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Dedicated Southern Tasmanian palliative care service, the JW Whittle Ward, has marked 30 years of serving the community from its current location.

New monovalent COVID-19 Omicron XBB. 1.5 vaccines have been approved for use in Australia.

Tasmania's successful mental health emergency response service will expand to the North West of the State from next week as part of a two-year trial designed to boost access to timely, appropriate and evidence-based mental health care in the region.

Devonport Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) is expected to start seeing patients on 11 December 2023, with Devonport's My Clinic Plus confirmed as the provider.

A new campaign has been launched to promote respect for health workers.

The exceptional achievements of Tasmanian nurses and midwives have been recognised at an awards ceremony.

Tasmanians are being urged to stay up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations and, if it’s been longer than six months, to book in for a booster to ensure they are fully protected from serious illness.

Tasmanian pharmacy professionals have been recognised at the Society of Hospital Pharmacy of Australia’s national awards this weekend, bringing home two of the big awards.

A new service based at the Launceston General Hospital (LGH) is supporting patients with chronic complex conditions to receive care in the community by providing rapid medical advice and support to GPs and other primary care health professionals.

A Royal Hobart Hospital nurse has received a DAISY award after being nominated by a patient for her exceptional care.

Thirty-seven Tasmanian organisations have been awarded funding in the latest round of the Healthy Tasmania Step Forward Grants program for 2023-24.

The progress report for year two of the Statewide Elective Surgery Four Year Plan 2021-2025 has been released.

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

A brand new, state-of-the-art CT scanner has been installed and is now in use at the Royal Hobart Hospital, helping to improve outcomes for Tasmanian patients.

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

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.

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.

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.

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%.

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.