Publications

The National Site of Recognition was dedicated by the Minister for Health and Aged Care, along with thalidomide survivors and their families, on 30 November 2023. This is the program booklet from the ceremony.

This guide provides information for approved residential care providers on the AN-ACC funding model. It sets out how to receive AN-ACC subsidies, including relevant compliance requirements that may apply.

Australian Government response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport report on the inquiry into approval processes for new drugs and novel medical technologies in Australia: The New Frontier – Delivering better health for all Australians.

This cost recovery implementation statement describes how the Department of Health and Aged Care recovers the costs of administering the Prescribed List of Benefits for Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products.

This document provides doctors and other stakeholders with additional information about the WIP Rural Advanced Skills payment and answers some frequently asked questions about the payment.

This document, in Easy Read, summarises the discussion and outcomes of the third Roadmap Implementation Governance Group (RIGG) meeting held on 21 August 2023.

This document summarises the discussion and outcomes of the third Roadmap Implementation Governance Group (RIGG) meeting held on 21 August 2023

This document provides information on how the Department of Health undertakes cost recovery for administration of private health insurance second-tier default benefits eligibility.

This document, in Easy Read, summarises the discussion and outcomes of the third Roadmap Implementation Governance Group (RIGG) meeting held on 20 March 2023.

Tasmanian Health Service information brochure explaining how newborn bloodspot screening works in Tasmania.

South Australia Pathology brochure explaining how newborn bloodspot screening works in South Australia.

This schedule card provides recommended vaccines and schedule points under the National Immunisation Program from 1 November 2023.

The Clinical Pathway supports decision-making for general practitioners and other medical professionals for the diagnosis, treatment, and management of patients presenting with biotoxin-related illnesses.

This guide explains how to manage referrals for service in the My Aged Care Service and Support Portal.

This guide explains how to interpret client wait time information for Home Care Packages the My Aged Care Service and Support portal.

The Minister for Health and Aged Care must declare a facility to be a hospital under section 121–5(6) of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007. View the current list of declared hospitals.

This National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) dataset provides records of invasive pneumococcal disease cases from 2009 to 2022, by month and other patient variables. We update it in July of each year to include the previous year's notifications and all updates.

This newsletter provides key health updates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households, communities and stakeholders.

This report on the Operation of the Aged Care Act 1997 (the Act) meets the requirement of section 63–2 of the Act that the Minister present to Parliament a report on the operation of the Act for each financial year. This report shows the operation of the Act during 2022–23.

This monthly report on MRFF grant recipients (awarded or announced) is correct as at 29 November 2023.

The HIV Taskforce Report provides advice to the Australian Government on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, awareness raising, decriminalisation, destigmatisation and partnership.

The Health Technology Assessment Consumer Consultative Committee (HTACCC) met on 19 October 2023 for its 24th formal meeting. This document provides a record of the meeting.

The Australian Public Service (APS) employee census is conducted annually and collects information on attitudes and opinions of APS employees. This highlights report presents results for the Department of Health and Aged Care.

The Australian Public Service (APS) employee census is conducted annually and collects information on attitudes and opinions of APS employees. We gain insights from the results and the action plan outlines our commitment to taking action to improve on our working environment.

This user guide aims to support residential aged care and home care providers in completing and submitting their provider operations reporting requirements via the GPMS portal.