The Australian Government has renamed Head to Health mental health services – they are now called Medicare Mental Health. Here’s what you need to know. Medicare Mental Health delivers free mental health support and advice through walk-in centres, a national telephone service and an interactive website. While these services are now called Medicare Mental Health,…
Primary Health Tasmania’s latest health needs assessment report (for 2025-28) is now available. Developed by our Health Strategy and Performance team – including clinical epidemiologists, a clinical epidemiologist evaluator, health researchers, a biostatistician, and a health data analyst – the report provides a snapshot of Tasmanian health trends by noting areas of improvement, as well…
We have updated our ‘Community Health Check’ resources, which present health, wellbeing and demographic information for each of Tasmania’s 29 local government areas. The updated versions of these community profiles include some new categories: Click here to access these resources.
Community members will be able to participate in more than 20 online sessions about topics such as grief, bereavement and end-of-life care thanks to a community-run educational event being held in October. Hosted by locals involved in the Australian Government’s Greater Choice for At Home Palliative Care project, the four-day online educational event will run…