Hunter New England Local Health District

Hunter New England Local Health District 

With a pandemic declared and an urgent community need for access to COVID-19 screening, Belmont Hospital developed an innovative swabbing model for the public health emergency.

Telephone COVID-19 assessment allows the community to be safely booked into a drive-through clinic with two-minute appoi​ntments.

It protected staff members and patients within the hospital by virtually eliminating their risk of exposure from people who were COVID-19 positive.

Current as at: Tuesday 13 October 2020
Contact page owner: NSW Ministry of Health