Project overview

The Kununurra Primary Health Centre is a $20.5 million primary health care facility based at Kununurra Health Campus and brings together a number of services into one convenient location.

The facility, the first integrated primary health facility in country Western Australia, was funded through the Commonwealth’s East Kimberley Development Package.

Entry is via Coolibah Drive, immediately next to the hospital and St John Ambulance depot.

The centre's traditional Aboriginal name is Ngoondengi Narrinda Dawang, which means “Place of Wellness”.

Services

The Kununurra Primary Health Centre provides a one-stop-shop health care hub for the East Kimberley community enabling more people in the region to access the care they need closer to home with fewer people requiring to travel to other major towns, including Perth, for treatment.

Services available include:

Community Health Services

• Immunisation clinics
• Health promotion
• Child health
• School health
• Women's and sexual health 

Kimberley Mental Health and Drug Service

• Child and adolescent mental health team
• Kimberley community drug service team

Allied Health Services

• Physiotherapy
• Occupational therapy
• Speech therapy
• Dietetics

Boab Health Services

• Dietetics
• Podiatry
• Mental Health Counselling

Other services located within the centre include:

• Patient Assisted Travel Scheme
• Telehealth
• Visiting medical specialists
• Pathology services

Services coming soon!

• General Practitioner (GP)

East Kimberley Development Package - EKDP

The National Partnership Agreement (NPA) on the East Kimberley Development Package (EKDP) was signed on 3 July 2009 bet

ween the Commonwealth and the State of Western Australia.

The Commonwealth Government committed $195 million to the East Kimberley Development Package (EKDP), with $54 million allocated for the WA Country Health Service (WACHS) infrastructure projects. The Kununurra Primary Health Centre was developed under this project.

The Australian Government contributed $195 million for the EKDP to target priority development needs in the areas of health, education, housing and accommodation, transport and community infrastructure. These investments have been agreed with the Western Australian Government through a joint assessment of economic and social development needs.

The key goals of this initiative are to improve access to human service type agencies for the catchment population of the East Kimberley; improve health outcomes for the population and increase future employment opportunities for the local Aboriginal population.

$54 million has been allocated for WA Health infrastructure projects under the EKDP which includes the $20.5 million Kununurra Primary Health Centre in Kununurra.

Contacts

The Kununurra Primary Health Centre is located at 96 Coolibah Drive, Kununurra, WA.

Postal Address:  PO BOX 634, Kununurra, WA, 6743.

Key Phone Contacts:  The Kununurra Primary Health Centre main reception can be contacted on 9166 4330.

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