Women’s community health services are a safe space to access support for a wide range of holistic health issues including alcohol and other drug issues, family and domestic violence, sexual assault, support for children and young people and provide holistic groups and activities. Services engage in programs and approaches to prevent violence against women, and to intervene early to help interrupt violence and abuse against women and children in our community.
Women’s community health services are designed for all women, from diverse backgrounds and individual experiences, and focus on delivering specialist services to women who experience significant disadvantage in accessing appropriate health services.
Services vary across each centre due to capacity and resourcing, but generally services support women’s health across:
Common services at a women’s health centre include:
Creche facilities or low-cost childcare services are available at some centres.
All women’s health centres provide interpreter services.
Women’s community health services offer affordable services to all women in Western Australia.
The majority of services are offered free or at low cost to all women.
Bulk-billing is available at some services, or low gap fees apply.
Please enquire directly to your local women’s community health service to find out more about their service costs.
Our key work is to develop a coordinated planning, policy, research and practice environment that has collective impact on women’s health and wellbeing. We provide a forum for others to work together to achieve appropriate, equitable and accessible health prevention and care for women and girls. Our work is informed by a feminist approach to health promotion and the social determinants of health.
The Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing does not deliver direct services.
We work to advance women’s health and wellbeing to help improve the health of all women and girls in Western Australia. We do this by engaging a health equity approach and work to promote better physical, mental, sexual and reproductive health outcomes for women and girls, especially for those who experience the most significant disadvantage.
We work alongside women to co-create strategies that will improve practice, policy, planning and system design. Our goal is to be a voice for women on issues that impact upon women’s health. And, we work to ensure we have the capacity to respond to the ever-changing health needs of women and girls.
Fremantle Women’s Health Centre
114 South Street (Corner of Edmund St)
(PO Box 8014 HILTON, WA 6163)
FREMANTLE WA 6160
The Fremantle Women’s Health Centre (FWHC) is a not-for-profit community health centre for women living and working in the south west metropolitan region. We provide a range of health promotion, prevention and treatment services in the area of women’s health and wellbeing by experienced, caring, female health professionals – doctors, nurses, counsellors and health educators.
A crèche is available for some appointments and groups.
Services and programs are available in the following areas:
Phone: (08) 9431 0500
Email: enquiries@fwhc.org.au
Ishar Multicultural Women’s Health Service
Kevin Smith Community Offices (Mirrabooka Library Building)
21 Sudbury Road
MIRRABOOKA WA 6061
Ishar Multicultural Women’s Health Service provides inclusive, holistic and culturally sensitive services for women and their families, promoting healthy communities. Ishar strives to create opportunities for culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) women to experience all aspects of capacity building and operates using the ‘social model’ of health, in which the presenting ‘medical’ condition is not separated from the interconnections of personal, social, economic, cultural, age and gender-related issues. Ishar’s service delivery is flexible and responsive to the needs of the participating women who are provided with information, referral, counselling, training and/or support. Ishar has adopted a working style that focuses on the healing of lifestyle related problems and the promotion of independence for women, particularly those from culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) background. Ishar provides services to women across all age ranges from young girls to seniors, through programs addressing their age-appropriate needs.
Phone: (08) 9345 5335
Email: info@ishar.org.au
Midland Women’s Health Care Place
4 The Avenue
MIDLAND WA 6056
The Midland Women’s Health Care Place (MWHCP) provide a diverse range of health services to women in a comfortable, caring and supportive environment. MWHCP provides services for women across the lifespan, recognising that individual women can be vulnerable at different times because of factors including social & economic disadvantage, disability, ethnicity and age. Each term MWHCP offers a variety of groups and courses at affordable prices designed specifically for local women. Emotional health, physical health, fun and friendship are on offer every day at MWHCP.
Services and programs are available in the following areas:
Phone: (08) 9250 2221
Email: info@mwhcp.org.au
South Coastal Health and Community Services
Life Links Community Centre
4 Civic Boulevard
ROCKINGHAM WA 6168
South Coastal Women’s Health Services provide women and their families with opportunities to lead mentally and physically healthy lives through a range of services. These services include;
Phone: (08) 9550 0900
Email: admin@southcoastal.org.au
Women’s Health & Family Services
227 Newcastle Street,
NORTHBRIDGE WA 6003
and
Suite 6 Joondalup Lotteries House
70 Davidson Terrace
JOONDALUP WA 6027
Women’s Health & Family Services staff specialise in women’s health issues, providing medical, counselling, drug and alcohol support, domestic violence, mental health and other health services for women and their families.
The programs and services at Women’s Health and Family Services are open to all West Australian women and their families, with consideration made for the unique needs of Aboriginal, migrant and refugee families. Crèche facilities and interpreting services are available.
