Central Australia Health Service (CAHS)
The Central Australia Health Service encompasses Alice Springs Hospital, Tennant Creek Hospital, Primary Health Care, Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drugs services.
The Central Australia region covers 64.7% (872,861km2) of the total Northern Territory geographical area and includes Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, and major communities including Elliott, Yuendumu, Kaltukatjara (Docker River), Alpurrurulam (Lake Nash), Ali Curung and many more discrete Aboriginal communities.
List of remote health clinics in Central Australia and contact details.
On 30 June 2014, Central Australia had an estimated resident population of 48,506 people, representing 19.8% of the total NT population.
Almost 60% of the Central Australia population lived in Alice Springs (28667) and a further 7.5% lived in Tennant Creek (3634).
The remainder of the population (16,205) lived in discrete remote communities and outstations. The Aboriginal population was 44% (21, 674) of the total Central Australia population.
CAHS strategic executive
Chief Operating Officer
Sue Korner
General Manager Acute Care Services
Naomi Heinrich
General Manager Primary Health Care
David Reeve
Executive Director Medical and Clinical Services
Dr Samuel Goodwin
General Manager Mental Health Services
Peter Thornton
Director of Nursing and Midwifery Primary Health Care
Brycen Brook
General Manager and DON TCH
Michele Smith
Chief Financial Officer
Murray Brown
Director Workforce Services
Monica Bennion
Executive Director Nursing and Midwifery
Melissa Brown
Director Project Management Office
Leslie Manda
Director Allied Health and Aged Care
Larissa Ellis
Primary Health Care Acting Director Aboriginal Health Practitioners
Jenifer Hampton
Contact CAHS
Central Australia Health Service
Level 1 Eurilpa House
Alice Springs NT 0870
Phone: (08) 8951 5294
Email: CAHSCOOCorrespondence.DoH@nt.gov.au
Postal address:
GPO Box 721
Alice Springs NT 0871
Last updated: 07 December 2019