For enquiries regarding records of hospitals or health providers that are still in operation, please contact the hospital or health provider directly. Contact details for each hospital can be found here: https://www.healthywa.health.wa.gov.au/Articles/A_E/Access-my-WA-Health-medical-records
For records held by the Department of Health, please contact the Freedom of Information Coordinator, Department of Health:
Postal address: PO Box 8172, Perth Business Centre WA 6849
Phone: (08) 9222 6411
Email: FOI.DOH@health.wa.gov.au
Website: https://www.health.wa.gov.au/About-us/Freedom-of-Information
Quote this number to access your records: State Records Office of Western Australia Item Number, S4026
These records are held by State Records Office of Western Australia (24 July 2001 - current).
Heathcote Mental Reception Home – Monthly Returns of Patients is a file created by the Board of Visitors – Heathcote Mental Hospital and held by the State Records Office of Western Australia. This file contains financial returns information for the Heathcote Mental Hospital, and is likely to contain names of individual patients.
Access to this series is restricted for 100 years from the date of creation in order to protect personal privacy. For permission to access this record please contact the Western Australian Department of Health.