Some practical help is at hand in the battle to stay healthy during the current Covid-19 emergency: Gateway Health has published a set of two guides to a wide range of food resources we can all find close to home.

The Gateway Health Community Food Access Guide has been published in two editions - one for Albury-Wodonga and another for Wangaratta and surrounds.

Gateway Health GP clinics have begun to provide a ‘telehealth’ service to patients. This means it’s now possible to consult with a doctor from home using telephone or video-linked computer rather than attend at the clinic.

Patients must phone ahead to make a booking. (Wangaratta 03 5723 2000; Wodonga 02 6022 8888.)

A lot of Gateway Health’s patients and clients come from non-English speaking backgrounds.

So in the midst of the Covid-19 corona virus emergency, many have a need to access important health information in languages other than English.

Please note that during the current situation with Covid-19 corona virus, Gateway Health is NOT currently accepting ANY online bookings for its General Practitioner (GP) clinics.

Gateway Health is suggesting we all take a “calm and practical” approach to the current Covid-19 corona virus outbreak.

While there have been relatively few cases to date in north-eastern Victoria and southern NSW, the threat of rapid growth in infections remains real, so it is important we remain fully prepared.

After a bushfire, sometimes people are unsure of what to do next. There are so many competing priorities and so much information at times that it can be difficult to see your way forward.

It is normal for a traumatic event to affect you emotionally and physically. The best source of support is your usual networks - family, friends and community.

However if you need further help the Bushfire Counselling Line can provide advice, counselling through a range of options, and referral as appropriate.

In Wodonga and Wangaratta, Gateway Health is operating normally as far as possible during the current bushfire disaster situation.

Our Myrtleford centre has been temporarily closed, as of Monday 6 January. As decisions are made about operations on subsequent days we’ll give updated information.

Gateway Health needs and vaoues your input. The Victorian Healthcare Experience Survey (VHES) is a way that you can let us know about your experience of care given at Gateway Health.

When we talk about gambling harm as a community, it makes it okay for those affected to reach out.

For more information visit our Gambler's Help page or go to Gambler's Help website.

Gateway Health has developed the catchment-based needs assessment and strategic plan for addressing critical service delivery gaps in Alcohol and Other Drugs for Ovens Murray (Hume) for 2018-2021.

Local people are spearheading the development of Wangaratta’s new drug and alcohol residential rehabilitation service to make sure it meets the needs of its future residents and our community.