Health

Now more than ever it is vital that we secure Tasmania’s future. That we secure the health and safety of our community. The 2021-22 Tasmanian Budget increases investment in health to a record $10.7 billion. This additional funding will make a significant difference to our health system, and the health and wellbeing of Tasmanians.

DELIVERING BETTER HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTH SERVICES IN HOSPITAL, IN THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE HOME

• $160M for additional elective surgeries and endoscopies supported by more than 180 additional health staff statewide
• $15.7M to implement the Health Workforce 2040 Strategy which includes recruitment, training, re-training and postgraduate training and recruitment processes
• $40.8M to recruit more paramedics state-wide including an additional crew in Launceston
• $27.5M for community-based health care, including hospital-in-the-home services and other health care delivered in the home or community
• $8M to support better GP after-hours access and reduce pressure on emergency departments
• $18.3M to increase staffing in Tasmania’s District Hospitals as part of the safe staffing model
• $5M to further support and encourage positive work environments with a Positive Health Culture program
• $198M to meet increasing demand in hospitals and support opening beds
• $50M to fully fund phases one and two of our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service reforms and continue the broader roll out of the Tasmanian Mental Health Reform Program
• $14M for additional paramedic crews in Hobart and Launceston
• $2M to amend the Controlled Access Scheme and enable improved access to Medicinal Cannabis
• Over $9.4M for ill-health prevention and community-based wellbeing programs
• $2.2M to meet increasing demand for community mental health services^
• $1.4M for Community Transport Services to support Tasmanians to access care
• $7.8M to continue and expand COVID-introduced mental health services, including a mental health phone triage service and increased capacity for Rural Alive and Well^
• $5.1M to pilot an innovative Emergency Mental Health Co-Response Model^
• Additional $4M for the next Healthy Tasmania Strategy
• $18M for new public-private partnerships to deliver health care sooner
• $20M for the Hospital Equipment Fund to replace and upgrade critical hospital equipment#
• $1M for the Hospital Avoidance Co-investment Fund
• $10.5M to strengthen in-home and community-based Palliative Care services
• $4.25M for Palliative Care Tasmania to educate and train GPs, community education and workforce development
• $6.8M for new public-private partnerships to deliver better palliative care services
• $8.5M for the Mental Health Hospital in the Home Pilot in the North-West^
• $4.3M to establish a new Rural Medical Workforce Centre at the Mersey Community Hospital
• $5M to deliver an additional 20,000 dental appointments statewide
• $7.5M for residential rehabilitation beds for alcohol and drug treatment and detox^
• $8.4M for rural hospital equipment and additional staffing^
• $4.5M for new Community Health and Wellbeing Networks in Ulverstone, Huonville and Scottsdale^
• $8M for community healthcare initiatives, including Cancer Council, District Nurses and GP Assist
• $9.2M to support the implementation of the End of Life Choices, Voluntary Assisted Dying

BUILDING MODERN HOSPITAL, HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE

• $12M to commence Launceston General Hospital redevelopment Stage 2 – Mental Health Precinct
• $20M for the North West Regional Hospital – Mental Health Precinct#
• $2.5M for ward upgrades and additional bed capacity at North-West Regional Hospital^
• $8.1M for the North West Regional Hospital to fully operate a second linear accelerator
• $110M for the Royal Hobart Hospital expanded stage 2 redevelopment^
• $7.5M for new Angiography suite and equipment upgrade at the RHH^
• $9M for new ambulance vehicles and equipment#
• $600,000 towards new helipads in Dover and St Helens
• $10M towards Stage 2 of the Kingston Health Centre^
• $10M towards the expanded redevelopment of the Mersey Community Hospital#
• $3.5M to upgrade the Midlands Multipurpose Health Centre upgrade
• $15M to commence the Health ICT Digital Transformation project
• $19.7M for the new Burnie and Glenorchy Ambulance Stations
• $1M to upgrade the Dover Medical Centre

Downloads

• Health & Education Fact Sheet