NSW Department of Health
We work to provide people in New South Wales with the best possible health care. We work to keep people healthy, prevent, detect and treat illness and deliver high quality, affordable and well-managed health services.
What's New
- NSW Health Awards and Expo 2008
The third annual Health Expo will be held at the Australian Technology Park, Sydney on Friday 31st October 2008 and is open for anyone to attend. - National E-Health Strategy Survey
The National E-Health and Information Principal Committee (NEHIPC), a subcommittee of the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (AHMAC), recently commissioned Deloitte to develop a national e-health strategy. - NSW Health Patient Survey 2007 Report
Over 70,000 patients responded to the survey. This report summarises statewide findings. - NSW Health Cancer Services - Patient Survey 2007 Report
measures the patient’s experience directly and identifies what they rated highly and where more effort is needed. - 1997-2007 Report on adults 45 years and over from the New South Wales Population Health Survey
The report supports planning, implementation, and evaluation of health services and programs targeting this significant population group. - The Rural Mental Health Emergency and Critical Care Access Plan
provides a framework for the development of emergency mental health services tailored to specific rural and remote conditions
Newsroom
- Recommendations contribute to ongoing reform of Ambulance Service [03 July 2008]
- New regulations provide truth in advertising for medical services [01 July 2008]
- Renewed measles warning [28 June 2008]
- Special Commission of Inquiry - Extension [27 June 2008]
- Minister Delivers Pay Increase for Nurses [27 June 2008]
- New campaign for drug and alcohol awareness [26 June 2008]
- 30 new emergency specialists for NSW [24 June 2008]
- Iemma Government launches 2008 Winter Health Strategy [23 June 2008]
