Contacts

Contact the aged care workforce programs team for aged care program enquiries.

Get in touch with the Queensland Community Care Network if you want to refer someone or yourself to the CVS, or would like to become a volunteer visitor.

Queensland Community Care Network

Contact us for more information about rapid antigen testing for COVID-19 in aged care.

Contact to find out more information about our entry level programs.

Australian Government Department of Health

Contact Medicines Line on 1300 MEDICINE for information on prescription, over-the-counter and other medicines (such as complementary medicines). The service is available Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm AEST (excluding Victorian public holidays).

Contact the NATSIHP secretariat if you have any questions about NATSIHP.

You can call the Adverse Medicine Events Line for independent, accurate and evidence-based information if you suspect that your medicine is causing a problem. This is not an emergency line. It operates every day 8 am to 8 pm (except NSW public holidays).

This is a dedicated hotline that allows patients who have been harmed by cosmetic surgery to directly report their concerns to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra).

Contact us for more information about our programs and initiatives for intellectual disability health.

Contact our tobacco packaging team if you have questions or complaints about plain packaging for cigarettes and other tobacco products. You can find out how to meet requirements or report a breach of the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011.

Australian Government Department of Health

Contact us about fees and accommodation costs for residential respite care, home care (basic daily fee, income tested care fee) and residential aged care.

Choosing Wisely Australia is part of a global healthcare initiative to improve the safety and quality of healthcare. It helps clinicians and consumers engage in conversations about unnecessary tests, treatments and procedures to ensure high quality care.

Wiser Healthcare is a group of collaborating researchers based in Australia. It aims to conduct research that will reduce overdiagnosis and overtreatment in Australia and around the world.

This helpline is for government-subsidised aged care service providers, assessors, and hospital portal users. It provides technical assistance for the users of the portals and the National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program. Call from 8am to 8pm Monday to Friday or 10am to 2pm Saturday.

Contact the Provider Governance Section for more information about strengthening governance in aged care.

Contact us if you need to request permission to import human remains or have questions about human biosecurity in Australia.

Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) contact for Primary Health Network (PHN)-funded mental health services.

Contact the secretariat for information about the Plan and the National Nursing Workforce Strategy.

Report suspected fraud by health providers against health programs. Our hotline is open 9am to 5pm Australian Eastern Standard Time, Monday to Friday.

Our hotline is open 9am to 5pm Australian Eastern Standard Time, Monday to Friday.

Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care

Adjunct Professor (Practice) Alison McMillan PSM, is the Australian Government’s Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer.

Contact us to report suspected fraud against our aged care programs. Our hotline is open 9am to 5pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT), Monday to Friday.

Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care

Get in touch with Lifeline Tasmania if you want to refer someone or yourself to the CVS, or would like to become a volunteer visitor.

Lifeline Tasmania

Services Australia's Medicare billing, claiming, payments or obtaining a provider number enquiry line.

Contact the National Cervical Screening Program for more information.

Australian Government Department of Health