Information for Health Professionals
For information to assist you in making a new diagnosis of HIV, please refer to the ASHM website
Waratah Clinic Services include:
- Outpatient consultations
- Pathology collection
- HIV medications
- Clinical trials
- Shared care plans with GPs
- Tests for other sexually transmissible infections
- Nutrition and diet advice
- Interpreter services
- Informal peer support groups for patients and their families
- Information and handouts on HIV related medications and issues
Social Worker/Counsellor is available to:
- Discuss adjustment to living with HIV
- Discuss treatment options
- Assist with lifestyle changes to optimise health
- Offer counselling for relationship and sexuality issues
- Assist with financial, Centrelink or housing concerns
- Discuss confidentiality and disclosure
Information about antiretroviral therapy
To assess drug interactions with antiretroviral therapy, we recommend the following tool: