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Read about the Department of Health's ongoing commitment to significantly improve the culture across Health in Tasmania so that children and young people in our care feel safe, supported and empowered.
Learn about children's health
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Children's health services (paediatrics)
16 October 2024
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Healthy Kids
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Healthy Young People
24 November 2021Child Safety and Wellbeing
Child Safety and Wellbeing
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The Child Safe Organisation Project is aiming to make systemic change in the approach to promoting children and young people’s rights, safety and wellbeing across all areas of the Department.
Child Safe Governance Review
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The Child Safe Governance Review was announced by the State Government on 3 July 2022. The review is about safeguarding children.
Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government's Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
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We are committed to doing better and ensuring the safety of children and young people every day in our care.
Child Health and Parenting Services
Child Health and Parenting Service (CHaPS)
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Find information about Tasmania’s Child Health and Parenting Service.
Bedwetting (Wetaway program)
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Find information about the Wetaway program in Tasmania to help children aged five and over with bedwetting.
What the Department is doing
Child Safe Governance Review
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The Child Safe Governance Review was announced by the State Government on 3 July 2022. The review is about safeguarding children.
Latest news
Media releases
Families urged to be alert to the dangers of button batteries
A media release from the Chief Medical Officer.
News
Launceston Community Forums
Read about community forums for those in the Northern Tasmanian community affected by the Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government’s Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings (CoI) in relation to the Launceston General Hospital.
