Contact details for population/public health units

Metropolitan Communicable Disease Control (MCDC)

• Phone: 9222 8588 or 1300 MCDCWA (1300 62 32 92)
• Fax: 9222 8599
• Email: contactMCDC@health.wa.gov.au
• Postcodes: 6000 – 6040, 6045 – 6090, 6100 – 6215, 6556 – 6558 and 6953 – 6992

Regional population/public health units – WA Country Health Service (WACHS)

Goldfields PHU

• Based in Kalgoorlie
• Phone: 9080 8200
• Fax: 9080 8201
• Email: WACHSGoldfieldsCommunicableDiseaseControl@health.wa.gov.au
• Postcodes: 6429-6438, 6440-6452, 6646

Great Southern PHU

• Based in Albany
• Phone: 9842 7500
• Fax: 9892 2503
• Email: gs.diseasecontrol@health.wa.gov.au
• Postcodes: 6316 - 6318, 6321 - 6324, 6326 - 6328, 6330 - 6333, 6335 - 6338, 6341, 6346, 6348, 6394 - 6397

Kimberley PHU

• Based in Broome
• Phone: 9194 1630
• Fax: 9194 1631
• Email: WACHSKimberleyCommunicableDiseaseControl@health.wa.gov.au
• Postcodes: 6725 – 6743, 6765 – 6799

Midwest PHU

• Based in Geraldton
• Phone: 9956 1985
• Fax: 9956 1991
• Email: WACHSMidwestCommunicableDiseaseControl@health.wa.gov.au
• Postcodes: 6514 – 6515, 6517 – 6519, 6522 – 6532, 6535 – 6537, 6614 – 6642, 6701 – 6707

Pilbara PHU

• Based in South Hedland
• Phone: 9174 1660
• Fax: 9174 1088
• Email: WACHSPilbaraCommunicableDiseaseControl@health.wa.gov.au
• Postcodes: 6710 – 6722, 6751 – 6760.

South West PHU

• Based in Bunbury
• Phone: 9781 2359
• Fax: 9753 6587
• Email: WACHSSouthwestCommunicableDiseaseControl@health.wa.gov.au
• Postcodes: 6218 – 6290, 6398

Wheatbelt PHU

• Based in Northam
• Street address: Northam Health Service – Ambulatory Care Unit, Robinson Street, Northam WA 6401
• Postal address: PO Box 312 Northam WA 6401
• Telephone: 9690 1720
• Fax: 9690 1335
• Email: WACHSWheatbeltCommunicableDiseaseControl@health.wa.gov.au
• Postcodes: 6041 – 6044, 6302 – 6315, 6350 – 6393, 6401 – 6428, 6460 – 6490, 6501 – 6513, 6516 – 6521, 6560 – 6575, 6603 – 6613

After hours (5pm – 8am Monday to Friday, and weekends and public holidays)

For urgent public health queries only, contact the Department of Health on call duty officer on 9328 0553 and ask to speak with the on-call public health physician.

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