Mersey Community Hospital
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The Mersey Hospital, near Devonport
in Tasmania
is a campus of the North West Regional Hospital
, the main healthcare facility for the North Western region of Tasmania, Australia.
Under the Tasmanian Government's 2007 plan to reform its health system, the Mersey campus was to be downgraded with certain care services transferred to Burnie.
On 1 August 2007, the Australian Prime Minister announced Australian Government would guarantee the continued funding of a wide range of in-patient and out-patient services at the Mersey campus, and support its the re-establishment as a 'Mersey Community Hospital, managed by a community-controlled and federally funded trust. The Australian Government's announced intention is that the hospital continue to provide a full range of services.
Reaction to the announcement was mixed. There was support from the local community and some staff at the hospital. However senior medical clinicians and medical policy specialists expressed concern. Political commentators were generally cynical, noting that the 'takeover' was to occur in the Division of Braddon
, the most marginal government-held federal electorate in Tasmania.
On 20 August 2007, the Tasmanian Government agreed to sell the hospital for a nominal $1.00, subject to a number of conditions. The Commonwealth assumed ownership of the Mersey Community Hospital from the Tasmanian Government on 23 November 2007. From 1 September 2008, the Hospital is owned by the Commonwealth and operated by the Tasmanian Government.
Devonport, Tasmania
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in Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
is a campus of the North West Regional Hospital
North West Regional Hospital
North West Regional Hospital is the primary healthcare facility for the North Western region of Tasmania, and has two campuses, the larger at Burnie and the smaller Mersey campus at Latrobe, near Devonport, in Tasmania. NW Regional covers a population base of over 100,000 people. The hospital is...
, the main healthcare facility for the North Western region of Tasmania, Australia.
Under the Tasmanian Government's 2007 plan to reform its health system, the Mersey campus was to be downgraded with certain care services transferred to Burnie.
On 1 August 2007, the Australian Prime Minister announced Australian Government would guarantee the continued funding of a wide range of in-patient and out-patient services at the Mersey campus, and support its the re-establishment as a 'Mersey Community Hospital, managed by a community-controlled and federally funded trust. The Australian Government's announced intention is that the hospital continue to provide a full range of services.
Reaction to the announcement was mixed. There was support from the local community and some staff at the hospital. However senior medical clinicians and medical policy specialists expressed concern. Political commentators were generally cynical, noting that the 'takeover' was to occur in the Division of Braddon
Division of Braddon
The Division of Braddon is an Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania.The division was created in 1955 to replace the abolished Division of Darwin, and is named for Sir Edward Braddon, a Premier of Tasmania and one of Tasmania's five original federal MPs...
, the most marginal government-held federal electorate in Tasmania.
On 20 August 2007, the Tasmanian Government agreed to sell the hospital for a nominal $1.00, subject to a number of conditions. The Commonwealth assumed ownership of the Mersey Community Hospital from the Tasmanian Government on 23 November 2007. From 1 September 2008, the Hospital is owned by the Commonwealth and operated by the Tasmanian Government.