Aboriginal Liaison Service

Aboriginal Hospital Liaison is a service of Southern Health and works in collaboration with the Koori Health Unit of the Department of Human Services.

The services aims to improve Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples access to health care and create an awareness of the services available in Victoria. It has four main functions:

A Clinical In-Service and the Cultural Awareness Package is available that offers a speciality program to assist in enhancing the knowledge of Australian Indigenous issues to all Southern Health staff.

Leanne Sumner, the Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer can be contacted via the Social Work Department, Monash Medical Centre Clayton on telephone: 9594 2290, 9594 2291 or 0410 423 963. Email: Leanne.Sumner@southernhealth.org.au