Overview
Whenever you receive care from a health service provider, such as hospital or a midwife, some information about you and your health care is sent to the Department of Health. The Department of Health uses this information to:
- plan for future health services
- report to the Federal Government
- conduct research that could have health benefits for everyone
The information collected by the Department of Health is:
- maintained in the statewide health data collections
- stored in secure systems in secure locations
- only accessed by authorised staff members
- used for approved research by appropriately qualified researchers
- linked to other approved data sources
The collection of information is authorised by legislation such as the Western Australian Health Act 1911 and the Hospital and Health Services Act 1927. The Department of Health is guided by the National Privacy Principles in the Commonwealth Privacy Act and by the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Health Data Principles.
Further Information
You can open or download the 'Information about your Health Data' brochure (PDF 246KB) or detailed booklet (PDF 272KB) which contains more information about:
- Statewide Health Data Collections
- Use of Health Data
- Access to Health Data, and
- Privacy and Security
File Formats
Some documents for download on this website are in a Portable Document Format (PDF). To read these files you might need to download Adobe® Acrobat Reader.