AIDS/HIV

ACON (AIDS Council of NSW, Northern Rivers Branch)
PO Box 6063 Lismore NSW 2480
27 Uralba Street Lismore NSW2480
Branch Manager, Kevin Orrell
Ph: (02) 6622 1555 Ph: 1800 633 637
Fax: (02) 6622 1520
Provides support and care for people living with HIV/AIDS, for their families, partners and carers. Counselling, referral, testing information, condoms, lubricants, safe-sex information, needle exchange, posters, stickers, brochures, information for school and university projects, volunteer training, support groups, in-service training of staff in other agencies, police liaison and liaison with sex workers are provided. Northern Rivers, Tweed Valley and Clarence Valley. Small fees for workshops. 9am to 5pm, Mon to Fri.

AID Program Manager
Hunter Street Lismore NSW 2480
Ph: (02) 6621 7505 Fax: (02) 6621 7088
Ph: (02) 6620 7494 Clinic for urgent calls
Paging Service: ring 372222 and ask for 37100
Email: wnedievans@nrhs.health.nsw.gov.au
Coordinates AIDs care. Wheelchair access.

SHAIDS (Sexual Health & AIDS Service)
PO Box 419 Lismore NSW 2480
4 Shepherd Lane NSW 2480
Ph: (02) 6620 2980 Fax: (02) 6620 2985
Ph: 1800 803 990 Hepatitis C groups
Email: mail@nrhs.health.nsw.gov.au
SHAIDS provides clinic services which offer STD checkup and treatment and HIV antibody testing and management. A full range of resource material is available in relation to sexual health; workshops are available for community groups on request; a counsellor is available for clients of the service as well as partners and families A telephone counselling service is also available. Primary target groups are men who have sex with men, people living with HIV/AIDS, sex workers, injecting drug users and gay men. Hepatitis C counselling and support and contact with local hepatitis C groups are available from Sydney (see phone number above). A youth clinic is conducted on Wednesdays from 2pm to 6pm; appointments are not necessary. Outreach services are provided to Byron Bay at the hospital. Wheelchair access. 8.30am to 5pm, Mon to Fri.

DRUG AND ALCOHOL

Alcoholics Anonymous
St Vincents de Paul Building
7 Martin Street Ballina NSW 2478
Central Service Office, Ballina.
Ph: (02) 6686 8599 Ph: (02)6680 4606
A fellowship of men and women who share their experiences in order to help solve their common problems and assist recovery from alcoholism. Meetings are held regularly throughout the shire at Byron, Ballina, Brunswick Heads, Mullumbimby and Lismore. Contact the Central Service office for meeting details. 10am to 3pm, Mon to Sat.

Byron Housing Support
Provides supported accommodation for drug and alcohol clients. Ph: (02) 6685 5230 See Accommodation section P5.

Drug & Alcohol Counselling
Provides drug and alcohol counselling, referral for detoxification, a needle exchange and youth counselling.
Ph: (02) 6685 6254 See Community Health Centres below.

Goldbridge
PO Box 3519 Australia Fair Post Office Southport Qld 4215
Ph: (07) 5591 6871 Fax: (07) 5591 6865
Web: www.goldbridge.com
Drug and Alcohol rehabilitation. A three to four month therapeutic community program. 8am to 5pm, Mon to Fri. Admission, Mon and Wed.

Helene Wightman Pharmacy
Cnr Pacific Highway & Fawcett Street
Brunswick Heads NSW 2483
Ph: (02) 6685 1689 Fax: (02) 6685 1689
A free, confidential needle exchange provides syringes, swabs, condoms, lubricant and disposal for used syringes.
8.30am to 5.30pm, Mon to Fri; 8.00am to 12.30pm, Sat.

INTRA (Insight Network Treatment Axis)
PO Box 42 Byron Bay NSW 2481
8/75 Johnson Street Byron Bay NSW 2481
Ph: (02) 6687 1111 Jan Email: intra@norex.com.au
Provides preventive relapse support and services for people with drug and/or alcohol problems. Services include group workshops, skills, strategies, counselling harm reduction groups and individual counselling. 9am to 5pm, Mon to Fri.

Riverlands Detox
Locked Mail Bag 11Lismore NSW 2481
Cnr Hunter and Uralba Street Lismore
Ph: (02) 6620 7600 Fax: (02) 6620 7639
Detox, methadone dispensary, drug and alchohol counselling.

Mullumbimby Medical Centre
60 Stuart Street Mullumbimby NSW 2481
Ph: (02) 6684 1071 Fax: (02) 66841511
A free, confidential needle exchange provides syringes, swabs, condoms, lubricant and disposal for used syringes.
9am to 5pm, Mon to Fri; 9am to 12 noon Sat.

