Our purpose

Doutta Galla Community Health is a well-established community health service, with extensive experience, expertise and established credibility in providing high quality primary, community and specialist mental health services.

Doutta Galla is committed to maintaining a strong connection to the community and providing culturally appropriate, accessible and integrated health services with a particular focus on the most vulnerable and disadvantaged members of the community.

Doutta Galla provides services in the City of Melbourne and the City of Moonee Valley.

The key features of Doutta Galla's catchment are:

Doutta Galla was created in 1992 through a direction by the Governor-in-Council to amalgamate the pre-existing Community Health Centres of Flemington, Kensington and North/West Melbourne. The Niddrie Community Health Centre was incorporated into Doutta Galla in 1996 and in 2000, the Macaulay Community Support Services (Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program) amalgamated with Doutta Galla.

Doutta Galla has twelve service locations including four main service sites, five psychiatric residential rehabilitation sites, two offices operating from public housing estates.

Doutta Galla's operating budget is $15 million and it employs overt 230 staff. Doutta Galla sees approximately 9,000 clients each year and provides 87,500 occasions of service.

Doutta Galla is a company limited by guarantee with its own Board of Directors drawn from members of the local community.

Go to the Programs and Services page to view the current services we offer.