Primary Health Tasmania has opened a tender seeking experienced providers to deliver the Connected Care – Mental Health service across the northern, north-western and southern regions of Tasmania. This new service will provide coordinated, evidence-based mental health support aligned to the following levels of care: Primary Health Tasmania will commission one organisation per region. An organisation may choose to use shared delivery arrangements with…
People living in the Burnie area now have access to free walk-in mental health support in the form of a new Medicare Mental Health Centre. Friendly centre team members Andrea (left) and Allison The Burnie Medicare Mental Health Centre has opened at an interim site at 52-56 Bass Highway in Cooee, alongside the Burnie GP…
The new Kingston Medicare Urgent Care Clinic opened its doors on Monday 23 February, providing bulk-billed access to urgent care during extended hours. Primary Health Tasmania’s Lucy O’Flaherty and Susan Powell joined Member for Franklin Julie Collins, Kingborough Mayor Paula Wriedt, clinic staff and Ochre Health representatives at the service launch on 20 February It’s…
Tasmania’s newest Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) has officially opened its doors in Burnie. On Monday 16 February, Primary Health Tasmania General Manager Susan Powell joined Member for Braddon Anne Urquhart MP, Senator Josh Dolega, Burnie Mayor Teeny Brumby (Burnie City Council), Burnie Health Hub representatives, and the friendly clinic staff, including Dr Sam Atkins,…
How artificial intelligence scribes are changing the way GPs work. Dr Keith McArthur has been a GP for decades. He’s seen many changes in the profession—but few have had as immediate an impact on his day-to-day work as the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) scribes. “I’m nearly 70 and I can use a few fingers,…
How a scholarship program is helping healthcare professionals improve their confidence in delivering palliative care. It takes a village to care for someone at the end of their life. Often, that village spans far beyond a clinic room or palliative care ward. Pharmacists, paramedics, GPs, nurses, community services and loved ones all play a part…
