New South Wales Department of Health

New South Wales Department of Health
New South Wales Department of Health
Department overview
Formed 1914
Preceding agencies Department of Public Health
Health Commission of NSW
Jurisdiction New South Wales
Headquarters 73 Miller Street, North Sydney[1]
Employees 100,000 (2011)[2]
Annual budget A$17.3 billion (2011-2012)[3]
Minister responsible Hon. Jillian Skinner MP, Minister for Health and Minister for Medical Research
Department executive Dr Mary Foley,
Director General
Child agencies Office of Medical Research
Health Care Complaints Commission
Health Professional Councils Authority
Ambulance Service of NSW
Cancer Institute of NSW
Website
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/

The New South Wales Department of Health, a department of the New South Wales Government, is responsibile for monitoring the performance of the public health system in New South Wales, particularly through public hospitals. The goals of the department are to keep people healthy, provide the health care that people need, deliver high quality services, and manage health services well.

The provision or delivery of health services are delegated to fifteen local health districts who provide services in a wide range of settings, from primary care posts in the remote outback to metropolitan tertiary health centres. In addition, two specialist networks are focused on Children's and Paediatric Services, and Forensic Mental Health, and a third network covers the delivery of public health services provided by three Sydney facilities operated by St Vincent's and Mater Health.

The Department is led by its Director General, Dr Mary Foley, who reports to the Minister for Health and Minister for Medical Research, presently the Honourable Jillian Skinner MP.

Contents

Local Health Networks (Formerly Area Health Services)

As of January 1, 2011 the each of the 8 Area Health Services has been split into two[4] (except for one), into 15 Local Health Networks (LHNs). The LHNs are as follows[5] :

Northern Cluster:

  • Hunter New England
  • Mid North Coast
  • Northern NSW
  • Central Coast
  • Northern Sydney

Southern Cluster

  • Murrumbidgee
  • Southern NSW
  • Illawarra Shoalhaven
  • South Eastern Sydney

Western Cluster

  • Far West
  • Western NSW
  • Nepean Blue Mountains
  • South Western Sydney
  • Sydney
  • Western Sydney

Associated agencies

  • Ambulance Service of New South Wales, a statutory body
  • Board of Optometrical Registration, a statutory body
  • Cancer Institute, a statutory body (jointly with Verity Firth)
  • Chiropractors Registration Board, a statutory body
  • Osteopaths Registration Board, a statutory body
  • Chiropractors Registration Board, a statutory body
  • Clinical Excellence Commission, a statutory body
  • Dental Board, a statutory body
  • Dental Technicians Registration Board, a statutory body
  • Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Advisory Committee, a statutory body
  • Health Administration Corporation, a statutory body
  • Health Care Complaints Commission, a statutory body
  • HealthQuest, a statutory body
  • Justice Health Service, a statutory body
  • New South Wales Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent Health
  • Medical Services Committee, a statutory body
  • Mental Health Review Tribunal, a statutory body
  • New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry, a statutory body
  • New South Wales Medical Board, a statutory body
  • Nurses Registration Board, a statutory body
  • Official Visitors under the Mental Health Act, an associated body
  • Optical Dispensers Licensing Board, a statutory body
  • Osteopaths Registration Board, a statutory body
  • Peak Purchasing Council, an associated body
  • Pharmacy Board of New South Wales, a statutory body
  • Physiotherapists Registration Board, a statutory body
  • Podiatrists Registration Board, a statutory body
  • Poisons Advisory Committee, a statutory body
  • Private Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres Advisory Committees, a statutory body
  • Psychologists Registration Board, a statutory body
  • Psychosurgery Review Board, a statutory body
  • The Children's Hospital at Westmead

See also

References

  1. ^ "About us". Department of Health. Government of New South Wales. 2011. http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/utilities/contact.asp. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  2. ^ "Jobs". Department of Health. Government of New South Wales. 2011. http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/jobs/index.asp. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  3. ^ "2011-12 Key Budget Facts" (PDF). Department of Health. Government of New South Wales. 2011. http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/resources/aboutus/budget/pdf/nswhealth_budget_2011_12.pdf. Retrieved 20 November 2011. 
  4. ^ "Local Health Networks - NSW Department of Health". Health.nsw.gov.au. http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/services/lhn/. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
  5. ^ "Local Health Networks Clinical Support Divisions - NSW Department of Health". Health.nsw.gov.au. http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/services/lhn/clusters_map.asp. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 

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