Media releases

Provider selected for new youth mental health services

Experienced mental health service provider EACH has been selected as the lead agency to deliver two new headspace youth mental health services in Tasmania. Primary Health Tasmania (Tasmania PHN) is overseeing the establishment of a statewide youth early psychosis service and a new headspace centre on Hobart’s eastern shore, and announced on 7 March it…

Free exercise program supports healthy ageing

Jason Molann from Healthy Business guides Evandale resident Max Seymour in some exercises A free strength-based exercise program is now available to support older Tasmanians living with long-term health conditions. Primary Health Tasmania (Tasmania PHN) has commissioned Tasmanian-based organisation Healthy Business to deliver the Exercise Treatment Program in several areas across the state, including a…

Primary care grant to help Tasmanians affected by violence

Primary Health Tasmania welcomes a new Australian Government funding grant that will result in better access to support services for Tasmanians affected by family, domestic and sexual violence. The Government announced on 24 August that Primary Health Tasmania (Tasmania PHN) had been successful in its application for a Supporting the Primary Care Response to Family,…

Statewide eReferral milestone welcomed

Primary Health Tasmania welcomes Premier Rockliff’s announcement on 26 June that Tasmania’s eReferral system has now been implemented across all four major public hospitals. CEO Phil Edmondson said that with Australian Government funding, Primary Health Tasmania had led establishment of the Tasmanian eReferral system – including development of the first version of the Tasmanian Health…

New palliative care grant opportunity *NOW CLOSED*

Healthcare and community service providers can apply for grants up to $100,000 each in a second round of palliative care grants facilitated by Primary Health Tasmania and the Tasmanian Department of Health, funded by the Australian and Tasmanian governments. The first round was launched in July 2022 and focused on not-for-profit organisations and care and…

New after-hours mental health space coming to Launceston

A new after-hours mental health support option will be available to northern Tasmanians from 27 March as part of an expansion of the Australian Government-funded Launceston Head to Health. Relocation to a purpose-built site on Canning Street means the adult mental health centre can start offering its full range of services, with a dedicated after-hours…