Welcome
Ngak Min Health provides comprehensive and culturally appropriate primary health care services to the community of Gordonvale and surrounding area.
Ngak Min Health's Mission
Ngak Min Health is committed to closing the gap in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health outcomes through a holistic, comprehensive and culturally safe primary healthcare model. With a strong focus on preventative healthcare, early intervention and ongoing support, Ngak Min Health aims to improve health outcomes and provide accessible, quality healthcare services to the wider Gordonvale community and surrounding areas.
In addition to providing quality best client outcomes and optimal health care, which is culturally appropriate and responsive, Ngak Min Health provides access to preventative early identification and targeted social emotional wellbeing and mental health supports.
What Does Ngak Min Mean?
In the western Cape York language of Wik Mungkan, Ngak Min means ‘healthy water’. Traditionally, Elders would welcome visitors onto Country by placing water from the land on their heads and speaking to the Spirits of the land to acknowledge the presence of the visitors to keep them safe from harm. Our services are here to prevent, protect and heal, like the water of the land.
Our Team
Ngak Min Health has a diverse range of healthcare professionals and allied health professionals which include general practitioners, a nurse practitioner, an Aboriginal health worker and registered nurse, as well as social and emotional wellbeing counsellors and mental health clinical professionals.
This dedicated team of professionals provides a range of preventative early intervention, chronic conditions and social and emotional wellbeing services and supports.
About Us
Since 2019, we have focused on addressing the health gap experienced by First Nations people. Conveniently located in the centre of Gordonvale, we support our community by helping to reduce inequalities in health outcomes. We do this by encouraging health-seeking behaviours and giving students and families greater control to make informed decisions about their own health.