Narcotics Anonymous
PO Box 494 Byron Bay NSW 2481
(02) 6680 7280 Email: byronbayna@hotmail.com
Web: www.naoz.org.au
Non profit fellowship of men and women for whom drugs have become a major problem.

Namatjira Haven Alcoholic Centre
Whites Lane Alstonville NSW 2477
Ph: (02) 6628 1098 Fax: (02) 66281098
Assists Aboriginal and a limited number of non-Aboriginal people with alcohol problems to remain alcohol free. The three-month residential rehabilitation program is based on AA principles - clients must attend AA meeting three times a week. 8.30am to 4.30pm.

Parents in Pain
Ph: (02) 6687 7168 Margaret
Ph: (02) 6624 5566 Lynne
A support group for parents with drug addicted or drug dependent children or young people.

Salvation Army Fairhaven
497 Parklands Drive Southport Qld 4215
Ph: (07) 5571 5248
Detox. Free, no referral needed, from any area. Assessed over phone.

The Buttery
PO Box 42 Bangalow NSW 2479
Lismore Road BANGALOW NSW 2479
Ph: (02) 6687 1111 Barry Evans
Fax: (02) 6687 1039
Email: info@buttery.org.au Web: www.buttery.org.au
Accommodation is provided in a non-detoxification program for people wishing to be drug free. Clients must be over 20 years old, single with no children and drug or alcohol dependent for three years or more. There are 24 beds and care is provided for 24 hours. Half-way houses are available in Byron Bay and Sydney. Also runs Northern Rivers Gambling Counselling Service. See entry. $400 (eighty per cent of full Centrelink benefit). Wheelchair access. 8.30am to 5pm, Mon to Fri.

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRES

Bangalow Community Health Centre
PO Box 77 Bangalow NSW 2479
35 Granuaille Road Bangalow NSW 2479
Ph: (02) 6687 0000 Fax: (02) 6687 0000
Ph: (02) 6687 0002 Community Health Nurse
Ph: (02) 6687 0007 Early Childhood Nursing
Community Health Nurse provides nursing care in the home, usually aged care, wounds, diabetes and palliative care. Usually free but there may be a fee for hire of equipment.
Early Childhood Nursing service works to improve the health and well-being of young children and monitors the physical and developmental growth of babies. Immunisation programs, childhood education classes and information about nutrition, parenting, post-natal depression, behavioural problems and domestic violence. Wheelchair access. Early Childhood Clinic: 9am to 12.30pm, Fri.

Byron Bay Community Health Centre
PO Box 1066 Byron Bay NSW 2481
Shirley St Byron Bay NSW 2481
Michael Haughton Manager
Ph: (02) 6685 6254 Reception and Intake
Fax: (02) 6685 5729
Services are provided for children, young people, adults, families and the elderly by a community health team consisting of experienced health workers including Aboriginal health educators, adolescent workers, alcohol and drug workers, community nurses, a dietitian, physiotherapist and psychologists. Services include:
Drug and Alcohol Counselling: see D & A section.
Child & Family Health Team
Youth and Family Mental Health Team: see Mental Health
Equipment Pool: - contact the Occupational Therapist Helen Craig. This service allows disabled and injured people to hire equipment to assist them in their homes such as, wheelchairs, over toilet aids, commodes etc. Hire Fee.
Speech Pathology: Nicole Rappel or Kathryn Daniels
Toy Library: 10am to 1pm, Mon & Thur
Wheelchair access. 8.30am to 4.45pm, Mon to Fri.

Mullumbimby Community Health Centre
PO Box 240 Mullumbimby NSW 2482
Ph: 6684 1677 Fax: 6684 1880
Community Nurse, Palliative Care, Wound Care, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Speech Therapist, Drug and Alcohol Workder, Mental Health, Dietician, Diabetes Educator and Podiatrist. There is also an Equipment Pool - Contact Jenny Willemse This service allows disabled and injured people to hire equipment to assist them in their homes such as, wheelchairs, over toilet aids, commodes etc.

GAMBLING

Northern Rivers Gambling Counselling Service
PO Box 42 Bangalow NSW 2479
Lismore Road Binna Burra NSW 2479
Ph: (02) 6687 1111 Barry Evans
Free confidential counselling and support for people affected by problem gambling. Services offered include individual counselling for gamblers, financial counselling for gamblers and their families and relationship counselling. 8.30am to 5pm, Mon to Fri.

GENERAL HEALTH SERVICES

Amitayus Hospice Service
PO Box 696 Mullumbimby NSW 2482
First floor 51 Burringbar Street Mullumbimby NSW 2482
Ph: (02) 6684 3808 Fax: (02) 6684 3808
Email: amitayus@mullum.com.au
The voluntary hospice service assist clients in the final stages of terminal illness, who already have a primary carer so that they can remain at home. Practical assistance is given in nursing care, complementary therapy, respite for the primary carer. Is not a religious organisation. Emergency respite is available. Disabled access. Volunteer training at the end of the year.

