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The Department of Health and Ageing has established a new, national hotline for the public to receive health information about the outbreak overseas of Swine Flu.
The number is 1802007 For information about the outbreak overseas of Swine Flu, please click here.

About Us

healthdirect Australia is a 24-hour telephone health advice line staffed by Registered Nurses to provide expert health advice. It is currently available to residents of the Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia. healthdirect will be made progressively available to residents of Tasmania. healthdirect is scheduled to be a fully national service by 2011.

1800 022 222

Calls from landlines are free. Mobile charges may apply.

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About healthdirect Australia

How healthdirect can help

  • Are your symptoms serious or nothing to worry about?
  • Your baby won't stop crying - what can be wrong?
  • You're away from home and you need to find a doctor.
  • You need to know more about managing diabetes, asthma or another health condition.
  • View our television commercial.

Who's at the end of the line?

When you call healthdirect you will speak directly with specially trained Registered Nurses.

They follow a set of procedures developed by a team of health professionals and can connect you to an emergency service if necessary.

To make sure you receive the best advice, medical professionals monitor our service to maintain the highest quality at all times.

Who's behind healthdirect?

healthdirect Australia is a joint initiative of the Australian Government and the governments of the ACT, NSW, NT, Tasmania, SA and WA.

It provides residents of the ACT, NSW, NT, SA and WA with an efficient and expert source of health-related information and advice. healthdirect will be made progressively available to residents of Tasmania and is scheduled to be a fully national service by 2011.