Abstract Objective To describe the types of hospital and out‐of‐hospital services provided by public geriatric medicine departments in Australia and New Zealand, and to explore head of department (HOD) views on issues in current and future service provision. Methods An electronic survey was sent to HODs of public geriatric medicine departments. Results Seventy‐six (89%) of 85 identified HODs completed the survey. Seventy‐one (93%) departments admit inpatients and 51 (67%) admit acute inpatients, with variable admi…