They’re not safe yet: We still need your help to stop the clinic closures

Join the Protest!
Midday Sunday 26th April
Cohealth Collingwood
365 Hoddle Street.
Find out more.

Community health centres in Collingwood, Fitzroy and Kensington now have funding to stay open for another six months (to the end of June) while an independent review is conducted. Even so, long term patients - some of 40 years standing - are being denied appointments. So we need your help to keep our centres open and providing full services to all patients.

Here’s how you can help:

˖ Write, text or call your Minister or MP:
 contact details are here and here

˖ Keep up to date with the campaign by signing up to our Campaign Newsletter

˖ Get involved in our campaign: come along to the next Campaign Working Group Meeting

˖ Join the public debate about across socials and traditional media, including
Instagram and LinkedIn

˖ Make a submission to the independent review of cohealth: find out more
(the window for submissions is now closed)
˖ Contact us.

Our communities can’t live without them

In October 2025 cohealth announced it would close services in Collingwood, Fitzroy and Kensington before Christmas. cohealth is a community health provider with services in Collingwood, Fitzroy, Kensington, Footscray, Braybrook, Laverton, Niddrie, Melbourne CBD, and Tasmania.

We must save our community health services

After a huge public meeting, we started the Save Our Community Health campaign to keep all three clinics open with a full range of services.

Following this community outcry, the Federal Government gave some funding so the sites could stay open until 30 June 2026. They also announced an independent review about cohealth general practice and related services.

We want to make sure the review leads to funding to ensure our community health centres remain open both for us and for future generations.

Learn more about our campaign.