Clinics

Rural and remote Australia is characterised by small, widely dispersed populations with limited access to primary health care services. The RFDS works to overcome this, providing regular fly-in fly-out GP, Nursing and Allied Health Clinics to rural and remote communities. Everyday the RFDS holds 68 clinics Australia wide.

In 2023/24, the RFDS facilitated 22,462 primary healthcare clinics.

Harvey Family in front of their shearing shed

In many of the locations where these clinics are provided, the RFDS is the only provider of health care services. As a result, the RFDS delivers health care services to people throughout their whole lives and to generations of families.

Clinics in QLD

Delivering general practitioners; nurses; Allied Health professionals; and other health personnel including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers, and health promotion and community development officers.

Clinics in NSW/ACT

Providing early intervention, prevention, health information and screening, as well as chronic disease management services. We also provide visiting specialist clinics with medical consultants including ear, nose and throat specialists, dermatologists, eye specialists and a specialist breast care nurse (with the McGrath Foundation) who supports patients from diagnosis, and throughout treatment.

Clinics in VIC

Delivery a Rural Women’s GP service to a number of small rural communities across Victoria, with the aim of providing a gender choice to all patients who would like to see a female GP or a consistent visiting GP.

RFDS Primary Health Clinics in South Australia and NT

Clinics in SA/NT

delivering whole-of-life community health services to help outback, rural and remote Australians live happier and healthier lives.

Clinics in TAS

provide free Primary Health Care services and deliver them directly to community members to meet their needs. With the aim of supporting people in rural areas with mental illness, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dementia and chronic musculoskeletal conditions.

Clinics in WA

Provided by RFDS GPs, nurses, dentists and allied health professionals. Accredited to the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards, which ensure a nationally consistent level of care that our patients have the right to expect from the RFDS.