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25.01.2022 Sign-ups for placements at PCH Refugee Health Clinic in October are open!! Placements will be allocated on a first-in, first-served basis...be quick! https://forms.gle/nr3VtFxwABtPng5V6

23.01.2022 IHOC - Curtin's Global Health Group is running this event with speakers from Health In Kind and PCH Refugee Health Service as well as providing free food and fun craft workshops. Sign up to hear from these amazing organisations that we've worked with before and get creative

23.01.2022 Be INSPIRED by Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Australia, former MSF Australia President and (most importantly) UWA Medical School Alumni, Dr Nick Coatsworth, and his journey through medicine! This could be YOU in the near future

22.01.2022 Sign ups for October placements at PCH Refugee Health clinic are now open!! This is a super unique opportunity to get involved in refugee health. Be sure to get in quick as placements will be allocated on a first-in, first-served basis! https://forms.gle/ZwNpFMdamWbpcwDs9

21.01.2022 Just a reminder that this is starting now https://monash.zoom.us/j/94842512728

17.01.2022 A HUGE win for WA's Asylum Seeker community To all our members, donors, and supporters thank you so much for enabling us to be able to do this valuable a...dvocacy Check out the good news: Earlier this month, CARAD confirmed that the WA Health Department has made a change that, effective from 01 August 2020, Medicare ineligible people seeking asylum in WA are to be non-chargeable for public hospital treatment. This is the result of some intensive advocacy that our Client Services Manager, Esther, along with the WA Refugee and People Seeking Asylum Network (WARPSAN) and many others have been working on since early last year. Already we have seen three clients without Medicare who were in need of urgent hospital treatment now able to receive treatment without having to worry about huge hospital fees and how they would ever be able to repay them. This is a particularly heavy burden when the majority of them are without work rights and/or any income to repay such a debt that has the potential to impact any protection visa being issued to them. This is a hugely welcome change as CARAD has seen around 30% of people seeking asylum here in WA without Medicare eligibility. A significant portion of the complex case work the Client Services Team has supported clients with is in advocating for people in this situation to be able to access hospital treatment such as urgent surgery, 3rd degree burn treatment, various child development therapies, crucial diagnostic investigations for life-threatening conditions, treatment for communicable diseases, and also apply for fee waivers once they have accessed these things. A special thanks to all the numerous advocates who assisted in making this change happen. This could not have been achieved without all of you.

15.01.2022 We still have one more spot available for a placement at PCH Refugee Health Service on August 24th! If you're interested, be sure to fill out the EOI form! https://forms.gle/nzZjyXnEBktj8rqP7

08.01.2022 The Victorian Crossing Borders: Annual Refugee Symposium 2020 was a pleasure to attend with its guest speakers covering a range of topics, perspectives and skills. Here's a link to resources covered on the weekend including organisations to get involved with, books to read, websites to learn more and a workbook on having breakthrough conversations https://docs.google.com//1z6iD2BEnin8VLPixOBwNHpM9zs/edit Amazing job Crossing Borders Deakin Crossing Borders Monash Crossing Borders Melbourne!

06.01.2022 Placements at the PCH Refugee Health Clinic are back!! Fill out the form below if you're interested! Placements will be assigned on a first-in, first-served basis https://forms.gle/JX8R4TtYrnGCXLXc9

06.01.2022 Placements at PCH Refugee Health Service are back and we have one more spot available for August 24th! If you're interested, be sure to fill out the EOI form- link in our bio! https://forms.gle/nzZjyXnEBktj8rqP7

03.01.2022 Swim For Refugees is an amazing organisation that runs free swimming classes for people of refugee and asylum seeker background and is a whole round wholesome family If you’re interested in volunteering check out their information and training session on the 3rd of October! https://fb.me/e/3oxxfWEaE