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Primary Health Tasmania’s twice-yearly magazine aims to capture real stories from our work, that of our commissioned providers, and others in the Tasmanian primary health, aged care and social care spaces. In the latest issue (July 2024) you’ll find the following stories: To request a printed copy of the magazine or to access earlier issues, please send us…
Primary Health Tasmania is seeking an experienced professional to take up the position of Lead – Data Linkage Projects and Partnerships. This full-time, fixed term to 30 June 2026 role will provide technical and project leadership in the planning, establishment and implementation of the TasLink data linkage program for Tasmania – partnering with the Tasmanian…
Our information sheet about support for people diagnosed with dementia has now been translated into two additional languages: Italian and Spanish. It’s estimated that nearly half a million Australians are living with dementia, with around 29,000 diagnosed with early onset dementia (including people in their 30s, 40s and 50s), while 1.6 million Australians are involved…
Primary Health Tasmania is rolling out a new integration of HealthLink’s SmartForms technology for electronic referrals with Telstra Health’s Communicare solution for Aboriginal healthcare services in the state. Tasmania has been implementing the solution as part of its statewide eReferral system, which is being used by all four public hospitals as well as GPs, private…
Young people living in northern Tasmania are enjoying better access to free mental health support following the relocation of headspace Launceston to new, larger premises. Australian Government funding provided through Primary Health Tasmania (Tasmania PHN) has seen the centre move to a new site which almost doubles the area available for support activities. The new…
We have produced a new resource giving an overview of health data and information related to priority population groups. Our Snapshot of Priority Populations in Tasmania has a page of health data and information on each of the following groups of people, who sometimes have different health needs to the rest of the population: Click…