About Northern Sydney Local Health District
NSLHD is one of 15 Local Health Districts in New South Wales. Covering an area of 900km 2 it encompasses nine local government areas including Hornsby, Ku-ring-gai, Northern Beaches, Lane Cove, Mosman, North Sydney, Willoughby, Ryde and Hunters Hill.
Within our hospitals and services, clinical networks play an important role in establishing and overseeing standards of care, providing leadership with respect to research and innovation, and providing advice on service development, resource allocation, workforce requirements, and configuration of services. Our clinical networks include: » Maternal, Neonatal and Women’s Health » Children and Young People » Acute and Critical Care Medicine » Chronic and Complex Medicine » Surgery and Anaesthesia (including Cardiothoracic and Vascular Health) » Musculoskeletal Health, Integumentary and Trauma » Neurosciences » Cancer
There are four geographic health sectors within NSLHD: Hornsby Ku-ring-gai, Northern Beaches, Lower North Shore and Ryde Hunters Hill. Each sector has an acute hospital with an emergency department, along with a broad range of other acute, sub-acute and community health services. Clinical services in NSLHD are organised across four acute hospitals Royal North Shore Hospital, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, Ryde Hospital and Northern Beaches Hospital, one sub-acute hospital at Mona Vale and an Adolescent and Young Adult Hospice currently under development at Manly. There are two clinical directorates in NSLHD; Mental Health Drug and Alcohol, which includes Macquarie Hospital; and Primary and Community Health. Clinical and other support services include Medical Imaging, Pharmacy and Allied Health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, and Carer Support.
Under the leadership of the Ministry of Health, healthcare in NSLHD is well supported by a network of specialist health organisations including NSW Ambulance, Health Infrastructure NSW, HealthShare NSW, NSW Health Pathology and eHealth NSW, and pillar agencies including the Agency for Clinical Innovation, the Clinical Excellence Commission, the Bureau of Health Information, the Health Education and Training Institute and the Cancer Institute NSW. Additional services in NSLHD are provided through arrangements with Affiliated Health Organisations including HammondCare (sub- acute palliative care, ambulatory and home-based rehabilitation and older persons mental health services) and Royal Rehab (specialist brain and spinal injury rehabilitation).
» Supportive and Palliative Care » Rehabilitation and Aged Care.
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NSLHD Strategic Plan 2022-2027
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