How We Write Australian Hospital Directory Pages
Our editorial policy protects users from low-value, outdated or medically risky content. The site is built for practical hospital information — where the hospital is, how to contact it, how to find official appointment or patient-service pages — not for diagnosis or treatment decisions.
Editorial Mission
aussihospitals.org/ exists to make public hospital and private hospital information easier to navigate. Many users reach a hospital page in a hurry: they need an address, phone number, clinic contact, emergency department context, visiting page, parking note or official appointment path. Our articles prioritise those practical actions.
- We write in clear, short paragraphs with task-based sections.
- We avoid medical advice and separate directory facts from health information.
- We do not invent phone numbers, doctors, appointment forms, visiting hours or department names.
- We mark uncertain details as needing confirmation instead of filling gaps with guesses.
- We review high-traffic and high-risk pages more often than low-traffic pages.
Content Rules for Hospital Pages
- Start with the official hospital identity.Confirm the hospital or campus name, suburb, state/territory and official website before writing the page.
- Verify contact routes.Use hospital-controlled pages or state/territory health service pages for main switchboard, admissions, outpatient clinics, medical records and appointment pages.
- Separate emergency information.Say whether an emergency department is listed only when a reliable source supports it, and always direct life-threatening situations to 000.
- Avoid clinical interpretation.Do not explain symptoms, treatments, medicine, surgery choices or whether a user should select a specific hospital.
- Show last-reviewed context.Every page should tell users when the page was reviewed and what source type was used.
Editorial Independence
We are not a hospital, health insurer, state health department, ambulance service, government agency, doctor booking platform or medical provider. Hospitals do not control our editorial wording unless a correction is needed for a factual directory detail.
If a hospital representative or user reports a correction, we verify it against an official source before changing the page. We do not accept promotional wording as a substitute for verification.
Prohibited Content
| We avoid | Why |
|---|---|
| Disease and symptom advice | A directory site should not replace clinical care or Healthdirect/medical guidance. |
| Unverified doctor lists | Practitioner details change, and doctor names require careful official checking. |
| Hospital rankings for urgent care | Urgent care choices should be made via 000, clinicians or official health services, not SEO content. |
| Fake appointment buttons | Users must go to official hospital or health service booking/contact pages. |
| Copied hospital descriptions | We write original directory summaries and link to official sources for full details. |