Function Term:
Health care
Function Number:
Function Description:
The coordination and provision of health services for the benefit and well-being of the people of Tasmania. The function encompasses community health programs, public health and hospital services. Community health programs include health promotion, palliative care, child and youth health, dental health, mental health, aged care and disability services and alcohol and drug dependency services. Public health encompasses environmental health services, inspections and notifiable disease management. The function also includes the regulation of health products, services and health care professionals. It also involves the provision of health emergency services (ambulance). See STATE SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES for emergency services (fire fighting and search and rescue).
Non Government - Community operated Hospitals are included here for other Non Government agencies - see COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELFARE
Agencies Performing Function:
Medical Department (TA768) | 12 Sep 1803 | 06 Jan 1904 |
Royal Hobart Hospital (TA441) | 01 Jan 1820 |
Launceston General Hospital (TA442) | 01 Jan 1820 |
Royal Derwent Hospital (TA465) | 01 Jan 1827 | 30 Nov 2000 |
Invalid Depot, New Norfolk (TA982) | 03 Apr 1827 | 20 Jun 1848 |
Court of Medical Examiners (TA183) | 27 Nov 1837 | 14 Dec 1908 |
Insane Board (Board of Medical Officers for Considering Mental Health) (TA194) | 01 Jan 1841 |
Campbell Town District Hospital (TA449) | 01 Jan 1855 |
Royal Commission Into the Military Sanitorium (TA715) | 01 Jan 1858 | 31 Dec 1858 |
Commissioners of the Hospital for the Insane (TA980) | 01 Jan 1859 | 05 Dec 1885 |
Invalid Depot, Cascades (TA328) | 01 Jan 1867 | 31 Dec 1879 |
Royal Commission Into the Queens Asylum (TA725) | 01 Jan 1867 | 31 Dec 1867 |
Invalid Depot, Launceston (TA330) | 01 Jan 1868 | 31 Dec 1895 |
Hospital for the Insane, Cascades (TA336) | 01 Jan 1877 | 31 Dec 1890 |
Board of Management of the Hobart Town General Hospital (TA960) | 31 Dec 1878 | 03 Jun 1919 |
Board of Management of the Launceston General Hospital (TA962) | 31 Dec 1878 | 03 Jun 1919 |
Contagious Diseases Hospital, Cascades (TA332) | 01 Jan 1879 | 31 Dec 1902 |
Government Analyst (TA749) | 01 Jan 1882 | 31 Dec 1929 |
Campbell Town Board of Health (TA500) | 01 Jan 1886 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Hamilton Board of Health (TA545) | 01 Jan 1886 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Hobart Board of Health (TA553) | 01 Jan 1886 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Longford Board of Health (TA577) | 01 Jan 1886 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Central Board of Health (TA748) | 01 Jan 1886 | 06 Jan 1904 |
New Town Board of Health (TA760) | 01 Jan 1886 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Launceston Board of Health (TA2243) | 01 Jan 1886 | 31 Dec 1891 |
Official Visitors of Hospitals for the Insane (TA981) | 18 Jan 1886 | 01 Dec 1964 |
Clarence Board of Health (TA503) | 25 Nov 1886 | 14 Nov 1907 |
Beaconsfield Board of Health (TA478) | 01 Jan 1887 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Devonport Board of Health (TA511) | 01 Jan 1887 | 31 Dec 1907 |
