About Lakeview Unit
Lakeview Unit is a withdrawal management service at Belmont on Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, run by the Hunter New England Local Health District. The unit is listed for inpatient withdrawal management for adults of any gender, treatment is government-funded, and intake is arranged on 1300 660 059.
Published detail about Lakeview Unit is thin. A street address, a website, opening hours, the substances treated, the therapies used, the medications offered and the usual length of an admission are not listed, so the unit is identified mainly by its location at Belmont and the health district that runs it. The intake line is the practical first step for anyone in the Lake Macquarie or Newcastle area considering withdrawal.
Facility Type
Setting and Surroundings
A town, coastal setting near Newcastle, 2.1 miles from the coast. The nearest town is Belmont (population 7,079), under a mile away.
Nearest named features
- Belmont LagoonLagoon · 1.5 miles
- Nine Mile BeachBeach · 2.1 miles
- Waring HillHill · 3.4 miles
- Mount WaringMountain · 3.8 miles
- Awaba LakeLake · 3.9 miles
- Grahamstown LakeReservoir · 22 miles
Getting there
- Newcastle Airport (NTL)Airport · 19 miles
- RAAF Base Richmond (XRH)Regional airport · 64 miles
Setting and distances are calculated from this facility’s coordinates against GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), OurAirports and Natural Earth. Distances are straight line, not driving distance.
Lakeview Unit Alcohol and Drug Services
Lakeview Unit offers a single level of care: inpatient withdrawal management, delivered by the Hunter New England Local Health District at Belmont. Adults of any gender are accepted, and an admission is intended to carry someone through the acute stage of withdrawal under clinical supervision.
Residential rehabilitation, day programmes, counselling and aftercare are not listed at Lakeview Unit, so continuing treatment is arranged through other services once the admission ends. The substances treated, the medications used, named therapies, assessment arrangements and the length of a typical stay are all absent from what is published. The intake team can explain what an admission involves and which local service takes over afterwards.
Levels of Care
Substances and Addictions Treated
Counseling and Therapy
Specialized Programs
Where Is Lakeview Unit?
Lakeview Unit is at Belmont, New South Wales, on the eastern shore of Lake Macquarie south of Newcastle, within the Hunter New England Local Health District. A street address and postcode are not listed, so the building and entrance are given at intake rather than published.
Opening hours and visiting arrangements are not listed, and no website is published for the unit. Assessment and admission run through 1300 660 059, which also takes enquiries from health professionals and families. Because the address is not published and places depend on availability, confirm where to go, when to arrive and what to bring before travelling to Belmont.
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How Much Does Treatment at Lakeview Unit Cost?
Treatment at Lakeview Unit is free. The service is government-funded through New South Wales Health and run by the Hunter New England Local Health District, so there is no fee for the assessment, the withdrawal admission or the clinical care provided during a stay at Belmont.
No private pay rate is published, and private health insurance, Medicare rebates, NDIS and WorkCover arrangements are not listed for this unit. Since there is no fee, the question worth asking on 1300 660 059 is how long the wait for a place tends to run and whether anything can be put in place meanwhile. The intake team can also say what to bring.
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Lakeview Unit — Compiled From Public Records
This listing is compiled from public directory and licensing sources rather than confirmed firsthand by our editorial team.
Lakeview Unit Reviews
Reviews of Lakeview Unit from around the web are limited, which is usual for public withdrawal units that sit inside a larger health service and are not named separately for feedback. RehabSeekers hosts reviews for Lakeview Unit, and anyone who has been admitted at Belmont is welcome to share their experience.
With no website and little published detail, a first-hand account is the most useful thing a reader could find. A description of how the intake call was handled, how quickly a place became available and how the nursing and medical team managed the withdrawal itself would tell you or a loved one more than the brief entry currently available.
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