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National HealthDirect Health Facilities

Geoscience Australia
Butcher, G. ; Mciver, N.
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The National HealthDirect health facilities product contains three databases presenting the spatial locations in point format of Hospitals, General Practitioners (GP) and Pharmacies

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Maintenance and Update Frequency: annually
Statement:
Data was downloaded from the National Health Services Directory (NHSD) API and processed through a series of python scripts and FME workbenches to create a geospatial database.  The data was then reduced to a subset to match previous Geoscience Australia (GA) Health Facility datasets which included available Aged Care, General Practice, Hospitals and Pharmacy services.  Aged Care services were subsequently removed from the NHSD so were removed from GA’s subset spatial database. A small selection of NHSD attributes were carried through to the final dataset for provenance purposes. The product was released in June 2024 and was updated in November 2025. Data download: March 2025: Extract from NHSD database performed. Release: November 2025: Public release of GA’s NHSD web service and datasets.

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Purpose
Point format, of Hospitals, General Practitioners and Pharmacies. Services for the diagnosis and treatment of disease and the maintenance of health.

Created: 07 03 2024

Issued: 24 06 2024

Data time period: 2024-03-05

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GP | General Practitioner | Healthdirect | Hospital | Pharmacy | Published_External | Urban planning and health | foundation data | geoscientificInformation | healthdirect | vector |

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National HealthDirect Health Facilities WFS

url : https://services.ga.gov.au/gis/services//National_HealthDirect_Health_Facilities/MapServer/WFSServer

National HealthDirect Health Facilities WMS

url : https://services.ga.gov.au/gis/services//National_HealthDirect_Health_Facilities/MapServer/WMSServer

National HealthDirect Health Facilities MapServer

url : https://services.ga.gov.au/gis/services/National_HealthDirect_Health_Facilities/MapServer

National HealthDirect Health Facilities MapServer

local : 149736

National HealthDirect Health Facilities WMS

local : 149737

National HealthDirect Health Facilities WFS

local : 149738

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