Mobile clinic brings care to vulnerable youth

The new outreach van is part of Anglicare’s Junction Youth Health Services and will be staffed by a GP and youth worker or nurse. Plans have been made for the van to visit Kippax Uniting Care on Tuesdays and PCYC Erindale on Wednesdays from 12.30 to 4.30pm, with additional locations to come.

Dr Tanya Robertson, a GP at Junction Youth Health Service and AMA board member, celebrated the opening of the new van at an event attended by ACT Minister for Health, Rachel Stephen-Smith. “The clinic on wheels is able to reduce transport barriers and provide a range of