Wattletree Health Group provides exceptional home nursing services in Merri (postcode 3058), a green inner-north locality near Merri Creek within the City of Darebin, about 7km north of Melbourne’s CBD. Our experienced, AHPRA-registered nurses support clients in Merri and neighbouring Northcote, Thornbury, Preston and Coburg, whether the need is short-term after a hospital stay or ongoing, long-term clinical care.
Merri takes its name from Merri Creek, the significant waterway that flows south through Darebin before joining the Yarra River at Clifton Hill. The Merri Creek corridor is one of Melbourne’s most celebrated urban nature trails — a dedicated shared path for cyclists and walkers winding through riverine habitat, indigenous plantings and former industrial land now reclaimed as community parkland. The area is also served by Merri station on the Hurstbridge and Mernda lines, providing quick rail connections to Melbourne’s CBD and the outer north and east. The surrounding neighbourhood has evolved into one of Melbourne’s most liveable inner suburbs, blending period weatherboard homes and terrace houses with an increasingly vibrant local food and arts scene.
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 Merri
| Practice | Address | Distance | Billing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resolve Medical Centre – Coburg | 1B Louisa Street, Coburg VIC 3058 | 0.1km away | Bulk billing |
| My Doctor, Coburg | 403-405 Sydney Road, Coburg VIC 3058 | 0.2km away | Bulk billing |
| Beyond The Consult | 372 Sydney Road, Coburg VIC 3058 | 0.2km away | Fees apply |
| Harding Street Medical Centre | 16 Harding Street, Coburg VIC 3058 | 0.3km away | Fees apply |
| Coburg Family Medical Centre | 497 Sydney Road, Coburg VIC 3058 | 0.5km away | Mixed billing |
| Coburg Junction Medical Centre | Level 1, 501 Sydney Road, Coburg VIC 3058 | 0.5km away | Mixed billing |
| Cedars Medical Clinic | 248 Bell Street, Coburg VIC 3058 | 0.9km away | Bulk billing |
| St Kyrollos Family Clinic | 2A Moore Street, Coburg VIC 3058 | 1km away | Bulk billing |
| Moreland Health Centre | 177 Moreland Road, Coburg VIC 3058 | 1.2km away | Bulk billing |
Nearest hospitals to Merri
| Hospital | Address | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| John Fawkner Private Hospital | 275 Moreland Road, Coburg VIC 3058 | 1.1km away |
| Brunswick Private Hospital | 82 Moreland Road, Brunswick VIC 3056 | 1.5km away |
| BetterLife Surgery | 274 Gilbert Road, Preston VIC 3072 | 2.3km away |
| Dorset Rehabilitation Centre | 146 Derby Street, Pascoe Vale VIC 3044 | 2.8km away |
| Panch Day Surgery Centre | Level 4, 84-90 Hotham Street, Preston VIC 3072 | 3.9km away |
| The Royal Melbourne Hospital – Royal Park Campus | 34-54 Poplar Road, Parkville VIC 3052 | 4.1km away |
| The Royal Children’s Hospital | 50 Flemington Road, Parkville VIC 3052 | 5.6km away |
| Melbourne Private Hospital | 1F Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3052 | 6km away |
| The Royal Melbourne Hospital | 300 Grattan Street, Parkville VIC 3052 | 6km 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 Merri and the wider area, and discover the Wattletree Way.
Wattletree Health Group — exceptional home nursing services in Merri, postcode 3058.