The Health and Community Services Complaints Commission is an independent Statutory Body that conciliates, investigates and resolved complaints against providers of health and community services in the Northern Territory.

The Department of Health and Families exists to provide services that work together for the health and well-being of our communities: maximising physical health but also the mental, social and environmental well-being of all Territorians.

Improving Aboriginal health as part of efforts to overcome Aboriginal disadvantage more generally, poses the greatest single challenge to the Northern Territory and its health care system.

The Adoptions Unit provides a range of programs for people interested in adopting, such as intercountry adoption programs, local adoption programs and Step Adoptions.

Domestic and family violence encompasses all forms of violence between intimate partners (who are married or unmarried, in de facto relationships, boyfriends, girlfriends, gay or straight) and violence between other members of a family, household or community. Most commonly this involves physical abuse and sexual assault, threats, intimidation, emotional abuse, social isolation, property damage, financial deprivation and spiritual abuse. It also includes child abuse and neglect.

This site is for Northern Territory families who are bringing up kids. Here you can read tips about parenting and living in families.

Information regarding the availability of the H1N1 Human Swine Flu Vaccine.

Information page on the H1N1 Influenza (Human Swine Flu). Provides general information and current alert levels and statistics.

Epidemiology Branch's core business is to monitor the health status of the Northern Territory by collecting population level information. Generally Epidemiology investigates the spread of diseases based on the collection of population level statistics. Data analysed includes mortality, cancer and perinatal information. For information on communicable diseases please refer to the Centre for Disease Control.

The Health Professions Licensing Authority (HPLA) is a branch of the Department of Health and Families. The branch is established to provide the administrative and operational support necessary to facilitate the various Health Professional Boards to perform their functions.

Visit for all health related news, topics and events in the Northern Territory

The Northern Territory has rewarding career opportunities for health and community services professionals now.

The online publications available are alphabetically listed below and are presented in HTML, PDF or RTF.

This site provides information about available medical officer positions around the Territory Hospitals.

Summary of all Nursing and Midwifery Award winners, with links to current awards and nomination forms.

Information available on sexually transmitted infections, safe sex, protection and testing for STI.

The Darwin Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) provides a counselling service to both adults and children who may have experienced (recently or many years ago) any form of sexual assault.

The five Territory hospitals provide general services ranging from primary screening and prevention to acute and chronic care. But with issues such as remoteness, a scattered population and the absence of alternative health care providers, hospitals in the Northern Territory also provide a series of non-acute services to their communities.

Access Nursing information relating to Territory Nurses: current jobs, working conditions, studies grants and the Annual Nursing and Midwifery Awards.

eHealthNT is an implementation of a joint initiative of the Australian Government's Department of Health and Ageing and the Northern Territory Government's Department of Health and Community Services. It is focused on advancing health care delivery through a range of systems to assist health care providers with securely storing, sharing and transmitting important patient care information.

goNT is a whole of government and community initiative to promote physical activity and encourage Territorians to be more active in their everyday life. It is driven and monitored by the Chief Minister's Active Living Council , responsible for implementing and monitoring the goNT Strategy and first year action plan.