The state government is determined to deliver more health services and better outcomes for patients through initiatives which provide the right care, in the right place, at the right time.
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Over the next 12 months we are continuing to roll out our extensive program of improvements, because we know and acknowledge that our health services are under pressure.
With an ageing and growing population and more people seeking health care for more complex issues, demand on the public health system is growing significantly across the nation.
The Hodgman Government has responded to these challenges with an additional $757 million invested into health over the next five and a half years. That’s a record amount. Unprecedented.
It represents the single biggest boost to health care in our history.
We’re delivering new buildings, modern facilities, more beds, and extra doctors and nurses to take care of Tasmanians.
The coming year will see a range of brand new health services come online right across the state.
The new St Helens Hospital will be opening in the first quarter of 2019, with the $2.5 million Midlands Multipurpose Centre redevelopment to follow later in the year – providing contemporary facilities for these regions.
The updated Launceston General Hospital master plan will be completed in 2019, as will the first stage of the 4K redevelopment, including the first ever adolescent mental health facilities.
The 4K children’s ward building is rapidly taking shape. As a dad, I know how wonderful this will be for Northern families.
Ten new drug and alcohol rehabilitation beds will open next year at Launceston City Mission’s Missiondale Recovery Centre under our $6 million investment over three years to boost services for alcohol and drug addiction.
These long-term residential beds will help reduce wait times and ensure individuals receive support before entering residential services.
The total investment in 31 beds across the state represents the biggest increase in drug and alcohol treatment Tasmania has ever funded and will take the total number of community-based residential rehab beds to more than 100.
We are committed to providing more services for our rural and regional communities, and next year we will be recruiting three new paramedics to serve Bicheno, as well as three paramedics each to serve Deloraine and St Helens.
The Liberal Government will next year finalise the $500,000 accommodation upgrade for Flinders Island health professionals.
Tasmanians can be assured the government is delivering everything we can to take pressure off our health system and deliver the best possible care.