George Town Board of Health (TA518) | 01 Jan 1887 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Penguin Board of Health (TA603) | 01 Jan 1887 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Queenborough Board of Health (TA614) | 01 Jan 1887 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Scottsdale Board of Health (TA626) | 01 Jan 1887 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Sheffield Board of Health (TA631) | 01 Jan 1887 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Wynyard Board of Health (TA643) | 01 Jan 1887 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Upper Piper Board of Health (TA656) | 01 Jan 1887 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Waratah Board of Health (TA658) | 01 Jan 1887 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Glebe Board of Health (TA672) | 01 Jan 1887 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Lying-in Hospital, Cascades (TA335) | 01 Jan 1888 | 31 Dec 1895 |
Kingston Board of Health (TA562) | 01 Jan 1888 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Beaconsfield District Hospital (TA448) | 01 Jan 1890 |
Zeehan Board of Health (TA665) | 01 Jan 1890 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Hospital for the Insane, Hobart (TA885) | 06 Aug 1890 | 31 Dec 1893 |
Bellerive Board of Health (TA482) | 01 Jan 1892 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Green Ponds Board of Health (TA541) | 01 Jan 1892 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Strahan Board of Health (TA638) | 01 Jan 1892 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Zeehan District Hospital (TA464) | 01 Jan 1895 | 10 Dec 1970 |
Lindisfarne Board of Health (Formerly Beltana) (TA684) | 01 Jan 1895 | 31 Dec 1907 |
West Coast District Hospital (TA463) | 01 Jan 1897 |
Queenstown Board of Health (TA617) | 01 Jan 1897 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Hobart Rat Extermination Committee (TA995) | 01 Jan 1900 |
Wellington Board of Health (TA761) | 01 Jan 1903 | 31 Dec 1907 |
Royal Commission Into Hospitals (TA697) | 01 Jan 1904 | 31 Dec 1904 |
Department of Public Health (TA19) | 06 Jan 1904 | 01 Aug 1956 |
Queen Alexandra Hospital for Women (TA459) | 01 Jan 1905 | 31 Aug 1980 |
Hospital for the Insane Department (TA875) | 01 Jan 1907 | 31 Dec 1915 |
Medical Council of Tasmania (TA184) | 01 Jan 1908 |
Pharmacy Board of Tasmania (TA362) | 14 Dec 1908 |
Ulverstone District Hospital (TA466) | 01 Jan 1910 |
New Norfolk District Hospital (TA452) | 01 Jan 1911 |
New Town Infirmary and Consumptive Home (TA889) | 01 Jan 1912 | 31 Dec 1934 |
Flinders Island Board of Health (TA1469) | 01 Jan 1912 | 31 Dec 1934 |
Launceston Home for Invalids (TA1911) | 31 May 1913 | 10 Mar 1954 |
Mental Diseases Hospital Department (TA876) | 01 Jan 1915 | 31 Dec 1920 |
Spencer Public Hospital (TA447) | 01 Jan 1918 | 01 Dec 1965 |
Food Standards Committee (1) (TA993) | 01 Jan 1918 | 31 Dec 1962 |
Dental Board of Tasmania (TA344) | 01 Jan 1919 |
Hobart Public Hospitals District Board (TA959) | 29 May 1919 | 01 Jul 1991 |
Launceston Public Hospitals District Board (TA961) | 29 May 1919 | 01 Jul 1991 |
North Eastern Soldiers Memorial Hospital (TA453) | 19 Feb 1921 |
Scottsdale Public Hospitals District Board (TA937) | 19 Feb 1921 | 11 Jun 1929 |
Mental Deficiency Board (TA8) | 01 Jan 1922 | 01 Dec 1964 |
State Psychological Clinic (TA9) | 01 Jan 1922 | 01 Dec 1964 |
Board of Enquiry Into Hobart Public Hospital (TA272) | 01 Jan 1922 | 31 Dec 1923 |
King Island Cottage Hospital (TA451) | 01 Jan 1922 |
District Nursing Service (Bush Nursing Association) (TA1110) | 01 Jan 1922 | 31 Dec 1968 |
Meercroft Hospital (TA454) | 01 Jan 1925 | 10 Jan 1958 |
Devon Public Hospitals District Board (TA940) | 24 Jul 1925 | 10 Jan 1958 |
Devon Public Hospital (TA973) | 24 Jul 1925 | 10 Jan 1958 |
