Public Diagnostic Breast Care Centre construction underway

Works are now underway to deliver the new $15 million Public Diagnostic Breast Care Centre at the Royal Hobart Hospital’s Liverpool Clinics.

The Centre will be a comprehensive hub for public breast imaging services, offering both diagnostic breast imaging and screening under one roof.

Visiting the site on the final day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Minister for Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Bridger Archer, said the Centre will improve access and reduce wait times for both breast-screening and diagnostic breast-imaging services.

“This Liberal Government is delivering for Tasmania, cutting wait-times and reducing out-of-pocket costs for breast imaging, so more people get the care they need sooner,” Minister Archer said.

“The Public Diagnostic Breast Care Centre will feature dedicated zones for BreastScreen Tasmania and Diagnostic Breast Imaging, including separate receptions, waiting areas and clinical spaces, plus additional amenities such as staff breakout rooms and meeting rooms.

“The facility is being designed as a welcoming and comfortable environment that prioritises patient privacy and a tranquil atmosphere, and it has been developed in close consultation with clinicians, health-service providers and consumer groups.

“Our public diagnostic-breast-imaging service already accepts referrals from within the Tasmanian Health Service and will further expand to accept GP referrals.”

In addition to BreastScreen Tasmania and Diagnostic Breast Imaging, other population screening programs, including bowel and cervical cancer screening, will be co-located in the new Centre.

Construction is expected to be completed in March 2026, followed by the transition of existing services from Argyle Street and Collins Street. The Centre at Liverpool Clinics is expected to open in April 2026.