🏥 What Willowglen Medical Offers to Overseas Visitors & Students
Whether you’re an international student or visitor, Willowglen Medical Centre, Toowoomba provides a wide range of healthcare services—even if you don’t have Medicare. Here’s what you can expect:
🩺 Available Services
- General Consultations: For everyday health concerns, minor injuries, and chronic conditions.
- Prescriptions & Medication Management: Get new prescriptions or renew existing ones.
- Referrals to Specialists: If you need advanced care, Willowglen can refer you to trusted specialists.
- Mental Health Support: Includes mental health care plans and counselling referrals.
- Vaccinations: Routine immunisations, travel vaccines, and student placement requirements.
- Pathology & Diagnostic Tests: Blood tests, ECGs, iron infusions, and more.
- Sexual Health Services: STI testing, contraception advice, and pregnancy care.
- Telehealth Appointments: Phone consultations available Monday to Friday.
🌏 Bulk Billing at Willowglen Medical for Overseas Visitors & Students
Willowglen Medical Centre welcomes overseas visitors and international students with or without insurance, offering accessible healthcare through its bulk billing policy.
✅ For Those With Overseas Health Insurance
If you hold a valid Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) or Overseas Visitor Health Cover (OVHC) card from providers like Bupa, Allianz, Medibank, CBHS, NIB etc :
• Your will be bulk billed—no out-of-pocket cost.
• You may have to pay for the cost of vaccinations etc. There will be no surprises as you will be informed of cost if any prior to your appointment
• Just bring your insurance card to your appointment give us a call if in doubt.
🧾 For Those Without Insurance
Even if you don’t have overseas health insurance:
• Willowglen may still offer Medicare scheduled rates without a gap fee.
• You can request a printed invoice to claim reimbursement later if you get insured.
Here’s a helpful list of major Overseas Health Insurance providers in Australia, including options for students, workers, and visitors. These insurers offer Overseas Visitor Health Cover (OVHC) and Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) to meet visa requirements like Condition 8501:
🏥 Major Overseas Health Insurance Providers
| Provider | Type of Cover | Website |
 Bupa Australia | OVHC for various visa types (e.g. 482, 485) | Bupa OHVC |
 nib Health Insurance | OVHC for working and visiting visas | nib OHVC |
 Medibank | OSHC & OVHC for students and workers | Medibank Overseas Health Cover |
 CBHS International Health | OVHC for workers and visitors | CBHS OVHC |
 Frank Health Insurance | OVHC for working visa holders | Frank OVHC |
 Allianz Care Australia | OSHC & OVHC for students, workers, and visitors | Allianz Care Australia |
 HBF Health Insurance | OVHC for working visa holders | HBF OVHC |
Even more Insurers are given below:
These providers offer a range of plans—from GP Cover to basic hospital-cover to comprehensive packages with extras like dental, optical, and physiotherapy.
Curious about even more services available for overseas visitors and students? Check out our FAQ page for all the details.
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