Continence Clinic
Ph: (02) 6621 3252 Bill Tools
Fax: (02) 6621 4096 Email: bill@nrhs.nsw.govau
Assessment and support and counselling and development of program of conservative management practices for the elderly and others suffering incontinence. Also stomatherapist and wound care. 8am to 5pm, Mon to Fri.

Colouropathy
PO Box 1882 Byron Bay NSW 2481
Ph: (02) 6685 5952 Ross Love
Email: weareon@byrononline.net
Monocramatic, pure single wave light that bathes the body in colours. A form of healing which balances the physical and emotional body and alleviates depressive conditions.

IPTAAS
Locked Bag 11 Lismore NSW 2480
Ph: (02) 6620 2168 Fax: (02) 6622 1834
The Isolated Patients Travel and Accommodation Assistance Scheme gives financial assistance with travel and accommodation expenses for people referred for specialist medical treatment who need to travel 200kms one way. Forms from the GP, Community Health and IPTAAS Office. Air travel and train sleeper requires prior approval by doctor phoning direct to IPTAAS office. IPTAAS can advance clients payment for travelling expenses but it is means tested. 8.30am to 5pm, Mon to Fri.

North Coast Head Injury Service
145 Laurel Avenue Goonellabah NSW 2480
Regional Coordinator, Annabel Gibson
Ph: (02) 6620 2111 Fax: (02) 6622 1406
The North Coast Head Injury Service assists people who have had a head injury in the transition from hospital to home. Support groups, information, education, counselling and support in community skills building assist in increasing community participation, independence and self-determination. Inquire for information on Mindpower and Brainwaves Head Injury Support Groups. Disabled Access: Wheelchair access. 8.30am to 5pm, Mon to Fri.

Northern Rivers Division of General Practice
PO Box 519 Lismore NSW 2480
Health Department Suite 1 Carrington House
16 Carrington Street Lismore NSW2480
Ph: (02) 6622 4453 Fax: (02) 6622 3185
Email: manager@nrdgp.org.au Web: www.nrdgp.org.au
Improving coordination for local health services. Acts as a forum for GPs and provides facilities and support for GPs. Also acts as advocates for patients within the health system. 9am to 5pm, Mon to Fri

Northern Rivers Health Service
PO Box 419 Lismore NSW 2480
72 Hunter St Lismore NSW 2480
Area Manager: Richard Buss
Ph: (02) 6620 2300 Fax: (02) 6620 2333
Mental health services include psychiatric assessment, adult extended care services case management, youth and family services, extended hours and crisis management service, Aboriginal liaison services, vocational and disability rehabilitation services, residential services and anxiety management. Wheelchair access. 9am to 4pm, Mon to Fri.

Northern Rivers Surgical Supplies
PO Box 1073 Ballina NSW 2478
Shop 19, Ballina Boulevard River Street Ballina NSW 2478
Ph: (02) 6686 6644 Registered Nurse, Susan Taylor
Suppliers of home health care products such as incontinence products, surgical stockings, walking aids, wheelchairs, sheepskin products, arthritic aids, pillows, vital call medical alarm systems and scooters. 9am to 5pm, Mon to Fri.

Richmond Sexual Assault Service
A crisis service providing continuing counselling, medical follow-up, advocacy and referral for past and recent victims of sexual assault and non offending family members and friends. Services are available to men, women, young people and children. See Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault section.

HOSPITALS

Ballina
Cherry Street Ballina
Ph: (02) 6686 2111

Byron District Hospital
PO Box 1066 Byron Bay NSW 2481
Cnr Wordsworth and Shirley Street Byron Bay NSW 2481
Ph: (02) 6685 6200
Fax: (02) 6685 7521
Primary medical services. Visiting hours 10am to8pm.

Lismore Base Hospital
Uralba Street Lismore NSW 2480
Ph: (02) 6621 8000

Mullumbimby District War Memorial Hospital
PO Box 240 Mullumbimby NSW 2482
Azalea Avenue Mullumbimby NSW 2482
Ph: (02) 6684 2266 Fax: (02) 6684 1217
Has a Birthing Unit.

St Vincent's Hospital
PO Box 572 Lismore NSW 2480
Dalley Street Lismore NSW 2480
Ph: (02) 6623 3322 Fax: (02) 6623 3522

RADIOLOGY

North Coast Radiology
PO Box 705 Byron Bay NSW 2481
101 Jonson Street Byron Bay NSW 2481
Ph: (02) 6685 6060 Fax: (02) 6685 8786

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