Vision Van

The Lions Outback Vision Van consists of three consulting rooms, filled with specialist equipment. The mobile eye health clinic provides comprehensive ophthalmology care for cataracts, trachoma, glaucoma, and diabetic retinopathy.

The vision van completes two circuits per year throughout the State, providing services in Albany, Esperance, Katanning, Kalgoorlie, Leonora, Laverton, Wiluna, Newman, Meekatharra, Roebourne, Karratha, Port Hedland, Onslow, Exmouth, Broome, Derby, Fitzroy Crossing, Halls Creek, Kununurra, Wyndham and Warmun.

Lions Outback Vision thanks LotteryWest, the WA Department of Health, the Commonwealth Department of Health and the Lions Eye Institute for supporting the new mobile eye health facility, an initiative that will help save the sight of thousands of West Australians living in regional and remote communities.

Lions Outback Vision Van:

The Lions Outback Vision Van is a mobile eye health clinic that showcases how collaboration, innovation and technology can be harnessed to deliver services in regional and remote areas to close the eye health gap. The Outback Vision Van incorporates a unique service delivery model that:

Genuinely integrates collaboration across the health, corporate and community sectors;
Is the first mobile clinic in Western Australia to showcase the protocols and principals developed by the Aboriginal Health Council (WA) for outback service delivery in Indigenous communities;
Performs integrative care, avoiding duplication by filling the gaps in existing hospital facilities and Aboriginal Medical Services sites around the State;
Builds local capacity by up-skilling and training local health workers;
Harnesses a strong partnership between community, corporate bodies and government to meet the increasing demand for eye health services.

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Vision Van Schedule 2021

Jan	18-25	Albany	May	3-4	Onslow	Sep	2-3	Roebourne
	28-29	Katanning		6-7	Exmouth		7-9	Hedland
Feb	1-10	Kalgoorlie		23-28	Albany		13-16	Karratha
	12	Leonora		31 (pm)	Katanning		20-21	Onslow
	15-16	Laverton	Jun	1	Katanning		23-24	Exmouth
	18-19	Wiluna		3-11	Kalgoorlie	Oct	4-5	Katanning
	22-23	Meekatharra		14-15	Leonora		7-12	Albany
	25-26	Newman		16-17	Laverton		14-15	Esperance
Mar	2	Newman		21-22	Wiluna		18-26	Kalgoorlie
	4-10	Hedland		24-25	Meekatharra		28-29	Leonora
	12-16	Broome		26-30	Newman	Nov	1-2	Laverton
	17-20	Derby	Jul	2-5	Tom Price (TBC)		4-5	Wiluna
	22-23	Fitzroy Crossing		7	Karratha		8	Meekatharra
	25-26	Halls Creek		9	Onslow		10-12	Newman
	29-30	Kununurra		12-13	Exmouth		15-16	Tom Price (TBC)
Apr	7-9	Kununurra		26-27	Northam (TBC)		18-19	Roebourne
	12	Wyndham		29-30	Merredin (TBC)		22-24	Hedland
	14	Warmun	Aug	2-6	Kalgoorlie		26-30	Karratha
	16-20	Derby		9-10	Leonora	Dec	2-3	Onslow
	22-23	Broome		11-13	Laverton		7-3	Exmouth
	28-30	Roebourne		16-18	Wiluna		13-14	Jurien Bay (TBC)
				20	Meekatharra
				23-26	Newman
				30-31	Tom Price (TBC)

For information on schedules or bookings contact Lions Outback Vision info@outbackvision.com.au or 08 9381 0802 or contact your regional health clinic.

VISION VAN The Lions Outback Vision Van is a specialist mobile eye health clinic which will visit 19 communities twice each year supporting West Australians living in regional and remote communities to access specialist eye health services and treatment.

VISITING OPTOMETRIST Visiting Optometrists reach 30 different locations in areas of identified need, improving the coordination and integration of eye health services and the quality of ongoing patient care.

OUTREACH CLINICSCoordinated visits by ophthalmologists to regional hospitals to support specialist eye health procedures and surgeries in each region to advantage patient access to clinical assessment, review and follow up.

DIABETIC RETINOPATHY SCREENINGDiabetic eye screening is a key part of diabetes care. People with diabetes area at risk of damage from diabetic retinopathy, a condition that can lead to sight loss if it is not treated.