A Dean Winter Labor Government will deliver a Fresh Start for women's health, backed by a comprehensive new package that will invest in services that meet the needs of Tasmanian women.
Labor's fresh start for health puts more services in Tasmanian towns and suburbs to take pressure off our hospitals and GP's.
At the centre of our women's health package is a $2 million commitment to Family Planning Tasmania, which will help provide free, specialised women's and reproductive health clinics around the state.
Family Planning Tasmania is a well-respected long running specialist women's health organisation. They currently operate out of three clinics in Glenorchy, Launceston and Burnie and see thousands of women each year.
Labor understands that access to women's health GP appointments around the state is getting harder by the day. This additional funding will allow this well-established organisation to extend their reach significantly, running fortnightly women's health clinics in places like Kingston, Sorell, Ulverstone, Scottsdale, Queenstown, and other areas around the state. The locations will be consulted and determined by working with community and will be gradually expanded to multiple locations around the state.
After 11 years of the Liberals, it's more difficult for women to get the healthcare they need - too many women are sent home from Emergency Departments with their concerns not fully investigated or taken seriously enough. Labor has listened to Tasmanian women right across our state and will also:
- Establish new clinical guidelines for the treatment of women who present to Emergency Departments with abdominal pain, birth trauma, miscarriage, or cardiovascular symptoms.
- Provide Women's Health Tasmania with $500,000 to restore and continue health promotion work.
- Extend prenatal checks to regional hospitals - saving time, money and reducing stress.
- Enable community pharmacists to prescribe and supply hormonal contraception to women and girls aged 16 and older.
- Ensure public access to medical and surgical terminations of pregnancy.
- Support the priorities of the Tasmanian Sexual and Reproductive Health Collaborative Group Strategic Framework 2024-2030 to inform decisions and actions on sexual and reproductive health in Tasmania.
Labor will make sure that we provide health care that meets women's needs.
After 11 years of the Liberals, it's time for a Fresh Start under Labor.
Labor Leader
Shadow Minister for Health
