Publications

This statement describes how the Department of Health recovers the costs of administering the Prostheses List.

This alert contains updates for disability service providers about the COVID-19 vaccination rollout.

This report shows the monthly growth in ACFI subsidies compared to estimates for September 2022.

This annual report covers the commissioner’s activities from 1 July 2021 to 31 June 2022.

The Food and Nutrition Report 2021–2022 details reporting outcomes and trend analysis from the 2021 Basic Daily Fee (BDF) Supplement in Residential Aged Care. This report is the second and final report of the series using the BDF and captures reporting outcomes across the full 2021–22 financial year

These explanatory notes detail the quarterly reporting requirements for food and nutrition.

This fact sheet includes the heading and statement for each Guiding Principle. A selection of Key tasks are also included for the RACF, the healthcare workforce, and/ or the individual, their carer and/or family to action.

This User Guide: Role of a Medication Advisory Committee (User Guide) is a ‘supplement’ to the Guiding Principles for Medication Management in Residential Aged Care Facilities.

This Glossary for the Guiding Principles and User Guide contains terms, and if appropriate, definitions from external sources, that have been adapted to support and fit the context of the Guiding principles documents and User Guide: Role of a Medication Advisory Committee.

This Audit Tool and Checklist aims to assist a residential aged care facility (RACF) to either implement a medication advisory committee (MAC) or optimise an existing MAC. The audit tool and checklist includes an action plans section for the MAC to complete.

The Guiding Principles for Medication Management in the Community (the Guiding Principles) promote practice that keeps the individual receiving care at the centre of an integrated health system.

This fact sheet includes the heading and statement for each Guiding Principle. A selection of Key tasks are also included for the healthcare services and healthcare professionals to action.

This document provides an overview to the updated guiding principles documents. It includes the purpose and scope, how to use these publications, and an infographic illustrating the medication management journey during transitions of care.

These guiding principles aim to promote the quality use of medicines and medication management in the community. They support health and community care service providers supporting older people to manage their medicines in their home and in the community.

These guiding principles aim to promote the quality use of medicines when patients move between different health care settings and health care providers.

These guiding principles promote the safe, quality use of medicines and medication management in your aged care home. They are based on evidence and advice from experts, providers and users of medicines in health and aged care services.

This document summarises the discussion and outcomes of the Digital Transformation Sector Partners meeting on 25 November 2022.

This presentation contains the slides presented at the Digital Transformation Sector Partners meeting on 25 November 2022.

This communique summarises the fifth meeting of the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce, held on 25 November 2022.

Epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Queensland Tick Typhus.

Epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Q Fever.

Epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Flinders Island spotted fever.

Epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Australian spotted fever.

Epidemiology, prevention, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme Disease.

Strategies to prevent tick bites in people/pets.