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, Wiluna, Newman, Meekatharra, Roebourne, Karratha, Port Hedland, 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.

Vision Van Schedule 2018

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

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.