News and alerts

Results from the Human Health Risk Assessment of the Rocherlea Industrial Area, commissioned by the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and the Department of Health, have been released showing there has been no evidence of harm to the community.

Current Shellfish warnings

A health alert for floods and your health from the Department of Health (Tasmania).

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.

A media release from the Chief Medical Officer.

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. 

The Launceston General Hospital Precinct Masterplan - Implementation Program was released on 17 March 2022. The plan sets out a roadmap for the Precinct redevelopment.

The CHSP Community Nutrition team ran two workshops at the State HACC forum held in Launceston in March 2021. In this blog we share the recipes we made on the day.

A health alert for Derwent Estuary fish limits and your health from the Department of Health (Tasmania).