Pharmacy Daily | ‘One-stop shop’ clinic

PEOPLE with a complex developmental disability will receive greater support for their overall health at Sydney's Westmead Hospital following a successful trial of a new clinic that provides free and comprehensive health checks.

NSW Minister for Health Ryan Park said the new clinic has been granted $50,000 a year by Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) to continue to provide access to up to nine different specialty health checks for patients.

The health checks include blood work, dental checks, scans, eye tests, ear checks and urine and bowel assessments, shared Park.

"All treatments are specifically tailored to the needs of people with a complex developmental disability and one-stop shop model, making access to healthcare easier," the minister explained.

Established in 2020, the "one-stop shop" clinic was set up in response to the rising number of people with a disability presenting to WSLHD emergency departments with preventable conditions.

The clinic is currently supporting patients with developmental intellectual and physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy.

Minister for Disability Inclusion Kate Washington added, "making basic health services more accessible to people with disability is a life-saving initiative".

"We are backing the 'one-stop shop' into the future because it works - ensuring better health and wellbeing of people with complex disabilities."

Donna Davis, Member for Parramatta, said, "prevention is better than a cure so investment in easily accessible health checks for people with complex needs is a practical and common sense approach".