LeafLine Clinic
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An Australian telehealth clinic

Telehealth clinic for Broome, WA

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

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Broome by telehealth

Broome is in the Kimberley, on the shore of Roebuck Bay. For the 16,506 people the ABS counts in the Broome urban area (June 2025, an increase of 848 people since 2021), a LeafLine Clinic consultation happens by video or telephone with an AHPRA-registered Clinician. Nobody needs a referral to book.

Broome sits about 2,220 kilometres by road from Perth, around 25 and a half hours behind the wheel. At that distance an appointment in Perth means flying, and telehealth is the practical way to see a Clinician. The closest capital is Darwin, about 1,870 kilometres away by road.

The WA rules for a patient in Broome

WA Health is explicit that federal approvals are “not transferable to another prescriber”, and it adds a state approval of its own where a patient has a recent history of drug dependence or a substance use disorder, a history of psychosis or another psychiatric condition alongside the reason for treatment, or a dose above the Department’s ceiling. Your Clinician tells you at the consultation whether any of these applies.

WA Health says prescribers should check ScriptCheckWA, the state’s real-time prescription monitoring system, before prescribing, and asks for the result in any Department application.

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 Western Australia changing-clinics page covers what transfers and what does not.

Your consultation, taken in Broome

  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

    Video works on a phone, tablet or computer. Where the connection is unreliable, a telephone consultation needs nothing more than reception, which makes it a workable option anywhere around Broome. Support and bookings run 7am to 5pm local time.

  3. What to have ready

    Before the call, write down the medications you take and their doses, and gather any recent results or specialist letters. Your Clinician also confirms your Medicare details and home address. Pick a spot where nobody can overhear you.

  4. After the consultation

    A consultation does not end in a prescription by default. If the Clinician considers a treatment appropriate and it needs a TGA approval, they lodge a Category B application in their own name, together with any WA application, and wait for both before prescribing. Later reviews follow the same video or telephone format.

Broome's Primary Health Network

The Primary Health Network for Broome is Country WA PHN (WA Primary Health Alliance). Primary Health Networks are independent organisations funded by the Australian Government to plan and commission primary health care in their regions. They do not hold consultations themselves, and LeafLine Clinic is not part of, funded by or endorsed by any of them.

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 Broome

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Questions from Broome

Can I see a Clinician by telehealth in Broome?

Yes, by video or telephone from wherever you are in Broome. 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 Broome?

The Western Australian rules, because state and territory law sets the approval and monitoring layer. The WA approval position is: Department of Health approval in defined situations. Your Clinician also checks ScriptCheckWA before prescribing.

What hours can I reach LeafLine from Broome?

Support and bookings run 9am to 7pm Melbourne time, seven days a week, which is 7am to 5pm local time.

Do I need to travel from Broome 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 Western Australia. For reference, Broome is about 2,220 kilometres by road from Perth.

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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