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Primary Health Tasmania is offering education grants to help primary healthcare professionals boost their knowledge and skills in palliative care. Two short online courses will be available through Flinders University – a Certificate in Palliative Care (10 weeks), and a Specialist Certificate in Palliative Care (13 weeks). There will be no cost to successful applicants.…
Primary Health Tasmania supports initiatives that reduce the harm caused by use of e-cigarettes and cigarettes. Vaping can damage people’s physical and mental health by exposing them to harmful chemicals. As with tobacco smoking, there is no such thing as ‘safe’ vaping. We welcome the Tasmanian Government’s willingness to tackle this critical public health issue,…
We are seeking expressions of interest from organisations interested in delivering a new ‘service integrator’ initiative aimed at better connecting the different services providing care to people affected by violence. Service integrators will act as a conduit between GPs and specialist family, domestic and sexual violence support services across Tasmania. This initiative is part of…
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.
Primary Health Tasmania has developed a chart to help general practice reception staff triage patients who present with urgent needs. Click here to access the POPGUNS triage process chart.
We are seeking to fill three elected director positions on our Board. Applications are sought from people with strong professional governance skills and expertise across at least two industry skill areas. Priority areas include general practice, primary health care, and health service design and delivery. Regional representation is considered as part of the Board profile.…