Nurses Registration Board (TA198) | 01 Jan 1927 | 31 Dec 1987 |
Australian Dental Association Tasmanian Branch (TA1913) | 01 Jan 1928 |
Workers (Occupational Diseases) Relief Fund Board (TA197) | 01 Jan 1929 | 31 Jan 1994 |
Government Analyst's Branch (TA750) | 01 Jan 1929 | 31 Dec 1957 |
Spencer Public Hospitals District Board (TA939) | 11 Apr 1929 | 26 Jul 1951 |
Scottsdale and Ringarooma Public Hospitals District Board (TA938) | 11 Jun 1929 | 01 Jul 1990 |
Royal Commission Into the Hobart General Hospital (TA699) | 01 Jan 1931 | 31 Dec 1931 |
Southern Tasmanian Ambulance Transport Service Board (TA376) | 01 Jan 1932 | 31 Dec 1961 |
Millbrook Home Board (TA154) | 12 Dec 1933 | 01 Jul 1968 |
Office of the Minister for Health (TA406) | 01 Jan 1934 |
Millbrook Rise Psychopathic Hospital (TA469) | 21 Feb 1934 | 01 Jul 1968 |
Royal Commission Into the Hobart General Hospital (TA698) | 01 Jan 1935 | 31 Dec 1935 |
St John's Park Hospital (TA443) | 01 Jan 1936 | 31 Dec 1994 |
St Marys District Hospital (TA458) | 01 Jan 1936 |
Pathology Services, Royal Hobart Hospital (TA1728) | 01 Jul 1936 | 01 Jul 1972 |
Ouse District Hospital (TA455) | 01 Jan 1938 |
Gellibrand House Board (TA984) | 01 Jan 1938 |
Dr Frank Madill (TA2138) | 08 Mar 1939 | 31 Dec 1995 |
Peacock Convalescent Home (TA1963) | 31 Dec 1941 |
Northern Ambulance Board (TA56) | 01 Jan 1942 | 31 Dec 1961 |
Flinders District Hospital (TA467) | 01 Jan 1942 | 31 Dec 1981 |
Tuberculosis Division (TA679) | 01 Aug 1945 | 31 Dec 1976 |
Campbell Town and Ross Public Hospitals District Board (TA947) | 06 Sep 1945 | 19 Jun 1990 |
Division of Mental Hygiene (TA11) | 01 Dec 1945 | 31 Dec 1956 |
Public Health Division (TA751) | 07 Dec 1945 | 03 Feb 1993 |
Hospital and Medical Services Division (TA755) | 07 Dec 1945 | 31 Dec 1990 |
Queenstown Public Hospitals District Board (TA956) | 06 Mar 1946 | 27 Sep 1983 |
Zeehan Public Hospitals District Board (TA949) | 22 Mar 1946 | 10 Dec 1970 |
King Island Public Hospitals District Board (TA950) | 12 Sep 1946 | 19 Jun 1990 |
Mothercraft Home (TA468) | 01 Jan 1947 |
Evandale Hospital (TA2187) | 01 Jan 1947 | 31 Dec 1979 |
Huon District Hospital (TA450) | 01 Jan 1948 |
St Helens District Nursing Hospital (TA457) | 01 Jan 1948 |
Huon Public Hospitals District Board (TA948) | 21 May 1948 | 19 Jun 1990 |
New Norfolk Public Hospitals District Board (1) (TA946) | 08 Oct 1948 | 25 Jun 1968 |
Standing Committee on Poliomyelitis. (TA1094) | 10 Dec 1948 | 13 Dec 1963 |
Burnie General Hospital (TA446) | 11 Aug 1949 | 01 Dec 1965 |
Burnie Public Hospitals District Board (TA945) | 11 Aug 1949 | 01 Dec 1965 |
Meercroft Public Hospitals District Board (TA941) | 16 Dec 1949 | 10 Jan 1958 |
St Marys Public Hospitals District Board (TA942) | 16 Dec 1949 | 19 Jun 1990 |
Ulverstone Public Hospitals District Board (TA943) | 16 Dec 1949 | 12 Jan 1989 |
Beaconsfield Public Hospitals District Board (TA944) | 16 Dec 1949 | 19 Jun 1990 |
Smithton District Hospital (TA461) | 01 Jan 1950 |
Toosey Memorial Hospital (TA462) | 10 May 1950 | 31 Dec 1990 |
Longford Public Hospitals District Board (TA953) | 10 May 1950 | 19 Jun 1990 |
Smithton Public Hospitals District Board (TA952) | 19 Jul 1950 | 12 Jan 1989 |
Physiotherapists Registration Board (TA363) | 01 Jan 1951 |
Wynyard Public Hospitals District Board (TA971) | 26 Jul 1951 | 01 Dec 1965 |
Queen Victoria Hospital (TA460) | 01 Jan 1952 | 31 Dec 1995 |
Peter Mccallum Clinic (TA677) | 01 Jan 1952 | 31 Dec 1990 |
Rosebery District Hospital (TA456) | 14 May 1953 |
