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Aboriginal Health

Aboriginal Health Unit

Location:	Walker Building, Longworth Ave, Wallsend
Phone:	4924 6067
Fax:	4924 6324

Aboriginal Liaison Officers

Assistance and general support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are being cared for by Hunter New England Health.

John Hunter Hospital

Location:	Lookout Rd, New Lambton Heights
Phone:	4921 4182
Fax:	4921 4183
Email:	phillip.towney@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au
Hours:	8am-4.30pm, Monday to Friday
Eligibility criteria:	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Maitland Hospital

Location:	High St, Maitland
Phone:	4939 2504
Fax:	4939 2175
Email:	lynne.phillip@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au
Hours:	8.00am-4.30pm, Monday to Friday
Eligibility criteria:	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Muswellbrook Community Health Centre

Location:	Brentwood St, Muswellbrook
Phone:	6542 2065
Fax:	6542 2005
Email:	patricia.hands@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au
Hours:	8.30am-5pm, Monday to Friday
Eligibility criteria:	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Mental Health

Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service

Location:	621 Hunter St, Newcastle
Phone:	4925 7800
Fax:	4925 7863
Email:	darren.faulkner@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au
Hours:	8.30am-5pm, Monday to Friday
Eligibility criteria:	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Child Psychiatry

Location:	Longworth Ave, Wallsend
Phone:	4925 7800
Fax:	4925 7863
Email:	darren.faulkner@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au
Hours:	8.30am-5pm, Monday to Friday
Eligibility criteria:	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

James Fletcher Hospital

Location:	Watt St, Newcastle
Phone:	4924 6508
Mobile:	0439 464 377
Fax:	4924 6666
Email:	dorothy.devlin@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au
Hours:	8.30am-5pm, Monday to Friday
Eligibility criteria:	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Awabakal Medical Service *

Location:	38a Samdon St, Hamilton
Phone:	4969 2424
Fax:	4961 0497
Hours:	9am-5pm, Monday to Friday
Eligibility criteria:	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their immediate family

Family Violence / Assault

Location:	Harker Building, Longworth Ave, Wallsend
Phone:	4924 6035
Fax:	4924 6274
Email:	beverley.chapman@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au
Hours:	8.00am-4.30pm, Monday to Thursday
Eligibility criteria:	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their immediate family

* Not a Hunter New England Health Service