Experienced mental health service provider Wellways Australia has been selected to lead delivery of the new Connected Care – Mental Health service across Tasmania. Wellways heads a consortium which also includes Stride Mental Health and Clarity Health Care. Together, they will provide a range of services to Tasmanians in every region in person, by phone and online. …
The operator of the new Burnie Medicare Urgent Care Clinic has been announced following a competitive open tender process undertaken by Primary Health Tasmania. Anne Urquhart MP, federal Member for Braddon, announced on 15 January that Burnie Health Hub had been selected to establish and operate the Burnie Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC). This new…
The operator of the new Kingston Medicare Urgent Care Clinic has been announced following a competitive open tender process undertaken by Primary Health Tasmania. The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and Member for Franklin, the Hon. Julie Collins MP on 8 January, announced that Ochre Health had been selected to establish and operate the Kingston Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) in partnership with the Ochre Health Medical Centre John Street. …
Young people living on Hobart’s eastern shore have a new option for local mental health support with the opening of a headspace centre in Rosny Park. Minister Collins with headspace Eastern shore staff and young people headspace Eastern Shore – located at 120 Cambridge Road, near the Eastlands shopping centre – opened its doors on 22 December, with Member for Franklin the…
Tasmania’s newest Medicare Urgent Care Clinic has opened in Sorell, providing bulk-billed medical care over extended hours. L-R: Sorell Mayor Janet Gatehouse, Sorell Family Practice Manager Kerri Mus, Assistant Minister for Health and Ageing Rebecca White, and ForHealth CEO Andrew Cohen. The Assistant Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon. Rebecca White MP, officially opened…
Primary care providers across Tasmania are now being offered fully funded training to help them better identify, respond to and refer cases of family and sexual violence and child sexual abuse. Primary Health Tasmania (Tasmania PHN) has partnered with the Safer Families Centre at the University of Melbourne to deliver the education program, with funding…