Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered Acts(1) The object of this Act is to establish a Public Health System that provides high quality health services to persons in the Territory, having regard to the principles and objectives of Australia's health system.
(2) The object is to be achieved mainly by:
(a) establishing Health Services as the entities responsible for the provision of health services in particular operational areas in order to improve transparency and accountability; and
(b) providing for Territory-wide health system management, including health system planning, coordination, policy development and standard setting; and
(c) balancing the benefits of:
(i) the operational area approach focussing on local service provision and local decision making; and
(ii) the Territory-wide approach focussing on strategic system-wide management; and
(d) ensuring health services continue to be provided as part of an integrated health system across the Northern Territory, consistent with the principles and objectives of Australia's health system.