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An Australian telehealth clinic

Telehealth clinic for Horsham, VIC

Consultations by video or telephone for patients located in Horsham, with the VIC rules, local hours and fees in one place.

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Horsham by telehealth

Horsham is on the Wimmera River, the regional centre of the Wimmera on the Western Highway. For the 16,882 people the ABS counts in the Horsham urban area (June 2025, down from 16,951 in June 2021), a LeafLine Clinic consultation happens by video or telephone with an AHPRA-registered Clinician. Nobody needs a referral to book.

The drive from Horsham to Melbourne is about 300 kilometres, which takes around 4 hours. Seeing someone in Melbourne in person usually means taking the day off.

Victorian rules that apply in Horsham

The Victorian rule that matters most is the permit. A Clinician needs one from the Department of Health before prescribing to a patient with a history of drug dependence. For everyone else the Department’s published position is that no permit is required, and LeafLine schedules a week-seven review for Victorian patients because the Act itself refers to an eight-week mark.

Checking SafeScript before each prescription is a duty the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 (Vic) places on the prescriber, so your Clinician sees your recent prescribing history whether or not other records have arrived.

The federal side is the same everywhere. Our guide to getting a prescription through SAS-B explains the TGA approval, and if you are moving from another clinic, the Victoria changing-clinics page covers what transfers and what does not.

Seeing a Clinician from Horsham

  1. Check your eligibility

    The eligibility questionnaire is confidential and comes before any booking or payment. LeafLine Clinic consults with adults only, aged 18 and over.

  2. Book video or telephone

    Choose video if you have a camera and a steady connection, or telephone if you would rather. Both reach the same Clinician and run the same way. Support and bookings run 9am to 7pm local time during standard time.

  3. What to have ready

    Keep your Medicare card, your home address and a list of what you currently take, with doses, within reach. Letters or results from other practitioners help if you have them. A closed room or a parked car gives you the privacy the conversation needs.

  4. After the consultation

    Your Clinician decides whether any treatment is appropriate. Where the medicine is not on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods, they apply to the TGA under Special Access Scheme Category B, and to the VIC health department if the rules above require it, and they prescribe nothing until every approval is back. Follow-up reviews are held by video or telephone too.

Horsham's Primary Health Network

The Primary Health Network for Horsham is Western Victoria PHN. The Australian Government funds 31 Primary Health Networks to plan and commission local primary care, such as after-hours and allied health services, without seeing patients themselves. LeafLine Clinic is independent of every PHN and receives no PHN funding.

If you want local services alongside a telehealth Clinician, including a regular GP, the PHN's website is where to start looking.

Next steps from Horsham

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Questions from Horsham

Can I see a Clinician by telehealth in Horsham?

Yes, by video or telephone from wherever you are in Horsham. LeafLine Clinic's Clinicians are AHPRA-registered, there is no referral requirement, and a confidential eligibility questionnaire comes before any booking.

Which rules apply to a patient in Horsham?

The Victorian rules, because state and territory law sets the approval and monitoring layer. The VIC approval position is: Department of Health permit where there is a history of drug dependence. Your Clinician also checks SafeScript before prescribing.

What hours can I reach LeafLine from Horsham?

Support and bookings run 9am to 7pm Melbourne time, seven days a week, which is 9am to 7pm local time during standard time. During daylight saving, Victorian local times sit one hour ahead of AEST.

Do I need to travel from Horsham at any point?

No. LeafLine Clinic has no consulting rooms, so every consultation and review is held by video or telephone wherever you are in Victoria. For reference, Horsham is about 300 kilometres by road from Melbourne.

Sources for this page

General information, not medical or legal advice. Anything specific to your own care belongs in a consultation.

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