Doctors in Secondary Schools (DiSS)

Active

Duration:

2017 - 2027

Funding Amount:

$113.5 million (since 2016)

Locations

Whole region

Overview

Doctors in Secondary Schools aims to provide equitable, accessible and professional primary health care services to young Victorians in Government secondary schools.

The program complements existing student wellbeing programs aimed at improving health literacy and encouraging preventive health. Its explicit objectives are to:

make primary health care more accessible to students
provide assistance to young people to identify and address any health problems early
reduce the pressure on working parents and community-based GPs.

For more information, visit this webpage.

Outcomes

In 2024-25, the program supported 3,444 student consultations in the NWMPHN region, 15,310 across Victoria, and a statewide total of 98,946 since 2017.

Page updated 27 August 2025.

Services involved

We acknowledge the people of the Kulin nations as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which our work in the community takes place. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

We also recognise, respect and affirm the central role played in our work by people with lived experience, their families and/or carers.

While the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has contributed to the funding of this website, the information on this website does not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government and is not advice that is provided, or information that is endorsed, by the Australian Government. The Australian Government is not responsible in negligence or otherwise for any injury, loss or damage however arising from the use of or reliance on the information provided on this website.

General feedback

We acknowledge the people of the Kulin nations as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which our work in the community takes place. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

We also recognise, respect and affirm the central role played in our work by people with lived experience, their families and/or carers.

While the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has contributed to the funding of this website, the information on this website does not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government and is not advice that is provided, or information that is endorsed, by the Australian Government. The Australian Government is not responsible in negligence or otherwise for any injury, loss or damage however arising from the use of or reliance on the information provided on this website.