Department of Health (Tasmania)
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| Formed | 24 November 1992 |
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| Type | Government department |
| Jurisdiction | Tasmanian Government |
| Headquarters | 22 Elizabeth Street, Hobart, Australia |
| Employees | 16,132 (2023)[1] |
| Annual budget | $2.64 billion (2023)[2] |
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| Website | www |
The Department of Health (DoH), previously The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is the Tasmanian Government 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.[3]
The department is led by its Secretary, Kathrine Morgan-Wicks.[4] The Secretary is responsible to the Minister for Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing, presently the Honourable Guy Barnett MP.
Through the Tasmanian Health Service, the department has responsibility for the public hospital system, community health care services and some primary. This includes delivery of health care at the Launceston General Hospital, the Royal Hobart Hospital, Mersey Community Hospital, 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.
History
The department was formed on 24 November 1992 from the amalgamation of the Department of Community Services and the former Department of Health and was known as the Department of Community and Health Services.[5]
On 18 September 1998 the name of the department was changed to the Department of Health and Human Services.[6]
On 1 July 2018 parts of the department were amalgamated with the Department of Communities Tasmania and was renamed the Department of Health.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Department of Health Annual Report 2022-23" (PDF). Department of Health. p. 104. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ "Department of Health Annual Report 2022-23" (PDF). Department of Health. p. 194. Retrieved 16 March 2024.
- ^ "Case study: Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)" (PDF). Technology One. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
- ^ Courtney, Sarah (1 July 2019). "Parliament of Tasmania - The Ministry" (Press release). Tasmanian Government. Archived from the original on 17 February 2004. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ 'Tasmanian State Service (Restructuring) Order (No. 6) 1992' in Tasmania, Statutory Rules 1992, 1299, 1300.
- ^ Tasmanian State Service (Restructuring) Order (No. 2) 1998 (Tas).
- ^ State Service (Restructuring) Order 2018 (Tas).
