From nursing posts and outreach services, to child health clinics and bustling regional health campuses, the WA Country Health Service plays an important role in the lives of people in our country communities.

Across the state we have:

• Six large regional health campuses located at country regional centres.
• 15 district health campuses that act as hubs for sub-regional health district services. 

These health campuses support:

• 46 small hospitals
• 43 health centres and nursing posts
• 24 community-based mental health services
• Four dedicated inpatient mental health services
• 178 facilities where population health teams are based
• Residential aged care facilities.

You can find your local health service by using the National Health Services Directory.

Country health services

Our services span across an area of more than 2.5 million square kilometres, from Kalumburu in the Kimberley to Albany in the Great Southern providing:

• Emergency and hospital services
• Population, public and primary healthcare
• Aboriginal health services
• Mental health services
• Drug and alcohol services
• Child, community and school healthcare
• Telehealth services
• Residential and community aged care services

According to the latest available Australian Bureau of Statistics Estimated Resident Population (ERP) data (2017), the population of WACHS's catchment area is 531,510 people. Almost 11 per cent of these people (57,716) identify as Aboriginal.

The population we service is diverse and expansive and as a result has widely varying health needs. People living in rural and remote areas experience poorer general health than those in metropolitan areas and Aboriginal health and life expectancy, in particular, is significantly less than that of non-Aboriginal people.

Government funding and industry investment over recent years have brought about a transformation of country health care through major and minor capital works. More towns now have contemporary health campuses, expanded hospitals, greater emergency service capacity and modern facilities and equipment. Coupled with technological and service innovations such as Telehealth, the WA Country Health Service is now delivering health care closer to home for more country Western Australians than ever before.