UROC
The Urban Indigenous Respiratory Outreach Clinic (UROC) Program, in partnership with the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health, delivers culturally safe and respectful care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander respiratory patients aged 16 years and over, with the aim to improve respiratory health.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients who attend the UROC clinics will have access to specialty lung investigations and be able to see a specialist respiratory physician.
The clinics will assist in early diagnosis and management of lung conditions.
Managed respiratory conditions:
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
- Interstitial lung disease
- COPD
- Other general respiratory conditions
- Shortness of breath for investigation
- Chronic cough
- Pulmonary nodules
How to access this service
Speak to your GP about a referral to UROC.
Clinic locations
MATSICHS Morayfield
10-20 Walkers Road, Morayfield
Phone: (07) 5429 1000
MATSICHS Margate
322 Oxley Avenue, Margate
Phone: (07) 3480 8100
Contact us
Phone: 0457 603 753
Email: UROC@health.qld.gov.au
HOPE
The Heart Outreach Program for Health Equity (HOPE) delivers culturally safe and respectful care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cardiology patients aged 16 years and over, with aim to improve heart health.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients who attend the HOPE clinics will have access to speciality cardiac investigations (including ECG, Holter and Echo services), and see a specialist cardiology physician.
The clinics will assist in early diagnosis and management of cardiovascular conditions.
The HOPE Program is available for people who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, requiring a specialist cardiology service.
How to access this service
Speak to your GP about a referral.
Clinic locations
MATSICHS Morayfield
10-20 Walkers Road, Morayfield
Phone: (07) 5429 1000
MATSICHS Margate
322 Oxley Avenue, Margate
Phone: (07) 3480 8100
MATSICHS Strathpine
496-498 Gympie Road, Strathpine
Phone: (07) 3897 0500
Contact Us
Phone: 0457 603 753
Email: HOPEmnhhs@health.qld.gov.au
Healthy Ageing Clinic
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healthy Ageing Clinic (HAC) provides specialist geriatrician services on Brisbane Northside for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people over 50 years of age.
The clinics are delivered at Moreton Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service (MATSICHS) in collaboration with Metro North Health.
HAC provides specialised care in a culturally safe environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander older persons with chronic or complex conditions relating to ageing, frailty, disability, and cognitive problems.
This includes:
- Cognitive and functional assessment
- Restorative care assessment
- Comprehensive geriatric assessment
- Dementia diagnosis and management
- Falls risk assessment and management
- Polypharmacy
Who can access the service?
- Patients 50 years of age and older who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.
- Immediate family members (even if the immediate family member does not identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person) defined as spouse, partner, sibling or child of someone of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin.
How to access this service
- Access to HAC can be by a referral from your GP through to a Metro North Hospital and Health Geriatric Service.
- HAC clinics are available every Tuesday from 9am – 4.30pm.
- For further information contact Caboolture Satellite Health Centre on (07) 5433 7555
Clinic locations
MATSICHS Caboolture
5 James Street, Caboolture
Phone: (07) 5428 5855
Persistent Pain Clinic
The Persistent Pain Service provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 16 and over, and their immediate families, access to a culturally safe service to manage ongoing pain.
The Persistent Pain Service can support you with:
- Understanding your pain and how to best manage it.
- Accessing services to ease your pain.
- Access to specialist treatment.
The service is a partnership between MATSICHS and the Tess Cramond Pain and Research Centre. The team includes:
- Pain Medicine Consultants
- Nurse Care Coordinators/Nurse Navigators
- Psychologists
- Occupational Therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Social Workers
- Pharmacists
What is persistent pain?
Pain may be felt after illness, injury or surgery. Sometimes there isn’t an obvious reason. We call it persistent when it has been there for more than we would expect for our body to heal (usually more than three months).
What happens at the service?
Your care pathway will depend on what is going on with you.
You will be contacted by the team, who will yarn about how we can support you, and what to expect. This might include yarning with the social worker, pharmacist or nurse navigator who will work with you to understand what’s been going, and how we might be able to support you best.
At your first appointment in the clinic, you will meet with a pain medicine consultant and might meet some other members of your care team who will listen and yarn with you about your pain journey so far.
The service also offers a group program to focus on how to understand your pain, as well as ways to deal with your pain and take steps towards recovery.
How to access this service
Speak to your GP about a referral.
Contact Us
Phone: (07) 5428 5876
Website: https://www.moretonatsichs.org.au/services/persistent-pain
Women’s Business Shared Pathway
The Women’s Business Shared Pathway program delivers culturally safe health care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women for a range of gynaecology and pelvic health conditions.
Common conditions the program can assist with:
- Period worries, including Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS)
- Menopause
- Pelvic pain including painful periods, painful sex, endometriosis
- Bowel or bladder leakage and pelvic organ prolapse
- Contraception
- Other vaginal or vulval concerns
- Dietary support for any of the above
The team includes:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker/Nurse
- Gynaecologist
- Physiotherapist
- Dietician
How to access this service
Speak to your GP about a referral.
Contact Us
Phone: 0476 842 686
Clinic locations
MATSICHS Strathpine
496-498 Gympie Road, Strathpine
Phone: (07) 3897 0500
MATSICHS Morayfield
10-20 Walkers Road, Morayfield
Phone: (07) 5429 1000
MATSICHS Deception Bay
3/675 Deception Bay Rd, Deception Bay
Phone: (07) 3884 1999
Nundah Community Health Centre
10 Nellie St, Nundah
Pine Rivers Community Health Centre
568 Gympie Rd, Strathpine