: 03 8908 1800
For more information, or to find your nearest Mental Health and Wellbeing Local, visit:
www.mindaustralia.org.au/mental-health-and-wellbeing-locals-free-support-your-community
This new initiative allows Victorians to receive some treatments at a local chemist without needing to see a doctor to get a prescription first.
You can now visit a chemist if you’d like to start the oral contraceptive pill, for a resupply of some types of hormonal contraception, or for treatment for conditions including urinary tract infections, shingles, impetigo, flare up of mild plaque psoriasis, mild acne, flare up of eczema and mild musculoskeletal pain.
Pharmacist consultations are free at participating pharmacies.
Find a participating pharmacy near you:
www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/chemist-care-now
There are a wide range of services available that provide specialised healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Victoria.
For more information, visit:
https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/serviceprofiles/aboriginal-health-services
