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20 March 2024 - We regularly review health technology assessment (HTA) processes to make them more efficient and consistent.

30 September 2025 - This fact sheet includes information on how Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) providers can help their current unassisted clients apply for consideration under the exceptional circumstances pathway, if they cannot be assessed due to their circumstances.

11 June 2025 - You must complete the SAT as a requirement under your contract. Completed SATs are due by 30 November 2024.

16 September 2025 - Clinical trials help improve health care by testing emerging treatments and therapies. They rely on everyday people — like you — to take part.

3 November 2023 - Contact the Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma to find specialised support near you.

29 January 2026 - For First Nations people in rural and remote areas, a medical test can mean travelling long distances to the nearest laboratory. Transport can be a challenge, and it can take weeks for results—delaying treatment and increasing the risk of complications. Point of care testing may turn this around.

27 November 2025 - Read progress on recommendation 6.20 of the Disability Royal Commission.

26 October 2023 - The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cancer Plan aims to deliver positive outcomes in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

7 October 2021 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can use the Indigenous Access Program to find out about Medicare and medication entitlements. Other arrangements allow Indigenous health services to access Medicare billing for their patients.

4 March 2024 - We are developing governance arrangements so that researchers and public health policy makers can apply to use My Health Record data to support their work in improving health outcomes for Australians.