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The Department of Health is responsible for hospitals, ambulances, community health, and related areas such as primary healthcare.

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Collage of Tasmanian hospital emergency departments
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Emergency Department Review

The Independent Review of Tasmania’s Major Hospital Emergency Departments has published its final report into the factors affecting access and flow at Tasmania’s four major public hospitals.
10 May 2024
Hospital in the Home has launched in the North.
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Launch of Hospital In The Home in Northern Tasmania

The Department of Health is bringing health services closer to the patient’s preferred place of care - their home - with the launch of the Launceston General Hospital’s (LGH) Hospital In The Home – North service.

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