Covid19 Advice

COVID-19 Update 3 Aug 2020

Victorian Centre for Mental Health

 

As an essential health service, we remain open for business as usual.

 We are COVID-19 compliant to hospital standards, and we are here to support you. 

 All appointments and programs are continuing as usual, at regular times.

 There are no time, curfew or travel distance restrictions for you obtaining health care.

 Look after your mental health: Keep your treatment steady, and keep your appointments.

 

Stage 4 Restrictions for Metro Melbourne, from 6pm Sun 2 Aug 2020.

What does this mean for me?

 

  1. curfew, stay at home from 8pm to 5am (unless for work, study, caregiving or health care)
  2. stay within 5km of your home from 5am to 8pm (unless for work, study, caregiving or healthcare)
  3. restricted hours of public transport, with normal timetable between 5am and 8pm. 
  4. 1 person per household doing 1 trip to shops per day
  5. 1 hour exercise per day outside the home
  6. No visitors to your home
  7. Masks when in public or interacting with others outside the home, 12years old or older
  8. Children will be remote schooled

 

Stage 3 Restrictions for Regional Victoria, from 12am Thu 6 Aug 2020.

What does this mean for me?

  1. Stay at home (unless for essential shopping, work, study, caregiving or healthcare)
  2. Exercise outside the home with only one other person
  3. No visitors to your home
  4. Masks when in public or interacting with others outside the home, 12years old or older
  5. Children will be remote schooled
 

We remain a Category 1 low-risk facility, with no cases amongst our patients or staff currently.

We remain open for in-person mental health services for all our Group Programs, and Individual Therapy.

All our Group Programs and Individual Therapy are also available remotely using our high quality video conferencing systems, or by phone, if your payer or health fund allows it.

We are accepting new patients. We have psychiatrists available for appointments with no waiting list.

Please contact us to enquire about remote or in-person services by clicking here Send Email
.We are monitoring and complying with all COVID-19 advisories.  We have security check points and social distancing requirements within our facilities.

See this link for government information on COVID-19, updated daily https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-covid-19-daily-update

Get COVID-19 testing if you have symptoms of a sore throat, congestion, a runny nose, or a temperature.

Call Coronavirus Hotline 1800 675 398 for direction if you or someone you know has symptoms you are concerned about. Allow 2 hours to get through.

Our patients receive a personally tailored approach to their care, targeted to each person’s unique mental health needs.

Alongside the best treatment programs available in the world, this leads to recovery and stabilisation.

We offer our programs on a day admission basis and can be provide treatment in an intensive format,

so that while you are working things through, you can remain connected to your family and community.