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Local Hospital Network

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termGlossary Item
Synonymous names:Help on this termLHN
METEOR identifier:Help on this term711144
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Health, Standard 26/03/2019
Definition:Help on this term

One of a number of separate legal entities established by each Australian state/territory government in order to devolve operational management for public hospitals, and accountability for local service delivery, to the local level.

Local Hospital Networks (LHNs) directly manage single or small groups of public hospital services and their budgets, and are directly responsible for hospital performance under the Performance and Accountability Framework outlined in Schedule D of the National Health Reform Agreement 2011.

Most LHNs are responsible for the provision of public hospital services in a defined geographical area, but in some jurisdictions a small number of LHNs provide services across a number of areas.

Some jurisdictions have their own local names for the areas and administrative units known nationally as Local Hospital Networks. For example, in New South Wales they are known as 'Local Health Districts', in Queensland they are known as 'Hospital and Health Services', in Western Australia they are known as 'Health Service Providers', and in South Australia they are known as 'Local Health Networks'.

Source and reference attributes

Reference documents:Help on this term

COAG (Council of Australian Governments) 2011.The National Health Reform Agreement 2011. Canberra: COAG. Viewed 17 January 2019, http://www.federalfinancialrelations.gov.au/content/npa/health/
_archive/national-agreement.pdf

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Local Hospital Network
  • ACT Health (retired), Candidate 08/08/2018
  • Health, Superseded 26/03/2019
  • Independent Hospital Pricing Authority, Qualified 23/11/2015
Metadata items which use this glossary item:Help on this term
Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2020–21
  • Health, Superseded 23/12/2020
Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2021–22
  • Health, Superseded 17/12/2021
Activity based funding: Mental health care NBEDS 2022–23
  • Health, Standard 17/12/2021
Establishment—Local Hospital Network identifier
  • Health, Standard 26/03/2019
Establishment—Local Hospital Network identifier, code NNN
  • Health, Qualified 28/03/2022
Establishment—Local Hospital Network identifier, code NNN
  • Health, Superseded 07/05/2020
Establishment—Local Hospital Network identifier, code NNN
  • Health, Superseded 07/05/2020
Establishment—Local Hospital Network identifier, code NNN
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Establishment—Local Hospital Network identifier, code NNN
  • Health, Superseded 23/09/2019
Establishment—Local Hospital Network identifier, code NNN
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
Hospital teaching and training activities cluster
  • Health, Superseded 05/02/2021
Hospital teaching and training activities cluster
  • Health, Standard 05/02/2021
Hospital teaching, training and research activities NBEDS 2020–21
  • Health, Superseded 05/02/2021
Hospital teaching, training and research activities NBEDS 2021–22
  • Health, Superseded 13/10/2021
Hospital teaching, training and research activities NBEDS 2022–23
  • Health, Standard 13/10/2021
Local Hospital Network identifier
  • Health, Standard 26/03/2019
Local Hospital Network identifier code NNN
  • Health, Standard 23/09/2019
Local Hospital Network identifier code NNN
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
Local Hospital Network identifier code NNN
  • Health, Superseded 23/09/2019
Local Hospital Network identifier code NNN
  • Health, Superseded 07/05/2020
Local Hospital Network identifier code NNN
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
Local Hospital Network identifier code NNN
  • Health, Qualified 28/03/2022
Local Hospital Networks/Public hospital establishments NMDS 2020–21
  • Health, Superseded 05/02/2021
Local Hospital Networks/Public hospital establishments NMDS 2021–22
  • Health, Superseded 17/12/2021
Local Hospital Networks/Public hospital establishments NMDS 2022–23
  • Health, Standard 17/12/2021
Local Hospital Networks/Public hospital establishments NMDS 2023–24
  • Health, Recorded 24/06/2024
Local Hospital Networks/Public hospital establishments NMDS 2023–24
  • Health, Recorded 24/06/2024
Local Hospital Networks/Public hospital establishments NMDS 2023–24
  • Health, Recorded 24/06/2024
Mental health establishments NMDS 2020–21
  • Health, Superseded 20/01/2021
Mental health establishments NMDS 2021–22
  • Health, Superseded 17/12/2021
Mental health establishments NMDS 2022–23
  • Health, Standard 17/12/2021
Non-admitted patient care aggregate NBEDS 2020–21
  • Health, Superseded 05/02/2021
Non-admitted patient care aggregate NBEDS 2021–22
  • Health, Superseded 17/12/2021
Non-admitted patient care aggregate NBEDS 2022–23
  • Health, Standard 17/12/2021
Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2020–21
  • Health, Superseded 05/02/2021
Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2021–22
  • Health, Superseded 20/10/2021
Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2022–23
  • Health, Standard 20/10/2021
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