As at 30 June 2006, there were 1,250 public hospital beds available in Tasmania. Some 43.0% of these were located in hospitals in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region, 33.2% were in Northern Region hospitals, and 23.8% were in hospitals in the Mersey-Lyell Region.
Of the 1,250 public hospital beds in Tasmania, 97.2% were used for acute purposes.
PUBLIC HOSPITAL BEDS, Tasmanian regions - 30 June 2006 |
|
 |  |  | Beds available
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 |  |  | Acute | Other | Total |
 |  |  |  |  |  |
Hospital | Hospital type | no. | no. | no. |
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Greater Hobart-Southern |  |  |  |  |
 | Royal Hobart | Tertiary referral | 496 | - | 496 |
 | New Norfolk | District | 10 | - | 10 |
 | Ouse | District | 5 | - | 5 |
 | Huon District | District | 6 | - | 6 |
 | Esperance MPC(a) | District | 2 | - | 2 |
 | Midlands MPC(a) | District | 4 | - | 4 |
 | Tasman Nursing Home | District | 2 | - | 2 |
 | May Shaw Nursing Centre | District | 2 | - | 2 |
 | Repatriation Centre | Palliative care | - | 10 | 10 |
 | Total | . . | 527 | 10 | 537 |
Northern |  |  |  |  |
 | Launceston General | General | 308 | - | 308 |
 | Beaconsfield | District | 4 | - | 4 |
 | Campbell Town | District | 6 | 20 | 26 |
 | Deloraine | District | 20 | - | 20 |
 | Flinders Island MPC(a) | District | 3 | - | 3 |
 | George Town | District | 15 | - | 15 |
 | North East Soldier's Memorial | District | 23 | - | 23 |
 | St Marys | District | 4 | - | 4 |
 | St Helens | District | 10 | - | 10 |
 | Toosey Memorial | District | 2 | - | 2 |
 | Total | . . | 395 | 20 | 415 |
Mersey-Lyell |  |  |  |  |
 | North West Regional Hospital - Burnie | General | 131 | - | 131 |
 | North West Regional Hospital - Mersey | General | 110 | - | 110 |
 | North West Private (contracted for public beds) | General | 14 | - | 14 |
 | Smithton | District | 16 | - | 16 |
 | King Island MPC(a) | District | 6 | - | 6 |
 | West Coast | District | 10 | 5 | 15 |
 | Rosebery | District | 6 |  | 6 |
 | Total | . . | 293 | 5 | 298 |
Tasmania |
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1,215
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35
|
1,250
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- nil or rounded to zero
. . not applicable
Source: Department of Health and Human Services web site, http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au.
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