Sydney South West Area Health Service

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Coordinates: 53°24′28.1″N2°59′21.3″W / 53.407806°N 2.989250°W / 53.407806; -2.989250

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Sydney South West Area Health Service
Agency overview
Formed January 2005
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Dissolved 31 December 2010
Minister responsible
Agency executive
Parent agency New South Wales Department of Health
Child agencies
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Website http://www.sswahs.nsw.gov.au

Sydney South West Area Health Service, abbreviated SSWAHS and known by the corporate name Sydney South West Health, was an area health service charged with the provision of public health services in central and south-western Sydney. It was formed in January 2005 from the amalgamation of the former Central Sydney Area Health Service and the South Western Sydney Area Health Service. It was a statutory body of the New South Wales Government, operating under the NSW Department of Health. The head office of SSWAHS was located in Liverpool. It was disbanded on 1 January 2011 as part of the National Health Reform and creation of Local Hospital Networks, and replaced by the Sydney Local Health District and South Western Sydney Local Health District. [1]

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Major facilities

Eastern Zone

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Western Zone

The Western Zone of SSWAHS comprised the facilities of the former South Western Sydney Area Health Service. Major facilities in the Western Zone were:

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References

  1. Health Reform NSW Health, accessed 4 January 2011.