NSW Ministry of Health

The NSW Ministry of Health supports the Secretary, the NSW Minister for Health and Medical Research (who is the Health cluster minister) and the Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women to perform their executive government and statutory functions. This includes promoting, protecting, developing, maintaining and improving the health and wellbeing of the people of NSW, while considering the needs of the state and the available finances and resources.

The NSW Ministry of Health is also the system manager for the NSW public health system and consists of ministry branches, centres and offices, and two temporary emergency operations centres.

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