Joint Health Support Agency (JHSA)

JHSA provides health support services to Joint Health Command (JHC) and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) via each of its four sections:

• Health Support and Plans (HS&P): provides health liaison for Senior Health Officers (SHO) of the Area Health Services (AHS) and overseas posts and promulgates the requirements for NSA support to ADF operations and exercises.
• Medical Services (MS): provides health administrative support to the Medical Employment Classification Review Board (MECRB) and formal health care complaint resolution.
• Clinical Governance (CG): provides technical control of the Defence Clinical Governance program.
• Health Materiel, Logistics and Pharmacy (HMLP): Provides technical control of ADF pharmacies and strategic level advice regarding health materiel and logistics.

Area Health Service

JHSA is the organisation through which the Commander Joint Health Command (CJHLTH) and Director General Health Services (DGHS) provide medical technical direction to the Senior Health Officers of the AHS.

The AHS are responsible for coordinating health service delivery within the health service regions. Health services are normally delivered by a combination of providers which may include ADF personnel, APS personnel, civilian contractors and civilian organisations.

Health services provided in each region will normally include, but not be limited to:

• Emergency response
• Primary medical and dental health care
• Inpatient hospital services
• Diagnostic services
• Allied health, such as pharmacy and physiotherapy
• Rehabilitation

Defence AHS Contacts:

24 September, 2008