Ministry of Health (New South Wales)

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NSW Health

Department overview
Formed	1914; 110 years ago (1914)[1]
Preceding agencies	Department of Public Health Health Commission of NSW New South Wales Department of Health
Jurisdiction	New South Wales
Headquarters	1 Reserve Road, St Leonards[2]
Employees	100,000 (2011)[3]
Annual budget	A$17.3 billion (2011–2012)[4]
Ministers responsible	The Hon. Ryan Park MP, Minister for Health Minister for Regional Health The Hon. Rose Jackson MLC, Minister for Mental Health
Department executive	Susan Pearce, Secretary
Child agencies	Office of Medical Research Health Care Complaints Commission Health Professional Councils Authority NSW Ambulance Cancer Institute of NSW
Website	https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/

The New South Wales Ministry of Health, branded NSW Health, is a ministerial department of the New South Wales Government. NSW Health supports the executive and statutory roles of the Minister for Health, the Minister for Regional Health, and the Minister for Mental Health. The Ministry also monitors the performance of state-wide health organisations that collectively make up NSW Health.^[5] It is primarily responsible for the public health system in New South Wales, particularly through public hospitals as well as associated agencies and statutory authorities, such as the NSW Ambulance service.

The provision or delivery of health services are delegated to sixteen 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, including specialist networks that are focused on children's and paediatric services; custodial health and forensic mental health; and associated agencies.