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20 October 2023 - On 20 October 2023, Australia’s Chief Medical Officer declared that COVID-19 is no longer a Communicable Disease Incident of National Significance (CDINS) following the end of winter in Australia. The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) supports this declaration.

11 November 2024 - 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.

22 November 2024 - Everyone with an interest in aged care was invited to join this webinar to learn more about the Aged Care Bill 2024, the Government’s response to the Aged Care Taskforce final report, and the Support at Home program.

4 March 2024 - A healthcare identifier is a unique number that ensures healthcare providers can accurately match records to the person they are treating. The Healthcare Identifiers Service is a national system for identifying individuals, healthcare providers and organisations, using a healthcare identifier.

20 May 2025 - This webinar provided updates about the Places to People reform, residential fees means testing and accommodation reforms and our Digital Transformation Impact Assessment and Digital Maturity Research.

7 February 2025 - The National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Evaluation Framework (Evaluation Framework) provides best practice guidance on the conduct of mental health and suicide prevention evaluations, in order to improve the quality and consistency of evaluations in the sector.

11 November 2024 - This webinar, held on 28 February 2024, was a Q&A session about the draft new Aged Care Act, which was available for consultation until 8 March 2024. The panel answered questions from the audience.

2 April 2023 - This guidance outlines the components a general practice must meet to qualify for a Practice Incentives Program (PIP) Quality Improvement (QI) Incentive payment.

25 October 2023 - Improving Indigenous health is a national priority. We work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to develop and implement strategies, programs and initiatives to improve health and wellbeing.

7 February 2025 - The National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Evaluation Sharing Guidelines (Sharing Guidelines) provides guidance on sharing mental health and suicide prevention evaluations amongst stakeholders.