Launceston General
Welcome to the Launceston General Hospital website.
We provide inpatient and ambulatory services to Launceston and the surrounding areas.
As an accredited teaching hospital, the Launceston General Hospital has a close partnership with the University of Tasmania through the Launceston Clinical School and the School of Nursing based in Launceston.
Research and innovation is encouraged and supported throughout the Hospital with research sponsored by the Clifford Craig Research Foundation.
In 2004-05, this 308-overnight and 41 day only bed hospital provided 32,374 inpatient separations and 224,235 outpatient occasions of service.
In addition, the hospital dealt with 30,931 presentations to the emergency department.
As the largest employer in the region, the Hospital employs approximately 1,346 full time equivalent staff.