Cairns Medicare Mental Health Centre

Cairns Medicare Mental Health Centre provides a welcoming space for anyone to access free mental health and social and emotional wellbeing support. Their experienced staff and peer support workers take the time to listen, understand, and provide guidance that is specific to your needs. No referrals or appointments are required.

About the Cairns Medicare Mental Health Centre

Medicare Mental Health Centres provide free short-to-medium-term care. They can also help connect you with ongoing or longer-term free or low-cost support that aligns with your needs and goals. They make it easier to navigate and choose the most suitable support options, whether that’s face-to-face, via telephone or telehealth, or online.

Medicare Mental Health Centres are staffed by a team of highly qualified mental health professionals and peer support workers with a lived or living experience of mental health challenges.

The Cairns Medicare Mental Health Centre is proudly delivered by Mind Australia, and jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland governments, via the Northern Queensland Primary Health Network (NQPHN).

Mind has been providing mental health support services to the Cairns community since 2015. These services, which include the Cairns Community Care Unit, the Individual Recovery Support Program, the Group Based Recovery Support Program, the Step Up Step Down service, and the Crisis Support Space, can support people in Cairns at every point on their recovery journey. 

Who is the Cairns Medicare Mental Health Centre for?

The Cairns Medicare Mental Health Centre is available for anyone living in the Cairns and Hinterland region. 

If you’re feeling down, stressed or overwhelmed, or just need someone to talk to, Medicare Mental Health Centres are here to support you.

How do I access support from the Cairns Medicare Mental Health Centre?

Medicare Mental Health Centres are free for everyone who walks in or calls. You do not need a referral or an appointment. You can access services with or without a Medicare card, and you don’t need to be an Australian citizen to access support.

To access your nearest Medicare Mental Health Centre:

• go to medicarementalhealth.gov.au/centres
• call Medicare Mental Health on 1800 595 212
• visit the Cairns Medicare Mental Health Centre, located at 267 Mulgrave Road, Bungalow QLD 4870.

Why choose Mind for psychosocial support services?

Mind Australia provides individualised, evidence-based and recovery focused support to more than 11,000 people experiencing mental health and wellbeing challenges in Australia every year.

We partner with health, community, and government organisations to provide holistic support and a safe environment for people experiencing mental health challenges to live in the community.

Mind is one of the largest providers of community-managed psychosocial services in Australia with a range of residential, mobile outreach, centre-based and online services. We have extensive experience providing centre-based mental health support through the Centres for Mental Health and Wellbeing in Cairns and Ipswich, the Early Intervention Psychosocial Support Response (EIPSR) and the Mental Health and Wellbeing Locals in Victoria. One Door Mental Health, a subsidiary of Mind, also delivers a Medicare Mental Health Centre in Canterbury, New South Wales.

We are a leading employer of people with lived experience of mental health challenges, recognising their unique ability to connect with and motivate people and to guide recovery.