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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, the NT, Tasmania, SA and WA with an efficient and expert source of health-related information and advice. healthdirect is scheduled to be a fully national service by 2011.