Rosebery Public Hospital District Board (TA957) | 14 May 1953 | 19 Jun 1990 |
Cosgrove Park Home for the Aged (TA1912) | 10 Mar 1954 | 31 Jan 1992 |
Board of Inquiry Into Statements by Minister for Health (TA302) | 01 Jan 1955 |
Ouse Public Hospitals District Board (TA954) | 10 Jan 1956 | 09 Jul 1958 |
Health Education Council (TA1811) | 15 Feb 1956 | 31 Jan 1977 |
Division of Mental Health (TA12) | 01 Aug 1956 | 02 Apr 1963 |
Department of Health Services (TA23) | 01 Aug 1956 | 17 Jul 1989 |
Technical Division (TA752) | 01 Jan 1958 | 31 Dec 1984 |
Mersey General Hospital (TA444) | 10 Jan 1958 | 22 Jul 1995 |
Dental Mechanics Registration Board (TA346) | 01 Jul 1958 |
Ouse/Hamilton Public Hospitals District Board (TA955) | 09 Jul 1958 | 19 Jun 1990 |
Ambulance Commission of Tasmania (TA379) | 01 Jan 1959 | 31 Dec 1977 |
Flinders Public Hospitals District Board (TA958) | 26 Mar 1959 | 03 Jun 1987 |
Devonport and District Ambulance Board (TA381) | 01 Jan 1960 | 31 Dec 1983 |
Ambulance Board of Southern Tasmania (TA382) | 01 Jan 1960 | 31 Dec 1983 |
Burnie and District Ambulance Board (TA383) | 01 Jan 1960 | 31 Dec 1983 |
Mental Health Tribunal (TA1579) | 01 Jan 1960 |
Dover District Nursing Centre (TA2102) | 01 Jan 1960 |
Northern Districts Ambulance Board (TA316) | 01 Jan 1961 | 31 Dec 1982 |
Food Standards Committee (2) (TA994) | 01 Jan 1962 |
Division of Psychiatric Services (TA13) | 02 Apr 1963 | 01 Jul 1968 |
State Health Laboratory (TA1949) | 01 Dec 1963 | 31 Dec 1980 |
Dental Health Services Advisory Committee (TA345) | 01 Jan 1965 |
School of Dental Nursing (TA896) | 01 Jan 1965 | 31 Dec 1977 |
Mersey Public Hospitals District Board (TA963) | 10 Jan 1965 | 12 Jan 1989 |
North West Regional Hospital (TA445) | 01 Dec 1965 |
Burnie / Wynyard Public Hospitals District Board (TA964) | 01 Dec 1965 | 12 Jan 1989 |
Royal Commission Into the Fluoridation of Water (TA690) | 01 Jan 1966 | 31 Dec 1969 |
Mental Health Services Commission (TA14) | 01 Jul 1968 | 20 Apr 1993 |
Board of Management - Royal Derwent Hospital (TA155) | 01 Jul 1968 | 30 Nov 2000 |
Swansea Public Hospitals District Board (TA2247) | 31 Dec 1968 | 19 Jun 1990 |
Alcohol and Drug Dependency Board (TA337) | 01 Jan 1969 |
New Norfolk Public Hospitals District Board (2) (TA966) | 01 Feb 1970 | 29 Jun 1983 |
Dental Services Division (TA754) | 01 Jan 1971 | 31 Dec 1990 |
Board of Inquiry Into Launceston General Hospital (TA275) | 01 Apr 1971 | 31 Dec 1971 |
Board of Inquiry Into a Disturbance at Royal Derwent Hospital (TA298) | 01 Jan 1972 | 31 Dec 1973 |
Podiatrists Registration Board (TA364) | 01 Jan 1974 |
St Helens Public Hospitals District Board (TA965) | 04 Mar 1976 | 19 Jun 1990 |
Hospital Service Appeal Board (TA352) | 01 Jan 1977 |
Psychologists Registration Board (TA779) | 01 Jan 1977 |
School of Dental Therapy (TA897) | 01 Jan 1977 | 31 Dec 1990 |
Tasmanian Cancer Registry (TA1624) | 01 Jan 1977 |
Interim Ambulance Authority (TA378) | 01 Nov 1977 | 31 Jan 1983 |
Tasmanian Board of Inquiry Into the Needs of the Handicapped (TA279) | 01 Jan 1978 | 31 Dec 1980 |
Board of Inquiry Into St John's Park Hospital Laundry Boilers (TA304) | 01 Jan 1978 | 31 Dec 1979 |
Department of Forensic Pathology (TA1948) | 01 Jan 1979 | 31 Dec 1995 |
Board of Inquiry Into the Royal Derwent Hospital and Millbrook Rise Hospital. (TA390) | 23 May 1979 | 31 Aug 1979 |
Douglas Parker Rehabilitation Centre Management Committee (TA1964) | 25 Sep 1979 |
Forensic Biology Unit (TA1810) | 01 Jan 1980 | 01 Aug 1995 |
