Refugee Health Service
The Refugee Health Service (RHS) is a specialist state wide health service for newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers in South Australia.
Providing primary healthcare services
For over 20 years, the RHS has provided primary healthcare services to refugees and asylum seekers, with a focus on newly arrived families and individuals with complex health and psychosocial needs. The service offers comprehensive health assessments, multidisciplinary care coordination, and clinical management of complex conditions, including infectious diseases. It also provides support for trauma recovery, health literacy education, assistance with NDIS access, and a daily nurse-led drop-in clinic for assessment and care.
Providing appropriate care
Australia’s offshore Humanitarian Resettlement Program has provided permanent protection for up to 18,750 people from refugee background per year.
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