02 Nov 2023

Healthy Tasmania Step Forward Grants awarded

The health and wellbeing of Tasmanians will be boosted with 37 organisations receiving funding under the latest round of the Healthy Tasmania Step Forward Grants program for 2023-24.

01 Nov 2023

Elective surgery four-year plan ensuring Tasmanians receive health care sooner

Tasmanians are continuing to benefit from a $196 million plan to drive down the elective surgery waiting list, with the latest progress report showing Tasmanians are receiving their surgery sooner.

31 Oct 2023

New CT scanner at Royal Hobart Hospital improving outcomes for patients

A brand new, state-of-the-art computed tomography (CT) scanner is now in use at the Royal Hobart Hospital’s Emergency Department, better enabling clinicians to diagnose patients more accurately and quickly in time-critical and life-threatening situations.

31 Oct 2023

New Queenstown Ambulance Station set to open

The new Queenstown Ambulance Station is nearing completion and set to open in the coming weeks.

27 Oct 2023

Hobart’s second Medicare Urgent Care Clinic set to open

Hobart’s second Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) – and the third in Tasmania – will open to patients next week.

17 Oct 2023

Recovery College mental health courses available

With Tasmanian public students returning to school this week, Hobart’s mental health education hub is promoting its range of free, recovery-focused educational courses and opportunities available to the community.

20 Oct 2023

Allied health professionals recognised across the State

The contribution of Tasmanian allied health professionals (AHPs) across the State was recognised last week at the Department of Health’s Allied Health Professions Day 2023 Awards.

20 Oct 2023

Life-saving stroke service expanded to the Mersey Community Hospital

The Devonport and wider North West community will benefit from improved access to life-saving stroke care at the Mersey Community Hospital (MCH) following expansion of the Tasmanian Health Service’s (THS) partnership with the Victorian Stroke Telemedicine (VST) service.

16 Oct 2023

Restart a Heart Day

Every year, around 30,000 Australians and New Zealanders will suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and every minute a patient is in cardiac arrest, not receiving CPR or Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) shocks, the chances of survival drop by 10%.

16 Oct 2023

Milestone reached in ground-breaking heart valve implant procedure

The Royal Hobart Hospital’s (RHH) cardiology team has reached an impressive milestone in the delivery of a ground-breaking procedure that is providing world-class heart care for Tasmanian patients.