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Service Directory

Information for the public about the services provided by and funded by the Department of Health and Human Services in Tasmania.

Our Services

The Department is responsible for providing a wide range of health and community services to the Tasmanian public. These services are delivered across Tasmania through a network of acute and community facilities, including:

• three acute hospitals - the Royal Hobart Hospital, the Launceston General Hospital and the North West Regional Hospital, at Burnie;
• 20 rural health facilities (including district hospitals, multi-purpose services/ centres and council/non-government organisation sites supported with State funding);
• 46 ambulance stations;
• 21 community health centres;
• 32 telehealth facilities;
• five rural nursing centres;
• 15 day centres for the frail, aged and people with a disability;
• two youth health centres;
• three parenting centres;
• 32 mental health facilities;
• seven housing service centres servicing 13 040 rental housing properties;
• 33 oral (dental) health facilities;
• one inpatient and five outreach clinics for alcohol and drug services; and
• the Ashley Youth Detention Centre.

A number of services such as Home and Community Care and community nursing are provided directly to clients in their homes, by staff working out of a number of sites statewide.