Doctors In Schools

Our school is a participant in the Victorian Government’s Doctors in Secondary Schools program and we are very pleased and excited to announce that as part of this program, an adolescent-trained GP (General Practitioner), from the Royal Flying Doctor’s Service will be operating on school grounds one Thursday per month beginning in Term 4. The aim of this program is to provide free access to primary health care for secondary students at Beaufort Secondary College. We know that teenagers are the least likely of all age groups to seek health care, but we also know that many health problems that can have consequences into adulthood start at this time of life. This program seeks to address this issue.

You can support the success of this program by talking to your child about the program and encouraging them to access the GP if they need primary health care.

A letter with further information will be sent to all families shortly. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact our School Office.