Children’s Allergy Clinic
Children’s Allergy Clinic GV Health’s Children’s Allergy Clinic provides specialist care for infants and children up to 18 years of age with food allergies, eczema, asthma, allergic rhinitis and anaphylaxis. The Clinic plays a vital role in: Increasing awareness, understanding and knowledge of allergic and immune disorders in the community. Evaluation and treatment of allergic
Promoting self-collection for cervical screening
A reminder about promoting self-collection for cervical test screening in primary care Self-collection is often preferred by women who find it to be quick, private and more comfortable. Self-collection has been demonstrated to be just as accurate as a clinician-collected screen. Evidence collated by the Goulburn Valley Public Health Unit shows that a larger proportion
Breastfeeding Support Service
GV Health’s Breastfeeding Support Service is staffed by International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLC). The service offers breastfeeding assistance and advice for mother’s and babies up to 6 months of age. Clients can attend an individual appointment to make a feeding plan or can attend a free 2-hour class, held once a month. In 2025
Postnatal in the Home
GV Health’s home care midwives provide visits to new mothers and babies. This may be because you have gone home early or would like advice to help you settle in at home with your baby. Once you and your baby are discharged from hospital, one of our friendly midwives will visit you at home. Most
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Gonorrhoea Are you practicing safe sex? An increase in cases of gonorrhoea has been found in our region. The PHU is advising locals in our region to practice safe sex in a bid to protect their sexual health. Gonorrhoea is a common sexually transmitted infection and largely occurs without symptoms. It can lead to infertility
International
Welcome to GV Health, where your career and lifestyle come together. Goulburn Valley Health is proud of our workforce of 3,000 people from diverse backgrounds. Our work embraces the purpose and pride of serving the regional communities who access our services, with accessibility and respect as core parts of our efforts. Greater Shepparton offers a
Requesting Patient Information
For health professionals wanting information for ongoing care purposes, please email hisreception@gvhealth.org.au or phone (03) 4804 4352. Your request must be in writing, on your organisation’s letterhead, or from your business email address. Please provide consent from the patient if you are not the patient’s nominated GP. For all other requests for information, please contact
Tenders
Information for suppliers GV Health complies with HealthShare Victoria’s (HSV) Health Purchasing Policy. More information on procurement including a link to the HSV Policies can be found on the HSV website. Supplier Code of Conduct The Victorian State Government has introduced a Supplier Code of Conduct to support its commitment to ethical, sustainable and socially
Quality Assurance Activities
Quality assurance (QA) activities are those in which the primary purpose is to monitor, evaluate or improve the quality of health care delivered by a health care provider (an individual, a service or an organisation). Terms such as ‘QA’, ‘clinical audit’, ‘quality improvement (QI)’, ‘quality activities’, ‘audit’ and ‘quality studies’ are often used interchangeably to
Research Ethics and Governance Applications
Research projects require two types of approval prior to their commencement: ethics and governance. A Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) provides ethics approval: permission to conduct the research on human participants, whilst an institution provides governance approval for a study to be conducted at a particular site i.e., GV Health. Ethics approval must be gained