News and alerts

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 COVID-19 Primary Care alert from the Deputy Director of Public Health.

A media release from the Chief Medical Officer.

An alert from the Director of Public Health (Tasmania) for Residential Aged Care providers.

A media release from the Deputy Secretary Hospitals and Primary Care.

A media release from the Deputy Secretary Hospitals and Primary Care.

21 December 2022. Read about the COVID-19 services available during the festive period.

A media release from the Director of Public Health.

A media release from the Secretary and State Health Commander.

2 December 2022. State-operated testing clinics will provide access to testing services until the end of January 2023.

The Royal Hobart Hospital remains at level 2 of its COVID-19 Management Escalation Plan, but additional visitor precautions will commence on November 30 2022.

An alert from the Deputy Director of Public Health for Disability Residential Settings

Latest Tasmanian case of Meningococcal prompts disease reminder, November 2022

25 November 2022. Tasmania has raised the official COVID-19 Risk Level to MODERATE as the State continues to experience increases in COVID-19 cases.

An update from the State Health Commander for Post COVID-19 Syndrome Navigation Service.

30 September 2022. From 14 October 2022, individuals who have COVID-19 symptoms are encouraged to stay at home while they remain unwell, but it will no longer be mandated for them to remain in isolation for 5 days.

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.

Read about the move to electronically transmitted prescriptions, Poisons List amendments and more in the December 2020 Pharmaceutical Services Branch newsletter.