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4 June 2025 - These resources help residential aged care providers, older people their families and carers understand the purpose of Star Ratings and how it supports quality improvement in aged care homes.

24 July 2025 - 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.

4 June 2025 - This data extract provides all headline figures from all Quarterly Financial Snapshot (QFS) reports including quarter 2 2024–25. This extract will be updated quarterly in line with each new QFS publication.

18 June 2025 - For transparency, we report the annual expenditure on medicines and the number of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) items supplied under the program.

11 June 2025 - A career in aged care gives you the opportunity to spend quality time with those you’re supporting. There’s a career for everyone – cleaners, cooks, social coordinators, nurses, gardeners to name a few.  Careers in aged care offer work-life balance and the flexibility to fit in with your lifestyle.

9 April 2025 - National Key Performance Indicators (nKPIs) are used to track and evaluate progress towards the goals of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan Implementation Plan goals and Closing the Gap health outcomes.

30 May 2025 - Being healthy during your younger years builds strong foundations for future wellbeing. Find out what we’re doing to help young people look after themselves and stay physically and mentally healthy.

21 July 2025 - A consultation paper to inform a round of public consultation forums, undertaken by the University of Queensland and the National Ageing Research Institute. These parties have been contracted by the Department to undertake an Aged Care Data & Reporting Review

26 November 2024 - Private health insurance policies cover some of the costs of treatment in a private hospital. Insurance can also help cover 'extras' – other medical services such as dental, physiotherapy, optical and more. Find out how Health helps to improve the value of private health insurance for people.

5 June 2025 - BreastScreen Australia is a joint initiative of the Australian and state and territory governments and aims to reduce illness and death from breast cancer by detecting the disease early. Women over 40 can have a free mammogram every 2 years and we actively invite women aged 50 to 74 to screen.