Far West Local Health District

The Far West LHD serves a population of about 30, 700 people across an area covering 194, 949 square kilometres. The LHD consists of nine facilities and its vision is 'Excellence in Rural and Remote Health'.

The Far West Local Health District (LHD) is a NSW Government organisation and has a vision “Excellence in Rural and Remote Health” and its mission is “Enabling health in our communities”.

The Far West LHD consists of eight public health facilities:

o Broken Hill Health Service
o Balranald Multipurpose Service
o Wilcannia Multipurpose Service
o Wentworth Health Service
o Ivanhoe Health Service
o Menindee Health Service
o Tibooburra Health Service
o White Cliffs Health Service.

The Far West LHD also includes the Family and Child Health Centre (Broken Hill) and Dareton Primary Care & Community Health Service, together with a number of other facilities including mental health and aged care facilities.

The Far West LHD is one of the smallest LHD’s in NSW. It serves a dispersed population of approximately 30, 009 people and covers one of the largest geographical areas (194, 949 square kilometres). It has a population with the highest proportion of Aboriginal people in the State.