The Australian Government is funding a trial of eight adult mental health centres across Australia, with one to be established in each state and territory. Launceston has been chosen as the location for the Tasmanian centre, which will aim to improve access to mental health and related support services for Tasmanians in the local area;…
Key players in Tasmania’s health system have come together to evolve and strengthen the state’s mental health plan, taking stock of key achievements and highlighting new areas of focus for the years ahead. Rethink 2020 is a collaboration between Primary Health Tasmania, the Tasmanian Department of Health, and the Tasmanian Health Service, and represents a…
Tasmanian GPs play a vital role in providing care to vulnerable, older, and chronically unwell Tasmanians, a new in-depth report by Primary Health Tasmania has confirmed. The General Practice in Tasmania report – the first quantitative snapshot of its kind – offers unprecedented insight into the local general practice workforce and the quality care it provides to the Tasmanian population. Primary Health Tasmania spokesperson Dr Faline Howes says the…
Primary Health Tasmania welcomes further State Government funding to support general practices in their COVID-19 response. Health Minister Sarah Courtney announced on 25 November the Government would provide almost $1 million to Primary Health Tasmania to help build general practice ability to safely assess, test and manage people with COVID-19 symptoms. This funding program has…
The recent opening of a full headspace centre in Devonport is a significant step towards securing better mental health outcomes for young people in Tasmania’s north west. That’s according to Rebecca Wells, an Ulverstone local, and one of the young north west headspace volunteers who helped shape the new-and-improved site. Doors opened at the new…
Primary Health Tasmania is looking for a project manager to lead the establishment and support the embedding of an adult mental health centre within the broader mental health system in Launceston. Find out more via our careers portal.