Publications

Service level Star Ratings data as at February 2026.

This dashboard provides users with high level information on 24/7 registered nurse coverage in residential aged care.

This communique summarises the meeting of the Multicultural Health Advisory Group, held on 25 February 2026.

Complete this form if you are an owner of a pharmacy approved under section 90 of the National Health Act 1953.

This booklet provides information on the new higher everyday living services that residential care homes may offer from 1 November 2025.

This booklet provides information on the care and services that residential care homes are required to provide.

Complete this form to request ministerial approval to supply pharmaceutical benefits at particular premises under subsection 90A(2) of the National Health Act 1953.

The information in this manual is intended as a general guide to providers on the policy intent of the Residential Care Service List and the Higher Everyday Living Fee (HELF).

Complete this form if you are notifying the department of a change of your pharmacy registered business (trading) name.

Complete this form to update or provide details to the department to authorise a pharmacist(s) to sign pharmaceutical benefit claims on behalf of an approved hospital authority.

This form must be completed to allow an appointed representative to prepare and submit an application to the department on behalf of the applicant(s).

This form is to provide or update your banking details to the department for payments made through claiming for the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

This poster explains who unpaid carers are, highlights the challenges they face, and outlines how governments will recognise carers and improve access to timely support, services, work, education, and wellbeing.

We’re committed to an inclusive, respectful workplace. Gender equality is built into our culture, policies and practices. Guided by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency's (WGEA) 6 indicators and our Inclusion Framework 2025–30, we focus on improvement, transparency and accountability.

The AN-ACC Assessment Inter-rater Reliability Analysis report has been prepared by an independent organisation, Ernst & Young, and details the statistical checks undertaken to confirm the repeatability and reliability of AN-ACC assessment outcomes.

Social media tiles you can use to promote the National Carer Strategy.

Learn about the new Chronic Conditions Prevention and Integrated Care Program. It funds evidence‑based prevention, early detection and integrated care through national grants to improve outcomes and reduce health inequities.

Learn more about the harms of smoking, how to quit and support options to help you keep at quitting.

The National Strategic Framework for Chronic Conditions 2026–2035 sets Australia’s long term plan to prevent and manage chronic illness. It guides governments, health services and communities to work together, focusing on prevention, integrated care, equity and shared risk factors.

This resource provides answers to some frequently asked questions about the care minutes supplement being introduced from April 2026 for non-specialised metropolitan residential care homes.

This fact sheet provides information for providers of non-specialised homes in metropolitan areas on upcoming changes to care minutes funding.

The Minister for Health and Ageing 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 factsheet provides an update on recent and upcoming changes to Data Exchange (DEX) reporting requirements under the CHSP.

This guidance material aims to assist registered providers delivering funded aged care services to understand and comply with the worker screening requirements introduced by the Aged Care Act 2024 and the Aged Care Rules 2025 that commence on 1 November 2025.

Social media tiles you can use to promote the National Carer Strategy with First Nations people.