The Mersey Community Hospital has 100 beds and offers general and specialist health services to the region. In 2009/10 the Mersey dealt with 25,830 presentations to emergency, 8536 inpatient admissions, 48,017 outpatient visits and conducted 7798 operations. The Mersey is fully accredited by the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards. We have a comprehensive undergraduate and graduate clinical training program and have close ties with the University of Tasmania through the Rural Clinical School and with TAFE Tasmania. We have a dedicated team of more than 300 full time equivalent staff committed to providing quality healthcare services to our community. The Mersey is an integral part of the Tasmanian Health Organisation - North West and we work closely with other hospitals and primary health services to meet the needs of patients across the region.