North West Regional Hospital
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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 hybrid public/private heathcare, with 160 public beds, and 70 private. It offers a full range of general care, and nuclear medicine service.
Under the Tasmanian Government's 2007 plan to reform its health system, the Mersey Hospital 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 re-establishment as a Mersey Community Hospital
, managed by a community-controlled and Commonwealth-funded trust.
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...
, and has two campuses, the larger at Burnie and the smaller Mersey campus at Latrobe, near Devonport
Devonport, Tasmania
-Sport:The Devonport Football Club is an Australian Rules team competing in the Tasmanian Statewide League. The Devonport Rugby Club is a Rugby Union team competing in the Tasmanian Rugby Union Statewide League...
, in Tasmania. NW Regional covers a population base of over 100,000 people. The hospital is hybrid public/private heathcare, with 160 public beds, and 70 private. It offers a full range of general care, and nuclear medicine service.
Under the Tasmanian Government's 2007 plan to reform its health system, the Mersey Hospital 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 re-establishment as a Mersey Community Hospital
Mersey Community Hospital
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....
, managed by a community-controlled and Commonwealth-funded trust.