Maternal, Child and Family Health (MACH) services
Breastfeeding Resources
Supports parents/carers with information and advice about breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding Support (MACH)
Supports parents/carers with information and advice about breastfeeding.
Early Childhood Immunisation
Immunisation for babies and children under six years of age
Early Parenting Support Line (MACH)
Support for early pregnancy, maternal and child health, breastfeeding and parenting concerns.
First Home Visits (MACH)
First home visits for all ACT families with a newborn baby.
First Time Parent Groups (MACH)
A four-week program run by our Maternal and Child Health (MACH) nurses/midwives.
Maternal, Child and Family Health (MACH) booked appointments and child health checks
Health checks, information and support on a range of parenting issues.
Understanding Your Baby Information Session (MACH)
Provides information on infant behaviour and development, infant cue-based care to support feeding, play, sleep and settling.
Other early parenting services
Children's Hearing Service
Provides a full hearing assessment for children aged 18 months to 18 years.
Diabetes service
Provides care to help treat and educate adults and adolescents with all types of diabetes.
Early Parenting Counselling
Help for parents and families experiencing emotional, social and psychological difficulties.
IMPACT
Supports pregnant people, their partners and their young children who are clients of Mental Health ACT and/or who are receiving opioid replacement therapy.
Mums and Bubs Physiotherapy Service
Assessment, information, early intervention and prevention for people who have given birth in the previous 12 months, and infants under 12 months.
Newborn Hearing Screening Program
Provides hearing tests for babies born or living in the ACT.
NICU Growth and Development Follow-up Clinic
Monitors the long-term growth and development of babies at risk who have required Neonatal Intensive Care.
Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Consultation Service
Supports people who are planning pregnancy, are pregnant or a mother of a baby under 12 months, who have a severe mental health issue.
Variations in Sex Characteristics Psychosocial Service
Provides support to children and young people born with naturally occurring sex characteristics that do not fit the typical definitions for male or female bodies.
Pregnancy and birth services
Antenatal education at North Canberra Hospital
We offer face-to-face pre-birth education.
Body basics for pregnancy at North Canberra Hospital
Physiotherapy information sessions.
Breastfeeding and postnatal education at North Canberra Hospital
Covers antenatal expressing and the very first feed, right through to established breastfeeding.
Childbirth Education at Centenary Hospital for Women and Children
We offer ‘Pregnancy to Parenting’ and ‘Next Birth after Caesarean’ childbirth education sessions.
Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit
A non-urgent outpatient service for women experiencing problems in early pregnancy.
Fetal Medicine Unit (FMU)
Provides care for people and families with complex or high-risk pregnancies who need specialised care for either themselves or their baby.
Genetic Counselling
Counselling for people with medical problems that may be caused by genes.
Gynaecology Oncology Service
Diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of patients with suspected or confirmed gynaecological cancer such as cervical, uterine, vulva, ovarian or vaginal cancer.
Maternity Assessment Unit
Assessment and monitoring for people in the second half of their pregnancy or who have issues related to a recent birth.
Newborn and Parent Support Service (NAPSS)
Assessment, advice and support for parents of high-risk newborns and infants with additional needs who've been in NICU or SCN
Outpatient Maternity Care
Provides regular antenatal care during pregnancy.
Postnatal Follow-up Clinic
For babies who require a medical review, or follow-up.
Postnatal physiotherapy service at North Canberra Hospital
Physiotherapy assessment and information for people who have recently given birth.
Preterm Birth Prevention Clinic
Provides pregnancy care for women who have an increased chance of having a spontaneous preterm birth.
Women's Health Physiotherapy at Canberra Hospital
Provides physiotherapy care for people during their pregnancy and up to three months after the birth, plus gynaecology patients.
Women's Health Physiotherapy at North Canberra Hospital
Provides physiotherapy care for people during their pregnancy and up to three months after the birth.