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GRAMS staff are now 100% vaccinated against COVID-19!

The GRAMS Gascoyne Outreach Service supported families during Christmas by organising the Reverse Advent Calendar initiative to give back to the community.

The Deputy Chief Medical Officer Michael Kidd explains what to do if you test positive to COVID-19.

Congratulations to our Health Promotions Officer, David Batty and our Social Worker, Anna Thuy Ruby Mai for their amazing achievements!

The youth team were lucky enough to have Katiska Davis from the Aboriginal health council of Western Australia come to Geraldton to run young leaders training.

Congratulations to Dr Ivan Lin for being named a fellow by the Australian College of Physiotherapists

Merry Christmas to our Elders!

Winners of the GRAMS 2021 Heal Country! NAIDOC Photography Competition were revealed at the Geraldton Regional Library on Tuesday 7th of December.

The Young Leaders Program support Aboriginal young people to become peer educators in youth health and encourage their communities to engage in health behaviours.

The GRAMS Gascoyne Outreach Service and WA Country Health Service Carnarvon is working together to administer COVID vaccinations at the Carnarvon Woodshed.

Last week Dr Carter and School Health Nurse Elissa from Murchison Outreach service spent half a day at Cue Primary School, for Health Check Day

Please be advised that that GRAMS will be closed from 11am 17th December until 4th January

Since 1 October 2021, people now need a prescription to order and buy nicotine vaping products, such as nicotine e-cigarettes, nicotine pods and liquid nicotine.

The GRAMS Tackling Indigenous Smoking and Deadly Cru teams had an absolute blast at the Yalgoo School Holiday Program and the renowned Emu Cup festival

The COVID-19 vaccine rollout continues at Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service (GRAMS) vaccination hub operated in partnership with WA Country Health Service (WACHS).

West Coast Eagles veteran, Josh Kennedy visited the Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service (GRAMS) vaccination hub on Monday 11th of October to encourage the community to get vaccinated.

The GRAMS TIS and Deadly Cru teams recently went on a remote school trip out to Yulga Jinna, Karalundi, Wiluna and Meekatharra to educate youth about the dangers of smoking.

GRAMS hosted a community event last week to bring attention to mental health and the services available to support those in need.

Get the vaccination and enter a free draw to win white goods for Christmas

Geraldton Regional Medical Service (GRAMS) is delivering free Mental Health First Aid Training sessions in Geraldton, Carnarvon, Mount Magnet, Meekatharra, Morawa and Mullewa.

Deborah received her second dose of vaccine last week and is calling for the rest of the community to step forward and complete the vaccinations in order to keep the community safe.

Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service (GRAMS) joined the NAIDOC Week celebrations last week with Geraldton Senior High School honour this year’s theme – Heal Country! – which calls on everyone to ‘continue to seek greater protections for our lands, our waters, our sacred sites and our cultural heritage from exploitation, destruction, and destruction.’

The GRAMS team attended the Murchison Youth Health and Careers Forum to engage with young people and share information on our programs and services.

GRAMS monthly Elders Day catch up focused on developing radio and video to spread the word on community safety messages.

GRAMS NDIS Access Team participated in the Morawa NAIDOC Day event to celebrate First Nations culture and country.

The GRAMS TIS and Deadly Cru team visited Yalgoo and Mt Magnet for the first week of school holidays to help provide smoke free education and fun activities for kids.

The GRAMS Tackling Indigenous Smoking Team along with Deadly Cru were invited by Clontarf Football Academy to attend the Carnarvon Coral Coast Cup.

The communities across the Midwest and Gascoyne Murchison came together last week to share and celebrate Indigenous culture, heritage and achievements as part of Geraldton Regional Aboriginal Medical Service’s (GRAMS) NAIDOC week celebrations.

Perth and Peel will enter a minimum 4-day lockdown from 12:01am, Tuesday 29 June 2021 until 12.01am, Saturday 3 July, 2021.

GRAMS has partnered with the Centre for Best Practice in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention (CBPATSISP) to help develop culturally appropriate self-help resources for Aboriginal families and communities to support young people who are involved in self-harm and suicidal behaviours.