Primary Health Tasmania’s twice-yearly magazine aims to capture real stories from our work, that of our commissioned providers, and others in the Tasmanian primary health, aged care and social care spaces. In the latest issue (July 2024) you’ll find the following stories: To request a printed copy of the magazine or to access earlier issues, please send us…
Our information sheet about support for people diagnosed with dementia has now been translated into two additional languages: Italian and Spanish. It’s estimated that nearly half a million Australians are living with dementia, with around 29,000 diagnosed with early onset dementia (including people in their 30s, 40s and 50s), while 1.6 million Australians are involved…
Primary Health Tasmania is rolling out a new integration of HealthLink’s SmartForms technology for electronic referrals with Telstra Health’s Communicare solution for Aboriginal healthcare services in the state. Tasmania has been implementing the solution as part of its statewide eReferral system, which is being used by all four public hospitals as well as GPs, private…
Young people living in northern Tasmania are enjoying better access to free mental health support following the relocation of headspace Launceston to new, larger premises. Australian Government funding provided through Primary Health Tasmania (Tasmania PHN) has seen the centre move to a new site which almost doubles the area available for support activities. The new…
The Mental Health Council of Tasmania, in partnership with Primary Health Tasmania, has opened a supplementary round of grants to support community wellbeing and resilience across the north and north west of Tasmania. The Australian Department of Health and Aged Care has made funding available to support disaster-affected communities in these regions. Local community not-for-profit…
Asthma Australia has released the results of its Tasmanian Asthma Discovery Survey, which give an indication of what life is like for Tasmanians who have asthma. The survey found a mismatch between what people know about their asthma, what they do to manage it, and the best possible health and wellbeing outcomes. Challenges accessing timely,…