Service Provider Details
Greater Western Area Mental Health Service
Provides mental health and drug and alcohol services, community based and inpatient services (at Bloomfield Hospital) covering the Greater Western Health Area.
| Service Provider Type: | NSW Health |
| Address: | Bloomfield Hospital Forest Rd ORANGE 2800 NSW |
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| Mailing Address: | PO Box 319 ORANGE 2800 NSW |
| Phone: | 02 6360 7700 |
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| Fax Number: | 02 6361 3592 |
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| HelpLine: | 1800 011 511 |
| email: | Bronwyn.Hyde@gwahs.nsw.gov.au |
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| Areas Serviced: | Greater Western |
Services Offered
| Program | Program Description | Location |
| Bathurst Carer Support Group | Meetings run by carers with guest speakers | Bathurst |
| 14 Principles of Coping | Program delivered by local mental health professionals in conjunction with Carers NSW. | Bathurst, Orange |
| Carer Information Pack | Includes a document on carer rights and responsibilities. | |
| 8 Stages of Healing | Program offered by telephone in conjunction with Carers NSW. It presents alternatives to common patterns of coping. It aims to teach behaviours designed to form mutually satisfying relationships with others including the person with a mental illness. | Orange |
| SMILES Program | Simplifying Mental Illness and Life Enhancement Skills: Educates about the most frequent mental health problems and aims to improve the young carer's capacity to cope | Bathurst |
| Telephone Group Counselling | Eight week program to support geographically isolated carers | |
| COPMI Camps | Run twice a year for young carers. The May camp is for young people aged 13 to 17. The November camp is for ages 8 to 12. | Wellington |