Health & wellbeing

Clinic & Health Services

Comprehensive primary health care for every homeland, at the clinic and on outreach.

In a life-threatening emergency call 000. Clinic: (08) 8956 9875 (Monday–Friday, 8:30am–4:30pm)

Visit us at Amengernterneah

Our clinic is staffed by remote area nurses, Aboriginal Health Practitioners and visiting GPs, with specialist services visiting on a regular schedule. Traditional healing is part of care here, and you can ask for a Ngangkere.

  • Where: Amengernterneah Community, Utopia Homelands, via Alice Springs NT 0872
  • Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:30am–4:30pm
  • Phone: (08) 8956 9875
  • After hours: In an emergency call 000. After-hours arrangements to be confirmed.
The Urapuntja Health Service clinic building under gum trees
The clinic at Amengernterneah. Photograph by Urapuntja Health Service.

General practice & nursing

GP clinics, nursing care, wound care, health checks and everyday presentations.

Chronic disease care

Long-term support for diabetes, heart, kidney and lung health, with care plans, reviews and outreach follow-up.

Child & maternal health

Antenatal care, child health checks, immunisations and growth monitoring.

Traditional healing

Ngangkere (traditional healer) care available alongside clinical care. Ask at the clinic.

Emergency response

First response on the homelands, with aeromedical retrieval when needed.

Visiting specialists

Regular visits from specialist and allied health services: eyes, ears, dental, mental health and more.

Outreach to homelands

Clinic teams travel to all sixteen homelands on a regular schedule.

Medicines

Dispensing and medication support, including delivery on outreach.

Health promotion & preventative health

The best health care keeps people well in the first place. Our health promotion work runs through everything we do: nutrition, smoke-free messages, sport, school programs and community events.

Health promotion programs
Good food, strong culture, active kids. That's health care too.