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1 June 2023 - These trials explored different ways of helping people understand and engage with the aged care system. Lessons from these trials have helped us decide the best way to support people to navigate aged care.

5 October 2023 - Telehealth was an emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing patients to consult with GPs by telephone or video under lockdown. Post-pandemic, telehealth is here to stay. Professors Rosemary Korda and Christine Phillips are finding out how using telehealth affects primary healthcare.

7 January 2025 - Carolina is an aged care volunteer through the Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme. She opens up about how happy she feels paying visits to Gisa in her residential aged care home.

14 May 2026 - This theme aims to translate research outcomes into practice by building the evidence base to support the adoption of best practice care into health care delivery.

6 June 2025 - This webinar provided an overview of upcoming financial reporting requirements, including discussion of care time reporting assessments and the outbreak management expenses. This included key insights about sector-wide financial performance from recent departmental publications.

25 August 2023 - The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) agreed at its meeting on 16 August 2023 to rescind the current Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) National Guidelines for Cruising in Australia (the CDNA Guidelines). The CDNA Guidelines will be rescinded as of 25 August 2023.

29 July 2021 - Maintaining a healthy weight is important for good health and wellbeing. But overweight and obesity is a complex issue – many factors affect body weight, and people’s ability to maintain a healthy weight.

9 July 2025 - This webinar provided information to older people, their families and carers, and the aged care sector on the proposed foundations of the new Aged Care Act. Consultation on these proposed elements ran from August to September 2023.

6 June 2025 - The PSS provides a government subsidy to help doctors with the cost of their medical indemnity insurance.

20 March 2025 - A list of our initiatives, programs, campaigns, reforms or reviews related to mental health and suicide prevention.