Wellbeing

The Wellbeing team are excited to announce the commencement of the Doctors in Schools program for 2022.

Our new Doctor, Dr Das, is a highly experienced professional who has great rapport and concern for our students. He is warm, encouraging and the students have reported that he is easy to talk to. Students are welcome to organise times through Compass ( the * in Compass) or through a wellbeing team member.

Our Doctor introduces himself in the attachment below.  

The doctor will provide students with the same services as the kind normally provided by doctors in the community, including seeing students about their physical and mental health, and sexual and reproductive health issues. The doctor may also make referrals to other health services as required.

The doctor will bulk bill consultations through Medicare, so there will be no out-of-pocket expenses for this service for your child. This program is not designed to replace any existing medical arrangements your child may have in place. The Doctor in Secondary School Program can provide a convenient alternative to primary care within schools hours, and encourage health care access to those students without an existing relationship with a doctor.

The program is intended to provide better access to primary care for secondary school students. Therefore, parents, carers, guardians and other family members are not able to use this service.