Financial assistance may be available for Tasmanians required to:

• travel more than 75 kilometres one way to access specialised health care services not available locally, or
• travel more than 50 kilometres one way to access the nearest cancer or dialysis treatment centre.

Patient travel assistance is not available for those eligible for assistance from other sources (such as MAIB, workers compensation, DVA, private health insurance, or NDIS).

Levels of assistance reflect the distance, type of travel and accommodation required.

Patient contribution towards travel

Patient contribution towards the cost of travel is $82.50 per trip and capped at $330 per financial year. Patient contribution towards the cost of travel is waived for eligible concession card holders.

Eligible concession cards are:

• Services Australia or DVA* Pensioner Concession Card
• Services Australia Health Care Card.

*where DVA cardholders are not eligible under another scheme.

For more information:

Department of Health

Patient Travel South

Phone: 6166 8225

Email: ptasrhh@ths.tas.gov.au

Patient Travel North

Phone: 6777 6249

Email: lgh.patient.travel@ths.tas.gov.au

Patient Travel North-West

Phone: 6477 7734

Email: nw.ptas@ths.tas.gov.au

Web: www.health.tas.gov.au/hospital/ptas

For more information on eligibility criteria and available subsidies download the PTAS Patient Guidelines at www.health.tas.gov.au/hospital/ptas