Services and programs are available in the following areas:
Phone: (08) 6330 5400
Toll free: 1800 998 399 (Outside Perth Metro Area)
Email: info@whfs.org.au OR infojoondalup@whfs.org.au
Contact details for clients who are deaf, or have a hearing or speech impairment:
If you are deaf, or have a hearing impairment or speech impairment, and would like to contact us by phone, please call us using the National Relay Service:
TTY users phone 133 677 then ask for WHFS phone number, 6330 5400.
Speak and Listen users phone 1300 555 727 then ask for WHFS phone number, 6330 5400.
Internet relay users connect to the NRS then ask for WHFS phone number, 6330 5400.
Video relay users choose the available NRS video relay contact on Skype and ask for WHFS phone number, 6330 5400.
SMS relay users phone 0423 677 767 and ask for WHFS phone number, 6330 54000
Women’s Health And Wellbeing Services
Gosnells Community Lotteries House
Suite 7, Level 1, 2232c Albany Highway
(PO Box 422)
GOSNELLS WA 6990
Women’s Health and Wellbeing Services (WHWS) is an organisation supporting all women and their families within the South East Metro Area of Perth, Western Australia. WHWS promotes the overall wellbeing, self-esteem, independence, self-responsibility and health awareness of women in the community. WHWS offer a range of different services including perinatal mental health programs, counselling, bulk billed female GP, health awareness programs, information sessions, parenting skills, groups and events. They also provide Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Programs, Multicultural Women’s Advocacy Services and a Sexual Assault Resource Centre. Services and programs are available in the following areas:
Phone: (08) 9490 2258
Email: info@whws.org.au
Goldfields Women’s Health Care Centre
15 Dugan Street, Kalgoorlie, WA 6430
(PO Box 370)
KALGOORLIE WA 6430
The Goldfield’s Women’s Health Care Centre provides valued services to support women and their families to improve their health and well-being.
Services and programs are available in the following areas:
Phone: (08) 9021 8266
Email: administration@gwhcc.org.au
Desert Blue Connect
25 Chapman Road
(PO Box 472)
GERALDTON WA 6531
Women’s Health Services at Desert Blue Connect provides a holistic health service for women in the Geraldton and Midwest region. The service responds to the needs of women by providing confidential health and wellbeing services. Women’s Health Services at Desert Blue Connect provides women with information, access and support to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. Services and programs are available in the following areas:
Phone: (08) 9964 2742
Email: info@desertblueconnect.org.au
South West Women’s Health & Information Centre
19 Fielder Street
(PO Box 6049)
Bunbury WA 6230
South West Women’s Health provides accurate and up to date health information to women, of all ages and ethnic backgrounds living in the South West, that will assist women to make informed choices and be empowered about their own health and those for whom they care. Services and programs are available in the following areas:
Free call: 1800 673 350
Email: admin@swwhic.com.au
Hedland Well Women’s Centre
2B Leake Street (behind the South Hedland Library and opposite Aquatic Centre)
(PO Box 2072)
SOUTH HEDLAND WA 6722
Hedland Well Women’s Centre enhances the health and wellbeing of all women in the Pilbara, and provides a welcoming, safe, supportive and stimulating environment for all women. Services and programs are available in the following areas:
Phone: (08) 9140 1124
Email: info@wellwomens.com.au
Nintirri Centre
Central Road
(PO Box 76)
TOM PRICE WA 6751
Women’s health services at the Nintirri Centre aim to support the physical, mental and emotional health of women in Tom Price communities. Services and programs are available in the following areas:
A registered health nurse is available for appointments in a relaxed and informal setting.
Services offered include:
Phone: (08) 9189 1556 or mobile 0456 802 061
Email: officemanager@nintirri.org.au
Sarah Brown AM is the Chief Executive Officer of Purple House and has been helping the Indigenous Directors to run the organisation since its inception more than twenty three years ago.
Sarah holds a Master of Nursing, a Graduate Diploma in Aboriginal Education, and a Graduate Diploma in Health Service Management. Prior to joining Purple House, she was a remote area nurse and university lecturer.
Sarah has been recognised in many ways for the work she does, being named Hesta’s Australia’s Nurse of the Year in 2017, being listed as one of BOSS magazine’s ‘True Leaders’ in 2018, and in 2020 Sarah received an Order of Australia Medal for “her significant service to community health, remote nursing and Indigenous communities”.
Professor Louise Keogh is a leading voice across women’s health and reproductive rights in Australia. Louise is Deputy Director of the Centre for Health Equity and Chair of the Hallmark Research Initiative in Reproductive Justice at the University of Melbourne.
Louise’s work explores issues that matter deeply to women, and includes the decriminalisation of abortion, contraception, voluntary assisted dying and the growing role of genetics in cancer prevention. Her work aims to make healthcare more equitable, accessible, and responsive to women’s needs.
Louise works with clinicians, policymakers, and communities to translate research into practical change in healthcare practice and policy. She is passionate about fostering open, thoughtful conversations about women’s health, particularly where ethics, rights and emerging technologies intersect.
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