The Honourable Nicola Roxon Minister for Health and Ageing was in Hobart for the Australian Health Ministers Conference.
On Wednesday 16 February the minister visited the Clarence GP Super Clinic and Integrated Care Centre followed by a visit to the School of Medicine and Faculty of Health Science.
The Faculty of Health Science in partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services has already received a number of funding proposals which provided additional clinical placements in Nursing and Midwifery, Para-medicine, Pharmacy and Medicine.
The minister was interested to discuss the success of the clinical placement programs and was impressed with the first stage of the Medical Science precinct.
Professor Allan Carmichael took the opportunity to brief the Minister about prospective projects and to outline the plans for MS2, which the Health and Hospitals Fund has contributed $44.7m.
The minister was also briefed on the re-development of the Royal Hobart Hospital and restoration and refurbishment of Domain House, which will provided state of the art facilities for the School of Nursing and Midwifery.
These extensive developments will provide an Academic Health Science centre in Tasmania.