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5 September 2023 - Recently the National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing was released. Hear from Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr Ruth Vine, on the newly released results, what these mean for Australians and what is being done to improve the mental health system.

8 April 2020 - 5 statements from the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee about COVID-19.

12 December 2024 - Standard clinical category definitions for private health insurance hospital policies, released on 12 December 2024 and effective 1 January 2025.

27 September 2024 - Specialists use this spreadsheet to report their patient's test results when reapplying for treatment under the Life Saving Drugs Program.

27 September 2024 - Specialists use this spreadsheet to report their patient's test results when reapplying for treatment under the Life Saving Drugs Program.

19 July 2022 - Read the transcript of Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly's interview with Sunrise on 20 July 2022

19 June 2024 - This document provides a brief, printable overview of the Doctor Stream and what doctors need to do to access payments.

11 October 2024 - Medicines and accessories to medicines will be removed from Part D of the Prescribed List effective 1 November 2024.

15 April 2025 - We established 2 peak bodies to support people with a lived or living experience of mental ill-health. They will help to shape the policies and programs that impact individuals and their families, carers and kin.

26 April 2023 - Summary of the consideration of the application from Alexion Australia for the inclusion of sebelipase alfa (Kanuma®) on the LSDP for the treatment of infantile onset lysosomal acid lipase deficiency (LAL-D).