The Department of Health, previously combined as the Department of Health and Human Services, is the

Tasmanian Government The Tasmanian Government is the democratic administrative authority of the state of Tasmania, Australia. The leader of the party or coalition with the confidence of the House of Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Tasmania, is invit ...

department with responsibilities regarding hospitals, ambulances, public housing, community health, and related areas including limited involvement in primary healthcare. The department is the largest of all the Tasmanian Government agencies. The department is led by its

Secretary A secretary, administrative professional, administrative assistant, executive assistant, administrative officer, administrative support specialist, clerk, military assistant, management assistant, office secretary, or personal assistant is a ...

, Kathryn Morgan-Wicks. The Secretary is responsible to the Minister for Health, presently the Honourable Sarah Courtney MP, and the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing, presently the Honourable

Jeremy Rockliff Jeremy Page Rockliff (born 5 February 1970) is an Australian politician who has been serving as the 47th Premier of Tasmania since April 2022, after the resignation of Peter Gutwein as Premier. He has been a Liberal Party member of the Tasmanian ...

MP. Through the Tasmanian Health Service, the department has responsibility for the

public hospital A public hospital, or government hospital, is a hospital which is government owned and is fully funded by the government and operates solely off the money that is collected from taxpayers to fund healthcare initiatives. In some countries, this typ ...

system,

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health care services and some

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. This includes delivery of health care at the

Launceston General Hospital The Launceston General Hospital (LGH) is one of the three main public hospitals in Tasmania, Australia. It is located in Launceston and serves the north of the state. Services provided include Cardiology, Renal, Gastroenterology, Haematolog ...

, the Royal Hobart Hospital,

Mersey Community Hospital The Mersey Hospital is a public hospital at Latrobe near Devonport in Tasmania. Like the North West Regional Hospital, it is operated by the Tasmanian Health Service - North West Region, which is part of the Tasmanian government's Department of ...

, and the North West Regional Hospital. Through a range of other government agencies, the department has responsibility for other government functions delivered by Aboriginal Housing Services Tasmania, Adoptions and Permanency Service, Alcohol and Drug Service, Ambulance Tasmania, Correctional Primary Health Service, Disability and Community Services, Family Violence Counselling and Support Service, Housing Tasmania, Mental Health Services, Oral Health Services Tasmania, Orthotic and Prosthetic Service, Palliative Care Service, Pharmaceutical Services, Public and Environmental Health, Sexual Health Service Tasmania, Tasmanian Clinical Genetics Service, Tasmanian Infection Prevention and Control Unit, WP Holman Clinic, and the Youth Justice Services.

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* {{Government of Tasmania

Health and Human Services The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of all Americans and providing essential human services. Its motto is ...

Tasmania Health and Human Services Health in Tasmania Health policy in Australia

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