New South Wales Department of Health

The New South Wales Department of Health is an agency of the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for the provision of healthcare, particularly through public hospitals.

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The Minister for Health is Reba Meagher. The Minister Assisting the Minister for Health on Cancer is Verity Firth. The Minister Assisting the Minister for Health on Mental Health is Paul Lynch.

Area Health Services

The state's area health services are statutory bodies within the Health portfolio.

• Greater Southern Area Health Service
• Greater Western Area Health Service
• Hunter New England Area Health Service
• North Coast Area Health Service
• Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service
• South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service
• Sydney South West Area Health Service
• Sydney West Area Health Service

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
• 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
• Institute of Clinical Excellence, 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