Nursing Services

HDHS nursing services are provided by Child & Family Health Nursing and Primary Health Care (Community) Nursing teams. For appointments and service requests, please phone 45605714 (Monday to Friday)

Community Nursing

Home nursing services (wound dressings, injections, palliative care, aged care, continence etc), community nursing clinic (wound dressings, injections etc), health promotion programs, catheter clinic and specialised support services i.e. Stepping On Program are provided by HDHS community nurses who visit clients' homes and conduct clinics at Hawkesbury Community Health Centre.

Palliative Care

Palliative Care Services is part of the community nursing service providing a range of services to individuals with a life-threatening illness and their carers. The aim is to optimise quality of life by assisting with symptom control and providing emotional support for clients and their carers.

Community Nursing Clinics

Community nurses run morning clinics for ambulant patients with wounds requiring assessment & dressings, injections, compression bandaging etc.

Mon – Fri 07.30 – 09.30am

Early Childhood Services

Home Visits and Early Childhood Clinics

Child & Family Health Nurses provide early childhood/child health services 0 – 5yrs - home visiting and clinics (various locations throughout the Hawkesbury LGA), health promotion programs and specialised support services i.e. feeding clinic, immunisation clinics, hearing clinic etc. These services are provided as home visits and at Hawkesbury Community Health Centre.

Immunisation Clinics

Qualified immunisation nurses conduct child immunisation clinics at a variety of locations throughout the Hawkesbury LGA. Contact Hawkesbury Community Health Centre for details.