South Australian Amputee Limb Service (SAALS)

The South Australian Amputee Limb Service (SAALS) administers funding for the provision of definitive artificial limbs for eligible residents of South Australia aged 65 years and older, through the Artificial Limb Scheme (ALS). SAALS is funded by the Government of South Australia and sits under the governance of the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN).

SAALS does not fund prosthetic eyes, breast prostheses, facial prosthetics, removable rigid dressings or interim limb prostheses.

Eligibility

To access funding through SAALS, you must:

Be registered and assigned a SAALS client number

  • Hold a current Medicare Card
  • Be a permanent South Australian resident
  • Have functional limb loss
  • Have completed rehabilitation
  • Have long-term prosthetic limb needs stabilised

Ineligibility

People not eligible are those who:

  • Are accessing interim prostheses
  • Receive compensation for limb loss injury including Work Cover, third party insurer
  • Receive funding support from another government body including NDIS, Department of Veterans’ Affairs.

Note: SAALS will not reimburse clients for the purchase costs of privately-funded prostheses.

Interstate Transfers

When a person moves from interstate, SAALS will request previous prosthetic service records and eligibility status from their state of origin Artificial Limb Service and/or National Schemes as part of the registration process.

Client will need to complete the “SAALS Consent to Share Patient Information form” and their interstate prosthetic service provider to complete the “Transfer of Prosthesis ownership incoming form”.

Prosthetic Repairs

Clients may receive services from only one Prosthetic Service Provider (PSP). Therefore, all repairs must be completed by the provider listed in their SAALS file. 

Complaints, Compliments and Feedback

Contact the prosthetist in the Prosthetic Service Provider that manufactured your prosthetic limb and explain your concerns. The prosthetist will clarify your concerns and attend to your prosthetic limb needs.

Complaints, compliments and incidents derived from or involving direct client experience can be referred to Consumer Advisory Service (CAS) at SALHN.

Phone: (08) 8204 5433
Monday to Friday 9.00am – 4.00pm. Voicemail available all hours.

SAALS Prosthetic Service Providers

Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN)
Orthotics and Prosthetics SA (OPSA)
1 Rockville Avenue, Daw Park, SA 5041
Goodwood Road, at the rear of Repatriation General Hospital
Phone: (08) 7117 2655

Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN)
Orthotics and Prosthetics Department
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
28 Woodville Road, Woodville South, SA 5011

Flinders and Upper North Local Health Network (FUNLHN)
Whyalla Hospital and Health Service
20 Wood Terrace, Whyalla, SA 5600
Phone: (08) 8648 8316

Orthotic and prosthetic services are offered to the following regional areas:

  • Whyalla
  • Cedunda
  • Cooper Pedy
  • Port Lincoln
  • Mount Gambier
  • Port Augusta
  • Port Pirie

The Whyalla Orthotic & Prosthetic team provide a visiting service at the Port Augusta Hospital, Port Lincoln Hospital’s Physiotherapy Department and Port Pirie Hospital’s GP Plus Clinic.

Prostek (Private Orthotic & Prosthetic service provider)
2 William Street, Mile End South, SA 5031
Phone: (08) 8352 6511

Further Resources and Information

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN)
Northern Adelaide Rehabilitation Service
Specialist Ambulatory Rehabilitation Centre (SpARC)
Corner Smart Road and Hatherleigh Ave, Modbury SA 5092
Phone: (08) 7321 4100

Australian Orthotic and Prosthetic Association
https://www.aopa.org.au

Limbs 4Life (Empowering Amputees)
https://www.limbs4life.org.au
Phone: 1300 782 231