Primary Health Tasmania is a non-government, not-for-profit organisation working to connect primary care, and keep Tasmanians well and out of hospital. 

Primary Health Tasmania is responsible for improving the efficiency, effectiveness and coordination of primary care in Tasmania. The organisation’s activities are informed by clinical guidance (Clinical Advisory Council) and community input, and is one of 31 Primary Health Networks established by the Australian Government in 2015.

It has been another unusual, unsettling but very busy year for myself, the Board, the Executive Leadership Team, the National Advisory Council, engaged members, the profession and the APA.

However, I am so proud to be a leader of the APA, which has supported its members and staff so well through these unprecedented times, including:

We have finalised the vision and options paper requested by Minister for Health and Aged Care Greg Hunt, after we met with him to discuss the economic Value of Physiotherapy report that the APA commissioned last year, and are awaiting a further meeting.

Loneliness has been described as a global health problem, with a negative health status and a lifetime prevalence of 20–30 per cent (Kung et al 2021).

It is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and premature mortality (Vancampfort et al 2019) and creates substantial costs for government and healthcare systems (Kung et al 2021).

As Victorians face another lockdown in June this year, Jacqui Kay, Jessica Huglin and Taree Gibson share their insights and discuss how working on the frontline affects the practitioner and the person.

#WithYourPhysio encourages Australians to seek out physiotherapy as part of their health journey, and get back to doing what they love.

The campaign commenced with a focus on common women’s health conditions, including sexual health, incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse and will run from May to August 2021.