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As at 30 June 2002, there were 1,199 public hospital beds available in Tasmania. Some 42.7% of these were located in hospitals in the Greater Hobart-Southern Region, 33.3% were in Northern Region hospitals, and 24.0% were in hospitals in the Mersey-Lyell Region.

Of the 1,199 public hospital beds in Tasmania, 96.7% were used for acute purposes.

PUBLIC HOSPITAL BEDS, Tasmanian regions - 30 June 2002
			Beds available
			Acute	Other	Total
Hospital		Hospital type	no.	no.	no.
Greater Hobart-Southern
	Royal Hobart	Tertiary referral	470	-	470
	New Norfolk	District	10	1	11
	Ouse	District	5	-	5
	Huon District	District	6	-	6
	Esperence 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	. .	501	11	512
Northern
	Launceston General	General	288	-	288
	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	27	-	27
	St Marys	District	4	-	4
	St Helens	District	10	-	10
	Toosey Memorial	District	2	-	2
	Total	. .	379	20	399
Mersey-Lyell
	North West Regional	General	131	-	131
	North West Private(b)	District	14	-	14
	Mersey Community(c)	District	90	-	90
	Smithton	District	16	-	16
	King Island MPC(a)	District	6	-	6
	West Coast	District	23	11	31
	Total	. .	280	11	288
Tasmania		. .	1,160	42	1,199
- nil or rounded to zero . . not applicable (a) Multi Purpose Centre. (b) The North West Private Hospital has 70 licensed overnight beds of which 14 are contracted for the provision of public patient services. (c) The Mersey Community Hospital has 110 licensed overnight beds of which 90 are contracted for the provision of public patient services. Source: Department of Health and Human Services web site, http://www.dhhs.tas.gov.au