After twelve months of paperwork and negotiation I gained permission to photograph the day-to-day workings of those that provide health services to recently arrived refugees.
Trish Schofield, administration support, organises patient records for the doctor's clinic.
Dr Murray Webber (Paediatrician/Refugee Lead) consults with a refugee couple from Afghanistan.
Faranak Danaie interprets Dari/Farci for a refugee couple from Afghanistan.
Dr Murray Webber (Paediatrician/Refugee Lead) discusses the Refugee Health Program with Farrah Othman - a medical stgudent.
Dr Sally Gaunson with the help of Fatima Mardeali, an Arabic interpreter, explains her diagnosis to a Sudanese refugee whilst Jenkin Tang, a medical student, observes.
One of the roles of a Refugee nurse is not only to provide education to clients but also to students undertaking Health Studies. Karinne Andrich CNS (Clinical Nurse Specialist) delivers a talk.
Karinne Andrich conducts a home visit with a refugee family from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (ORC).
A refugee woman from Afghanistan waits her turn for an immunisation injection.
Another role of the Refugee Health Program is to support universities in providing clinical placements for students. Karinne Andrich debriefs Tracy Foran - a fifth year medical student.
Karinne Andrich and Brayden March, a fourth year medical student, prepare to immunise.
A refugee man from Afghanistan prepares for an injection.
Fourth year medical student Brayden March, checks a syringe.
A woman from Afghanistan receives an injection,.
The refugee nurse consults with a woman from Afghanistan.
After a day of immunising, a multitude of syringes lay in a sharps container.
Joy Harrison is one of only two refugee health nurses covering an area approximately 130000 square kilometres or the size of England.
