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Western Australia - Archival Collection
Hospital [Public Hospitals] Records, Western Australia (1894 - )
Department of Health Western Australia
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- 1894
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Each hospital in Western Australia manages their own medical records for each patient they see. If you wish to find out if there is medical or personal information held about you from when you were a child, you must contact a Freedom of Information Officer at the relevant hospital or health service provider. Please visit the Access my WA Health medical records webpage for information about accessing personal medical records.
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Access Conditions
Access to these records is restricted to protect the privacy of individuals. The Department of Health's website has a list of contacts for each region and the Freedom of Information Officers listed can help with enquiries about records from public hospitals that are now closed.
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Please contact the Freedom of Information Coordinator, Department of Health:
Postal address: PO Box 8172, Perth Business Centre WA 6849
Phone: (08) 9222 6411
Email: FOI.DOH@health.wa.gov.au
Website: https://www.healthywa.health.wa.gov.au/Articles/A_E/Access-my-WA-Health-medical-records
For enquiries regarding records of hospitals or health providers that are still in operation, please contact the hospital or health provider directly. Contact details for each hospital can be found using the link provided above.
We do not currently have any records linked to this organisation, but records may exist.
The Find & Connect Support Service can help people who lived in orphanages and children's institutions look for their records.
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