Wattletree Health Group provides exceptional home nursing services in Braybrook (postcode 3019), a western suburb in the City of Maribyrnong, about 8km west of Melbourne’s CBD. Our experienced, AHPRA-registered nurses support clients in Braybrook and neighbouring Maidstone, West Footscray, Sunshine and Tottenham, whether the need is short-term after a hospital stay or ongoing, long-term clinical care.
Braybrook takes its name from Braybrook in Essex, England, and developed as a working-class residential suburb in the postwar period, drawing workers from the Footscray and Sunshine industrial precincts. The suburb’s community has strong multicultural roots, with successive waves of European, Vietnamese and more recent African and Asian migration shaping a diverse neighbourhood identity. Braybrook College is the suburb’s main secondary school, and the suburb shares access to Highpoint Shopping Centre — one of Victoria’s largest retail centres — on the Maribyrnong border. The West Gate Freeway provides a direct western link to the CBD.
About Wattletree Health Group
Receiving care at home here means staying close to family, familiar surroundings, and everyday routine. Wattletree Health Group‘s home nursing care is tailored to each client’s needs, helping reduce the need for hospital or GP visits while keeping care personal and consistent.
Local GP clinics near Braybrook
| Practice | Address | Distance | Billing |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Braybrook Clinic | 65A South Road, BRAYBROOK VIC 3019 | 0.6km away | Mixed billing |
| Western Family Practice | 267 Ballarat Road, BRAYBROOK VIC 3019 | 0.7km away | Bulk billing |
| Ashley Street Medical Centre | 88 Ashley Street, MAIDSTONE VIC 3012 | 0.9km away | Bulk billing |
| Central West Medical Centre | Shop P1, 67 Ashley Street, BRAYBROOK VIC 3019 | 0.9km away | Mixed billing |
| Maxwell Medical Group | Central West Shopping Centre, Shop T22, 65-67 Ashley Street, BRAYBROOK VIC 3019 | 1km away | Mixed billing |
| Q1 Medical – Braybrook | Shop 4, 330 Ballarat Road, BRAYBROOK VIC 3019 | 1km away | Bulk billing |
| Maidstone Family Clinic | 191 Ballarat Road, MAIDSTONE VIC 3012 | 1.3km away | Bulk billing |
| Sunshine City Medical Centre | 423 Ballarat Road, SUNSHINE VIC 3020 | 1.5km away | Mixed billing |
| Sunshine Central Medical Clinic | 73 Devonshire Road, SUNSHINE VIC 3020 | 1.5km away | Bulk billing |
Nearest hospitals to Braybrook
| Hospital | Address | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Western Private Hospital | 1-9 Marion Street, FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 | 2.8km away |
| Footscray Day Surgery | 89 Paisley Street, FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 | 3.9km away |
| Footscray Hospital – Western Health | 89-99 Ballarat Road, FOOTSCRAY VIC 3011 | 3.9km away |
| Joan Kirner Women’s And Children’s Hospital | 176 Furlong Road, ST ALBANS VIC 3021 | 4.5km away |
| The Royal Melbourne Hospital – Royal Park Campus | 34-54 Poplar Road, PARKVILLE VIC 3052 | 8.2km away |
| The Royal Children’s Hospital | Level B1, 50 Flemington Road, PARKVILLE VIC 3052 | 8.3km away |
| Frances Perry House | Level 6, 20 Flemington Road, PARKVILLE VIC 3052 | 8.9km away |
| Melbourne Private Hospital | 1F Royal Parade, PARKVILLE VIC 3052 | 9km away |
We work with all Support At Home (SAH) providers and can invoice home care packages directly. We’re registered NDIS providers, and approved providers for TAC and WorkSafe.
Referrals are simple and welcome from self-referral, family and friends, GPs, hospitals, My Aged Care Home Care Package (HCP) and Support At Home (SAH) providers, NDIS Support Coordinators, allied health professionals, and other healthcare organisations. Getting started is easy — simply complete our referral form.
Our nurses provide flexible, compassionate, and clinically competent care for children and adults needing:
- Wound care (VAC dressings, drain tubes, staple/suture removal, acute & chronic wounds)
- Wellbeing checks and general health assessments
- Illness and injury support
- Palliative care and symptom management
- End of life care (EOLC)
- After hospital discharge care
- Night & day respite for carers of family members with high care needs (adults and children)
- My Aged Care Home Care Package (HCP) and Support At Home (SAH) clinical nurse visits
- NDIS clinical nurse visits (we are registered NDIS providers)
- TAC nursing at home (we are approved TAC providers)
- WorkSafe nursing at home (we are approved WorkSafe providers)
- Private nursing (wholly self funded nursing, independent of other provider/government funding)
- Medication administration and management (tablets, injections, syringe drivers, IV infusions)
- Post surgery care
- Pain management
- Stoma care
- Continence assessments and continence management
- Catheter care and management (including suprapubic catheters [SPC], indwelling catheters [IDC] and trial of voids [TOV])
- Diabetic care and diabetes management
- Nursing assessments
- Cognitive assessments
- Showering and personal hygiene support
- Clinical transport and chaperone to medical appointments and community access
- Pathology collection
- Respiratory care (including home ventilation, tracheostomy care)
- Health system navigation and My Aged Care referral assistance
- Service provider and carer/worker training
- Travel/holiday support (local/interstate/overseas)
- Alternative & complementary therapies support (faecal microbial transplant enemas, IV vitamin infusions etc)
- Workplace flu vaccination services
- Health & wellness coaching
Need something not on this list? Have a look at our full range of services, or get in touch — we’re happy to help.
For more on how we work, see our services, or contact us to find out more about home nursing care in Braybrook and the wider area, and discover the Wattletree Way.
Wattletree Health Group — exceptional home nursing services in Braybrook, postcode 3019.