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| Jurisdiction | Government of Western Australia |
| Employees | 44,000 |
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The Department of Health is a Western Australian government department responsible for regulating and advancing health within the state. It manages a system of multiple Health Service Providers (HSPs) which make up Western Australia's public health system, and is collectively referred to as WA Health. WA Health covers a state which spans over 2.5 million square kilometres, making it the world's largest single health authority by area.
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History
The Public Health Department of Western Australia operated between 1911 and 1984.[1] It merged with Mental Health Services and the Department of Hospital and Allied Services in July 1984, to become the Health Department of Western Australia.[2] In September 2001, it was renamed to the Department of Health.[3]
Preceding agencies
- Medical Department, 1 January 1850 – 1 October 1906
- Central Board of Health, 17 November 1886 – 31 May 1911
- Public Health Department of Western Australia, 1 June 1911 – 30 June 1984
- Department of Hospital and Allied Services, 30 April 1981 – 30 June 1984
See also
References
- ^ Snow, Dudley; Western Australia. Public Health Department (1981), The progress of public health in Western Australia, 1829-1977, Public Health Dept. : distributed by University of Western Australia Press, ISBN 978-0-7244-8478-2
- ^ "AU WA A36 - Health Department of Western Australia". State Records Office of Western Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Alteration of Statutory Designations Order (No. 3) 2001" (PDF). Western Australia Government Gazette. 7 September 2001. p. 4995.
Further reading
- Western Australia. Public Health Dept (1979), A history of the State Health Laboratory Services : 1903-1978, Public Health Dept., W.A, ISBN 978-0-7244-8134-7
- Briscoe, Gordon; Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (2003), Counting, health and identity : a history of Aboriginal health and demography in Western Australia and Queensland, 1900-1940, Acoriginal Studies Press for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, ISBN 978-0-85575-447-1
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