The Victorian government has announced Aboriginal women across metropolitan Melbourne will soon have access to free, comprehensive, and culturally safe care.

The First Peoples' Health and Wellbeing (FPHW) will deliver new clinics from their Thomastown and Frankston locations from mid-2025, Minister for Health Mary-Anne Thomas announced on Thursday.

FPHW, previously known as Access Services for Koories, is an Aboriginal community-controlled health organisation (ACCHO) set up to improve primary health care access for First Peoples in the northwest of Melbourne.

It expanded to Thomastown first, and then opened the first Aboriginal health service on the Mornington Peninsula in Frankston in 2019.

Along with the services offered at clinics in the north and south-east, the government said FPHW would work closely with services across Victoria to provide care, education, and referral pathways, to ensure location is no barrier to medical care.

It comes as part of the Victorian government's $153 million funding pledge for women's health to bridge the gap in healthcare, including a new mobile women's health clinic and 20 women's health clinics.

"We are transforming the way women's health is delivered to Aboriginal women across Victoria," Ms Thomas said.

"This clinic is going to make a significant difference, breaking down barriers to access with free and culturally safe care."

The new clinic will provide several services for Indigenous women, including screening and diagnosis, and managing health conditions such as pelvic pain, endometriosis, menopause, and termination of pregnancy.

"We know that it's important to provide culturally safe care for Aboriginal Victorians," Minister for Treaty, Natalie Hutchins, said.

"This clinic will bridge existing gaps in healthcare for Aboriginal women and is another step on the road to improving healthcare outcomes for Aboriginal Victorians."

The government announced Aboriginal Women's Health Clinic staff would play a role in navigation for patients to help streamline access to "timely and culturally safe diagnostic and treatment services" across the system.

Furthermore, the clinic is designed to help address the health equity and outcomes by increasing patients' understanding of their bodies and in turn, fostering self-determination in health and increasing health literacy in Victoria.