Tasmanian Department of Health deputy secretary Ross Smith appears before Royal Commission into Aged Care

Emily Jarvie
Updated December 16 2019 - 9:14am, first published 9:13am
Aged care sector should standardise hospital discharges, royal commission hears
Aged care sector should standardise hospital discharges, royal commission hears

A senior Tasmanian health official has told the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety it should be a key priority of the aged care sector to standardise the process by which a person is discharged from hospital into an aged care facility.

Emily Jarvie

Emily Jarvie

Journalist

Emily Jarvie is a political journalist at The Advocate and The Examiner newspapers based in Hobart, Tasmania. Contact: emily.jarvie@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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