HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SERVICES
Our city is well supplied with high quality health care facilities, including two large public hospitals, private hospitals and a wide range of community-based health services.
ACT residents can also call Health Direct 24 hours a day, seven days a week for free health advice. This service offers people of the ACT region a confidential, reliable and consistent source of advice on health care so that they can manage many of their problems at home or know where to go for appropriate care.
The Canberra Hospital, located south of the city, is the ACT and surrounding region's major public hospital, providing specialist and acute care to more than 500,000 people. Canberra Hospital is a tertiary level health facility and a teaching hospital of the Australian National University (ANU) Medical School.
Calvary Health Care ACT, including Calvary Hospital, is a public and private hospital located in the northern suburbs of Canberra. Calvary is a healthcare service complex with contemporary team-based care and cutting edge technology, and incorporates a 250-bed public general hospital.
More information about ACT community health services can be found at ACT Department of Health and the ACT Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services.
TESTIMONIAL
Claus and Silke Lemmert, Registered Nurses
We relocated to Canberra after living in Perth for 10 years, having migrated to Australia from Switzerland. We moved because of Canberra’s unique size and great location between Melbourne and Sydney.
Our impression is that Canberra has a clean environment with plenty of bushland. The roads are well developed and traffic is easy to negotiate. It is well placed for day trips to the coast or mountains.” “Canberra has good educational facilities and a well-educated population. It is a safe place to bring up kids.
