The New South Wales Department of Health, a department of the New South Wales Government

Government of New South Wales

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, is responsibile for monitoring the performance of the public health system in New South Wales

New South Wales

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, 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

Minister for Health (New South Wales)

The New South Wales Minister for Health has responsibilities which includes all hospitals and health services in NSW.The current Minister for Health is Jillian Skinner. She administers her portfolio through the Department of Health.-List of Ministers:...

 and Minister for Medical Research

Minister for Medical Research (New South Wales)

The New South Wales Minister for Medical Research has responsibilities for sponsoring and supporting scientific and medical research.The current Minister for Medical Research is Jillian Skinner. She administers her portfolio through the Department of Health....

, presently the Honourable Jillian Skinner

Jillian Skinner

Jillian Gell Skinner MP , an Australian politician, is the New South Wales Minister for Health and Minister for Medical Research in the O'Farrell-Stoner Liberal/National coalitition government...

 MP.

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 (except for one), into 15 Local Health Networks (LHNs).
The LHNs are as follows :

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
  Ambulance Service of New South Wales
  The Ambulance Service of New South Wales , an agency of the Department of Health of the New South Wales Government, is the main provider of pre-hospital emergency care and ambulance services in the state of New South Wales, Australia....
  
  , a statutory body
• Board of Optometrical Registration, a statutory body
• Cancer Institute, a statutory body (jointly with Verity Firth
  Verity Firth
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  )
• 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

External links

• NSW Health