Dr Tim Jones: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Deputy Chair, RACGP Tasmania; Chair, RACGP Specific Interests Child and Young Person's Health; Board Director, Primary Health Tasmania
- Quoted on
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
Who Dr Tim Jones is
Dr Tim Jones is a Hobart-based GP, rural generalist, medical educator and GP supervisor. He serves as Deputy Chair of RACGP Tasmania, Chair of the RACGP Specific Interests Group for Child and Young Person's Health, and a Board Director of Primary Health Tasmania. He works in private practice in Hobart and holds a specific interest appointment to the Tasmanian Health Service to provide paediatric developmental and behavioural services. He has publicly advocated for ADHD reform in Tasmania, presenting to the state's parliamentary inquiry on the assessment and treatment of ADHD. He has also called for action on perinatal and infant mental health service funding, writing directly to the Tasmanian Health Minister on the issue, and has argued against hardline drug policy approaches in the context of Tasmania's opioid crisis.
“the public health system is "saturated", leading to "massive" wait times”
References for this biography
- 1.Dr Tim Jones | Medcast — Establishes his roles as Tasmanian GP, Rural Generalist, Medical Educator, Deputy Chair of RACGP Tasmania, Chair of RACGP Specific Interests Child and Young Person's Health, and Board Director of Primary Health Tasmania.
- 2.Our Board – Primary Health Tasmania — Confirms his role as Board Director of Primary Health Tasmania, his Hobart base, clinical scope including paediatrics and psychological medicine, and his education and advocacy roles.
- 3.GPs: Time is running out to save perinatal and mental health services in northern Tasmania – News Hub — Confirms his role as Deputy Chair RACGP Tasmania and his direct advocacy to the Health Minister on perinatal mental health service funding.
- 4.GPs welcome announcement to boost ADHD care in Tasmania – News Hub — Confirms he presented to Tasmania's parliamentary ADHD Inquiry and his public advocacy for GP-led ADHD reform.
- 5.GPs Demand Drug Testing Amid Opioid Crisis – Tasmanian Times — Confirms his role as Deputy Chair of RACGP Tasmania and his public statements on drug harm reduction policy.
- 6.Dr Tim Jones – MHPN — Confirms his work in private practice in Hobart, as a senior medical educator for the RACGP, and his specific interest appointment to the Tasmanian Health Service for paediatric developmental and behavioural services.
Notable achievements
- Presented to Tasmania's parliamentary Inquiry into the assessment and treatment of ADHD, advocating for GP-led ADHD care reform. Source ↗
- Wrote to the Tasmanian Health Minister to call for continued funding of the Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Service in North and North West Tasmania. Source ↗
- Served as RACGP spokesperson on the Thriving Kids advisory group, calling for GPs to be formally integrated into Australia's early childhood support system. Source ↗
Where Dr Tim Jones has been quoted
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Contact & links
- Staff pagehttps://primaryhealthtas.com.au/who-we-are/our-board/
- Websitehttps://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/authors/tim-jones
- Websitehttps://medcast.com.au/about/educators/371
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