Australian Health Directory


medical, allied and complementary health professionals

Use the left menu to find health professionals, hospitals, health care products and services, support organisations and solutions for wellness and independence.

Our national aged care directory lists aged care homes offering residential high and low care, supported accommodation and independent living units.

doctor and baby

The medical specialists directory assists referring professionals to find specialists with specific interest and qualifications in a preferred geographical location. It enables consumers to choose a medical specialists for referral by their general practitioner.

Find a medical specialist.

business services & suppliers

The directory features all kinds of health industry suppliers, from board and management consultants, medical and hospital suppliers, medical finance and professional indemnity providers, professional associations, hospital food suppliers, patient transport to medical waste management services.

Find a health business supplier.


Featured listing

Active Ageing Australia

Active Ageing Australia

Kent Town SA 5067

AAA provides a range of programs and services to promote positive ageing experiences focused on physical activity such as leadership training and information regarding physical activity opportunities and falls prevention. More....


Health news

Stroke rates decline but many still preventable

Stroke rates decline but many still preventable

The rate of strokes suffered by Australians has dropped over the past 20 years, while strokes caused by an irregular heartbeat now account for one third of all strokes, according to new research.  More...

The good, the bad, and the ugly: mixed budget for rural patients

The good, the bad, and the ugly: mixed budget for rural patients

The Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) says, for rural Australians and particularly rural patients, this year's federal budget is firmly a case of the good, the bad and the ugly.  More...

Lifeline Says "Thanks a Million" to 11,000 volunteers

Lifeline Says "Thanks a Million" to 11,000 volunteers

Lifeline sends a huge thank you to its 11,000 wonderful volunteers during National Volunteer Week 2013 13-19 May. As demand for its services is expected to grow, Lifeline welcomes more volunteers.  More...

New study into cost and benefits of ending blindness

New study into cost and benefits of ending blindness

Senator Bob Carr today launched a landmark study - undertaken by PwC and commissioned by The Fred Hollows Foundation and other key eye care NGOs - into the cost and benefits of ending avoidable blindness throughout the world.  More...

Trial asthma drug targets lung inflammation

Trial asthma drug targets lung inflammation

University of Adelaide researchers at the Royal Adelaide Hospital are involved in the world's biggest study of its kind investigating a possible new treatment for asthma.  More...

bioCSL goes back into influenza vaccine production for Australia

bioCSL goes back into influenza vaccine production for Australia

bioCSL announced today that it has recently restarted production of influenza vaccine for the Australian market in response to higher than expected demand this season.  More...

Maternal diet sets up junk food addiction in babies

Maternal diet sets up junk food addiction in babies

Research led by Dr Bev Muhlhausler, Postdoctoral Fellow in the University's FOODplus Research Centre suggests that mothers who eat junk food while pregnant have already programmed their babies to be addicted to a high fat, high sugar diet by the time they are weaned.  More...

'Super-Style' Health Funding Will Save Unsustainable Medicare

'Super-Style' Health Funding Will Save Unsustainable Medicare

An 80% real increase in Australian government health expenditure since 2000 shows how unaffordable Medicare will become in coming decades, warns a new TARGET30 report from The Centre for Independent Studies.  More...

Prime health links


- Authoritative information from National Library of Medicine (USA).

Department of Health and Ageing - Australian Federal Government portal.

HealthInsite - access to quality information about health.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet - the health of Indigenous Australians.

National Rural Health Alliance - working to improve the health of Australians living in rural and remote areas.

Health Translations Directory - a Victorian State Government resource for consumers and health professionals.