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Formed | 24 November 1992 |
Preceding Department |
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Type | Government department |
Jurisdiction | Tasmanian Government |
Headquarters | 22 Elizabeth Street, Hobart, Australia |
Employees | 16,132 (2023) [1] |
Annual budget | $2.989 billion (2023-24 FY) [2] |
Minister responsible |
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Department executive |
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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 responsible for hospitals, ambulances and community health, while also supporting related areas such as primary healthcare. The department is the largest of all the Tasmanian Government agencies. [3]
The department is led by its Secretary, Dale Webster. [4] The Secretary is responsible to the Minister for Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing presently Bridget Archer MP.
The Tasmanian Health Service is the service delivery arm of the DoH which provides public hospital, medical, community and aged care, oral health and mental health services. This includes delivery of health care at the Launceston General Hospital, the Royal Hobart Hospital, Mersey Community Hospital, and the North West Regional Hospital.
Ambulance services are provided by Ambulance Tasmania.
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]
This is a list of Ministers for Health or any of its titles since first appearing as Minister Administering The Office Of The Minister For Health in 1943. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Minister | Party | Premier | Title | Term |
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Eric Howroyd | Labor | Cosgrove | Minister Administering The Office Of The Minister For Health | 30 November 1943–29 March 1946 |
Alfred White | Labor | Honorary Minister For Health | 29 March 1946–9 December 1946 | |
Alfred White | Labor | Brooker | Minister Administering The Office Of The Minister For Health | 19 December 1947–24 February 1948 |
Cosgrove | Minister for Health | 25 February 1948–2 September 1948 | ||
Reginald Turnbull | Labor | 2 September 1948–23 October 1956 | ||
Minister Administering The Department of Health Services | 23 October 1956–11 June 1958 | |||
Alfred White | Labor | 12 June 1958–26 August 1958 | ||
Reece | 26 August 1958–28 October 1958 | |||
Reginald Turnbull | Labor | 28 October 1958–7 April 1959 | ||
John Gaha | Labor | Minister for Health | 9 April 1959–19 September 1961 | |
William McNeil | Labor | 19 September 1961–13 May 1964 | ||
Mervyn Everett | Labor | 13 May 1964–26 May 1969 | ||
Nigel Abbott | Liberal | Bethune | Minister for Health & Road Safety | 26 May 1969–21 March 1972 |
Eardley Bingham | Liberal | 22 March 1972–3 May 1972 | ||
Allan Foster | Labor | Reece | Minister for Health | 3 May 1972–15 July 1974 |
Hedley Farquhar | Labor | 16 July 1974–31 March 1975 | ||
Neilson | 31 March 1975–12 August 1976 | |||
Doug Lowe | Labor | Minister for Industrial Relations & Health | 12 August 1976–1 December 1977 | |
Micheal Barnard | Labor | Lowe | Minister for Health | 1 December 1977–29 August 1980 |
Gillian James | Labor | Minister for Public Health | 29 August 1980–7 July 1981 | |
Minister for Public & Mental Health | 7 July 1981–11 November 1981 | |||
Holgate | 11 November 1981–26 May 1982 | |||
Thomas Cleary | Liberal | Grey | Minister for Health | 27 May 1982–19 February 1986 |
Roger Groom | Liberal | 19 February 1986–29 June 1989 | ||
John White | Labor | Field | 3 July 1989–17 February 1992 | |
Roger Groom | Liberal | Groom | 18 February 1992–23 November 1992 | |
Minister for Community and Health Services | 23 November 1992–18 March 1996 | |||
Peter McKay | Liberal | Rundle | Minister for Health and Community Services | 18 March 1996–14 September 1998 |
Judy Jackson | Labor | Bacon | Minister for Health and Human Services | 14 September 1998–9 August 2002 |
David Llewellyn | Labor | 9 August 2002–21 March 2004. | ||
Lennon | 21 March 2004–5 April 2006 | |||
Lara Giddings | Labor | 5 April 2006–26 May 2008 | ||
Bartlett | Minister for Health | 26 May 2008–21 April 2010 | ||
Michelle O'Byrne | Labor | Giddings | 21 April 2010–31 March 2014 | |
Michael Ferguson | Liberal | Hodgman | 31 March 2014–19 July 2019 | |
Sarah Courtney | Liberal | 19 July 2019–20 January 2020 | ||
Gutwein | 20 January 2020–19 May 2021 | |||
Jeremy Rockliff | Liberal | 19 May 2021–8 April 2022 | ||
Rockliff | 8 April 2022–25 July 2023 | |||
Guy Barnett | Liberal | 25 July 2023–11 April 2024 | ||
Minister for Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing | 11 April 2024–23 October 2024 | |||
Jacquie Petrusma | Liberal | Minister for Health | 23 October 2024–11 August 2025 | |
Bridget Archer | Liberal | Minister for Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing | 11 August 2025– | |
This is a list of Ministers for Health Services when separated from Health since first appearing in 1980. [11]
Minister | Party | Premier | Title | Term |
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Micheal Barnard | Labor | Lowe | Minister for Health Services | 29 August 1980–17 September 1980 |
This is a list of Ministers for Mental Health and Wellbeing when separated from Health since first appearing in 2019. [8]
Minister | Party | Premier | Title | Term |
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Jeremy Rockliff | Liberal | Hodgman | Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing | 2 July 2019–20 January 2020 |
Gutwein | 20 January 2020–8 April 2022 | |||
Rockliff | 8 April 2022–11 April 2024 | |||
Roger Jaensch | Liberal | Rockliff | Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing | 23 October 2024–11 August 2025 |