Healthy Outlook - Sydney Local Health District - NSW Government

INTRODUCTION
CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE MANAGES ALL PUBLIC HEALTHCARE WITHIN
ITS GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES, INCORPORATING 71 SUBURBS. IT IS ONE OF 17 AREA HEALTH
SERVICES IN NSW.
OUR CUTTING EDGE SERVICES ARE ORGANISED INTO 14 CLINICAL GROUPS THAT PROVIDE
REFERRAL SPECIALTIES TO THE STATE, AS WELL AS HEALTHCARE THAT IS NEEDS-SPECIFIC TO
A LOCAL POPULATION OF 480,000. THEY OPERATE OUT OF MORE THAN 90 SITES INCLUDING
10 HOSPITALS, A FAMILY CARE CENTRE, AN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AND AN
EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRES.
DURING 1999/2000, OUR DEDICATED STAFF OF SOME 8,700 WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN
135,000 INPATIENT AND 1.8 MILLION OUTPATIENT TREATMENTS, AND DELIVERED 5,522 BABIES.
CSAHS IS NOW MORE THAN HALF WAY THROUGH THE LARGEST REBUILDING VENTURE IN THE
STATE’S HEALTH SYSTEM. THE $375 MILLION RESOURCE TRANSITION PROGRAM PROMISES
A HEALTHY OUTLOOK WITH HEALTHCARE THAT IS EVEN MORE EFFICIENT AND PATIENT FOCUSED.
A HEALTHY OUTLOOK: CENTRAL SYDNEY AREA HEALTH SERVICE 1999/2000 DETAILS OUR ORGANISATION AND PROVIDES
A REVIEW OF OUR ACTIVITIES. IT CAN BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE 1999/2000 CSAHS STATUTORY REPORT.
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