Ambulance Service of New South Wales

The Ambulance Service of New South Wales (ASNSW) is the main provider of pre-hospital emergency care and ambulance services in the state of New South Wales (NSW), Australia. It comes under the control of the NSW Government's Department of Health, and is one of the largest ambulance services in the world.

Applied Neuroscience Society of Australasia

The Applied Neuroscience Society of Australasia (ANSA) is a non-profit professional organization for applied neuroscience in Australia, with members in Australia, New Zealand and Asia.

Australian Breastfeeding Association

The Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA) is an Australian organisation of people interested in the promotion and protection of breastfeeding. Amongst these are breastfeeding women and their partners and health professionals such as doctors, lactation consultants and midwives. ABA was founded in Melbourne, Victoria in 1964 as the Nursing Mothers' Association, with the primary aim of giving mother-to-mother support to breastfeeding women. It is Australia's leading source of breastfeeding information and support.

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine is an institution whose prime objective is the training and examination of emergency physicians for Australia and New Zealand.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) is the national agency for information and statistics on Australia’s health and welfare. Statistics and data developed by the AIHW are used extensively to inform discussion and policy decisions on health, community services and housing assistance. A fundamental aim of the Institute is to promote consistency among national, state and territory statistics, in order to produce comprehensive data of the highest standard.

Australian Medical Association

The Australian Medical Association (the AMA) is a professional association for Australian doctors and medical students.

Australian Medical Council

The Australian Medical Council (AMC) is the Australian national standards advisory body for medical education and training.

The Cancer Council Australia

The Cancer Council Australia is a national, not for profit organisation which aims to promote cancer-control policies and to reduce the illness caused by cancer in Australia. It advises various groups, including the government, on cancer-related issues, acts as an advocate for cancer patients and their families, and is a major funding contributor towards cancer research.

Australian Dental Association

The Australian Dental Association, established on 19 June 1928, is an Australian professional organisation of dentists which has as its aim the encouragement of the dental health of the public and the promotion of the art and science of dentistry. There are Branches of the Association in all States and a Provisional Branch in the Northern Territory; its national secretariat is located in Sydney. Membership is voluntary and over 90% of dentists in Australia are members. This membership implies an obligation for members to practise their profession in accordance with the high standards laid down by the Association.

Department of Health and Ageing

The Department of Health and Ageing is an Australian Government department. Its role is to oversee the running of Australia including supporting universal and affordable access to medical, pharmaceutical and hospital services, while helping people to stay healthy through health promotion and disease prevention activities.

Health and social services access card

The health and social services access card is a proposed Australian Government non-compulsory health and social services access card. John Howard, the then Australian Prime Minister announced its introduction on Wednesday 26 April 2006. Any Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident wishing to access services administered by the Department of Human Services, Department of Veterans Affairs or (from 2010) the universal Medicare system would have needed to acquire one. The card was to be phased in over two years, beginning in 2008. The election of the Labor Party in November 2007 terminated the project.

HealthInsite

Using this Internet gateway, you can access a wide range of up-to-date and reliable information on health and wellbeing. Whether it be acne or arthritis, cancer, mental health, or young people and drugs to name but a few of the searchable topics, we hope that you will make HealthInsite your first choice for online health information.

Medicare Australia

Medicare Australia is an agency of the Australian Government that administers health-related programs including Medicare, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), and others. It is a prescribed agency under the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997 (Cth) and a statutory agency within the Department of Human Services, under the Public Service Act 1999 (Cth). Prior to 1 October 2005, Medicare Australia was known as the Health Insurance Commission (HIC).

Minister for Health and Ageing

The Minister for Health and Ageing is a portfolio in the Government of Australia with the responsibility for national health policy. The current Minister for Health and Ageing is Nicola Roxon. The ministry is administered through the Department of Health and Ageing.

New South Wales Department of Health

The New South Wales Department of Health was founded in 1914. It is an agency of the Government of New South Wales with responsibility for the provision of healthcare, particularly through public hospitals.

Pharmaceutical Society of Australia

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia or PSA is a professional organisation of Australian pharmacists. PSA is the body that represents about 70% of the pharmacy profession in Australia, though it is often overshadowed by the more widely known Pharmacy Guild of Australia.

Queensland Community Care Network

Queensland Community Care Network Inc. (QCCN) is a charity organisation based in Queensland, Australia. QCCN was established in June 1990 to provide broad-based community services directly to people requiring some level of community or home support.

Queensland Health

Queensland Health is the department of the Government of Queensland responsible for operating and administering the public health system of the Australian State of Queensland. It is responsible to the State's Minister for Health Stephen Robertson and its Director-General is Michael Reid.

Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons

The Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons or RACDS is a professional college established in 1965 that administers Fellowship Exams for both general and specialist dental practitioners in the Australasian region. The RACDS was established to promote high standards of postgraduate education in the dental profession, and to recognize general dental practitioners and specialists who have undertaken postgraduate training. Successful completion of college examinations may lead to Fellowship in the College (FRACDS) and/or may be used for licensure purposes.

Royal Australasian College of Physicians

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, or RACP, is the organisation responsible for training, educating, and representing over 9,000 physicians and paediatricians in Australia and New Zealand.

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) is the body responsible for training and examining surgeons in New Zealand and Australia. The head office of the College is in Melbourne, Australia.

Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners

The Royal Australian College Of General Practitioners is the professional body for General Practitioners in Australia.

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) is responsible for training, examining and representing ophthalmologists in Australia and New Zealand.

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) is the leading professional organisation for the promotion of the science and practice of the medical specialties of diagnostic and interventional radiology and radiation oncology in Australia and New Zealand. The College has members throughout the world.

Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia

The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia is a medical organization that promotes the science and practice of pathology. It has members in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.