Hospital and allied health

We can help you with the cost of care for hospital and from an allied health professional.

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Hospital

If you’re in hospital, we can help you with costs you’re not covered for:

  • as a public patient, or
  • by your private travel or health insurance.

Allied health

We can help you after you’ve claimed for the care through:

  • Medicare
  • your private travel or health insurance.

This can be for treatments such as:

  • physiotherapy
  • speech therapy
  • dentistry and
  • audiology
  • occupational therapy
  • counselling
  • psychological care and treatment
  • aids and appliances.

We may be able to give you help with the costs of:

  • counselling
  • psychological services
  • psychiatric services.

You must be an Australian resident who:

  • wasn’t physically injured but was in the area and had direct exposure to the aftermath of the event
  • is the immediate family member of an Australian resident who died, was physically injured, or was seriously psychologically injured as a result of the event
  • is the immediate family member of a non-Australian who died as a result of the event.
Page last updated: 10 December 2021.
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