Chiropractors Registration Board (TA343) | 01 Jan 1982 |
Ambulance Tasmania (TA377) | 01 Jan 1983 |
Southern Regional Ambulance Service Advisory Council (TA1089) | 01 Jan 1983 | 31 Dec 1987 |
Northern Regional Ambulance Service Advisory Council (TA1090) | 01 Jan 1983 | 31 Dec 1987 |
North-Western Regional Ambulance Service Advisory Council (TA1091) | 01 Jan 1983 | 31 Dec 1987 |
West Coast Public Hospitals District Board (TA972) | 28 Sep 1983 | 15 Sep 1990 |
Campbell Town [Ambulance Service] Staffing Monitoring Committee (TA1093) | 13 Dec 1983 | 01 May 1984 |
Ancillary Services Division (TA753) | 01 Jan 1984 | 31 Dec 1990 |
Ambulance Service Uniform Committee (TA1092) | 20 Feb 1984 | 30 Jan 1986 |
Nursing Board of Tasmania (TA747) | 01 Jan 1987 |
Menzies Research Institute (TA1971) | 01 Jan 1988 |
Alcohol and Drug Services (TA2175) | 01 Jan 1989 |
North West Regional Public Hospitals District Board (TA967) | 12 Jan 1989 | 01 Jul 1991 |
Department of Health (1) (TA770) | 17 Jul 1989 | 03 Feb 1993 |
Toosey Aged & Community Care (TA951) | 01 Jan 1990 |
Forensic Health Services (TA1732) | 01 Jan 1990 |
Willow Court (TA1649) | 01 Jul 1990 | 30 Nov 2000 |
Southern Regional Health Board (TA968) | 01 Jul 1991 | 01 Jul 1997 |
Northern Regional Health Board (TA969) | 01 Jul 1991 | 01 Jul 1997 |
North West Regional Health Board (TA970) | 01 Jul 1991 | 01 Jul 1997 |
Department of Community and Health Services (TA1012) | 03 Feb 1993 | 18 Sep 1998 |
Acute Care Division (TA1619) | 03 Feb 1993 | 18 Sep 1998 |
Population Health Division (TA1621) | 03 Feb 1993 | 18 Sep 1998 |
Child, Family and Community Support (TA1622) | 03 Feb 1993 | 18 Sep 1998 |
Government Analytical and Forensic Laboratory (TA1804) | 01 Aug 1995 | 01 Jul 2000 |
Dental Prosthetists Registration Board (TA1638) | 27 Dec 1996 |
Health Complaints Commission (TA1581) | 01 Jan 1997 |
Commissioner for Children (TA1938) | 05 Nov 1997 |
Rosebery Community Health Centre (TA2042) | 01 Jan 1998 |
Beaconsfield Multi Purpose Service (TA2172) | 01 Jan 1998 |
Campbell Town Multi-Purpose Service (TA2173) | 01 Jan 1998 |
Forensic Services (TA2114) | 01 Sep 1998 | 01 Jul 2000 |
Department of Health and Human Services (TA1543) | 18 Sep 1998 |
Community and Rural Health Division (TA1606) | 18 Sep 1998 | 01 Jul 2002 |
Health Advancement Division (TA1618) | 18 Sep 1998 | 01 Jul 2002 |
Hospitals and Ambulance Services Division (TA1623) | 18 Sep 1998 |
Forensic Science Service Tasmania (TA1713) | 01 Jul 2000 |
Analytical Services Tasmania (TA2113) | 01 Jul 2000 |
Statewide Forensic Medical Services (TA2168) | 01 Jul 2000 |
Children and Youth Services (TA1633) | 01 Jul 2002 |
Statewide Mental Health Services (TA1634) | 01 Jul 2002 |
North-West Regional Hospital (Mersey Campus) (TA1827) | 01 Dec 2004 | 01 Nov 2007 |
Ouse Community Health Centre (TA2174) | 01 Jan 2006 |
Tasmanian Forensic Tribunal (TA1928) | 20 Feb 2006 |
Mersey Community Hospital (2) (XX13) | 01 Nov 2007 | 01 Jul 2017 |
Health Practitioners Tribunal (TA1904) | 01 Jan 2010 |
Tasmanian Pharmacy Authority (TA2104) | 01 Feb 2011 |
Asbestos Compensation Tribunal (TA1944) | 04 Oct 2011 |
Tasmanian Health Organisation - North West (TA2106) | 01 Jul 2012 | 01 Jul 2015 |
Tasmanian Health Organisation - North (TA2170) | 01 Jul 2012 | 01 Jul 2015 |
Tasmanian Health Organisation - South (TA2171) | 01 Jul 2012 | 01 Jul 2015 |
Tazreach (TA2182) | 01 Jan 2013 |
Tasmanian Health Service (TA2169) | 01 Jul 2015 |
Mersey Community Hospital (3) (TA1939) | 01 Jul 2017 |
Department of Health (2) (TA2180) | 01 Jul 2018 |