Child Health Service
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Child and Youth Community Health clinics continue to be available for families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some community services may be providing alternate options for families including, phone or telehealth appointments. For more information on service changes, please visit our dedicated COVID-19 updates page.
Please note, visitation restrictions continue to be in place at all Children’s Health Queensland facilities, including the Ellen Barron Family Centre and Community Clinics.
The Child Health Service provides a range of community health and support services for children and their parents/carers to give every child the best possible start in life.
Services may be offered in the home, or in Child Health Centres, and some community centres, free of charge.
Care is provided by a multidisciplinary team of child health nurses and early intervention clinicians (either social workers or psychologists).
Services can include:
- Health assessments (surveillance and screening)
- Growth and development checks – see the Personal Health Record
- Early feeding support
- Nutritional information and ongoing infant/child feeding support
- Immunisation information and Immunisation Clinics
- Parenting support (seminars, groups and individual interventions)
To talk to us about an appointment for your child at a child health centre in the Greater Brisbane Area, call us on 1300 366 039. Telephone lines are open Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays), from 8.30am to 4.30pm.
Download the Child Health Service fact sheet.
Download the Healthy Jarjums: healthy futures flyer.
Services
These key age checks are also available at the family doctor.
Free health checks for 4-5 years olds are also available across a number of locations throughout Brisbane.
The Acacia Ridge Early Years Centre (67 Nyngam Street) also provides a free immunisation clinic for children (birth to five years) every first and third Wednesday of the month. This clinic runs from 9am to 11am.
No bookings are required for either of these clinics.
Brisbane City, Logan and Moreton Bay Regional councils also provide free vaccinations. For clinic times and locations contact the councils directly. General practitioners also provide immunisation services.
Visit our immunisation page for more information.
The program is available to families living in specified areas within Logan, Beenleigh and Browns Plains, up until your baby turns two years old.
Our locations
Child health services are available throughout the Greater Brisbane area by appointment. To find a clinic near you view the Child Health Service page.
