Our Partners — Health In The Hill

The Far West LHD is geographically the second largest of the 15 (LHD) across NSW.

They provide health care for more than 30,000 people living across 194,949 km2, including those in the Silver City of Broken Hill.

Far West LHD has the most spread-out population of any in NSW, and the highest proportion of Aboriginal residents (12%).

Far West Local Health District has hospitals and community health facilities in several regional centres and remote locations. These offer an extensive range of services, including emergency, mental health, Aboriginal health, and allied health services.

Broken Hill was the foundation base for the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Southeastern Section) network. For more than 80 years it has been providing health and emergency services to people living in remote communities across five different states. A 24/7 emergency evacuation service operates out of our Broken Hill base, capable of putting an aeromedical team in the air within 60 minutes of receiving a call. They are supported by an engineering team who maintain our aircraft at a heavy maintenance facility, located on-site. From Broken Hill, our primary healthcare teams travel out to deliver services at 23 clinics in remote and outback communities across the region.

These include general practice, mental health, alcohol and other drugs counselling, chronic disease management, oral and dental health as well as women’s, child, and family health. The Clive Bishop Medical Centre is also located at our Broken Hill base. It delivers non-emergency health services including immunisations, children’s health, chronic disease management, wound care, and skin checks. A specialist Breast Care Nurse, funded by the McGrath Foundation, also works from this base.