Publications

Following a ‘yes’ staff vote, our enterprise agreement for 2024–2027 was approved by the Fair Work Commission on 18 January 2024. This new Enterprise Agreement 2024–2027 came into effect on 25 January 2024.

This document provides information about the public consultation that is now open on 3 new staffing quality indicators for the National Aged Care Mandatory Quality Indicator Program.

This paper is part of the Scope of Practice Review. It focuses on health professionals who currently provide or have the potential to provide primary care. It explores the available evidence about benefits, risks, barriers and enablers to health practitioners working to their full scope of practice.

An update on the progress of the Scope of Practice Review from its lead reviewer, Professor Mark Cormack.

This report, and accompanying table, provide a fortnightly summary on notifications of Australia's nationally notifiable diseases for 11 December 2023 to 07 January 2024.

This document outlines the governance of the Haemopoietic Progenitor Cell (HPC) Sector Advisory Group. The advisory group will support the implementation of the National HPC Framework.

This weekly report provides a snapshot of data on the impact of COVID-19 in residential aged care facilities nationally. The report includes data on the number of services impacted and number of staff and resident cases, as well as workforce, testing and PPE provided to affected services.

The Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Policy and Methods Review Reference Committee met by video conference on 19 January 2024.

The Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Policy and Methods Review (Review) Reference Committee (Committee) met by video conference on 21 December 2023.

The Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Policy and Methods Review (Review) Reference Committee (Committee) met by video conference on 18 December 2023.

The Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Policy and Methods Review (Review) Reference Committee (Committee) met by video conference on 15 December 2023.

This guide provides residential aged care providers and staff information about how to participate in the annual Residents' Experience Survey.

This booklet provides aged care residents information about the Residents' Experience Survey.

This poster explains the steps that will take place at a residential aged care home on the day of the Residents' Experience Survey.

This document provides guidance to pharmacists who wish to make an application to establish a new pharmacy or relocate an existing pharmacy, approved to supply pharmaceutical benefits.

Life Saving Drugs Program (LSDP) Expert Panel (the panel) agenda for the 17th meeting on 16 February 2024.

If you’re pregnant or planning a pregnancy, a sexual health check-up helps protect your baby.

The Public Health Laboratory Network (PHLN) has developed standard case definitions for the diagnosis of key diseases in Australia. This document contains the laboratory case definition for gonococcal infection.

This certification statement, signed by Secretary Blair Comley on 20 December 2023, certifies that the Sexually Transmissible Infections campaign complies with relevant guidelines and policies.

This report contains monthly statistics for the Voucher Scheme component of the Hearing Services Program for the 2023–24 financial year through to 30 September 2023 as of 6 October 2023.

This report contains monthly statistics for the Voucher Scheme component of the Hearing Services Program for the 2023–24 financial year through to 31 December 2023 as of 5 January 2024.

This document provides the terms of reference for the Aged Care Taskforce.

This communique summarises the 12 October 2023 meeting of the Aged Care Taskforce.

This communique summarises the 15 December 2023 meeting of the Aged Care Taskforce.

This communique summarises the 15 September 2023 meeting of the Aged Care Taskforce.