Tasmania’s Premier David Bartlett and Health Minister Lara Giddings recently opened a $5.2 million redevelopment of the Smithton District Hospital and Community Health Centre.
The redevelopment has enabled the delivery of comprehensive, accessible and integrated health services to the Circular Head region. The project is catering to the needs of the whole community by co-locating a number of important services including Oral Health and Child Health and Parenting Services.
Four additional consulting rooms for visiting services like Physiotherapy, Allied Health and Mental Health have also been created as well as a spacious meeting facility for education and community use.
People’s medical needs are often complex, so by integrating services it increases accessibility and improves health outcomes for the community.
The redevelopment has also included upgrading existing in-patient facilities and relocating 22 aged care beds to Emmerton Park.