Tag: NSW Health

Intermedium’s annual NSW Budget Briefing, held at Rydges, North Sydney on 30 June, outlined the key facts, figures and implications of the NSW Budget 2010-11 ICT allocation to a gathering of leading industry and government personnel...

Since the election of the Iemma Government in March, there have been a number significant changes at Director General level in key agencies. There are now new heads at the Department of Commerce, the NSW Health Department, The Department of Premier and Cabinet and the Department of Education and Training.

It now appears that these appointments did not complete the 'refresh' of Department Heads...

Saturday’s Sydney Morning Herald confirms a rumour that has been circulating that Robyn Kruk, the current Director General of the NSW Department of Health will be vacating her position.

Her role was advertised by Hamilton James Bruce on 12 May 2007. The ad states that the role is ‘responsible for the administration and operation of 8 Area Health Services, the Ambulance Service of NSW, the Children’s Hospital at Westmead and Justice Health, and plays a critical role in the ongoing development of NSW Health. The closing date for applications is 25 May 2007...

Intermedium’s Agency Profiles offer an in depth look at the strategies and procurement practices of selected government bodies, with a focus on ICT. The knowledge they provide is essential for vendors looking to pursue contracts with the agency, or even for assisting internal Government research.

This particular profile looks into the structure and activities of NSW Health.

Employing over 100,000 people, and comprising 28% of the NSW General Government Sector budget, NSW Health is the largest Government Agency in NSW. If it were a publically listed company, it would rank around 15th in Australia in terms of size.

It is then no surprise that Health is a very significant ICT customer. It is taking part in the hefty e-health projects required by April’s COAG Agreement, and will soon undertake a review of its ICT strategy, which expires in 2011. This means it is high for ICT vendors to get informed about this agency, in order to gain an advantage in this competitive field.

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