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…
We have updated our after-hours support planning toolkit for aged care homes to reflect the revised Strengthening the Aged Care Quality Standards, which came into effect on 1 November 2025. After-hours plans identify how to manage residents’ health care in the after-hours period and increase awareness of support available in primary health care (including general…
We have updated our Snapshot of Priority Populations in Tasmania resource to include three new sections: This resource has a page of health data and information on groups of people who sometimes have different health needs to the rest of the population. The other sections are: Click here to access the resource.
People living in the Devonport area have a new option for accessing free and confidential mental health information, services and support. The Devonport Medicare Mental Health Centre at 11-17 Stewart Street Devonport was officially opened on 16 October by the Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, the Hon. Emma McBride MP. It is…