Publications

This report presents the findings of the 2017 independent review of the Living Longer Living Better reforms. It includes 38 recommended actions to further improve the aged care system.

This flowchart shows the pathways that people take through the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. It identifies what stages people are contacted throughout the process and who contacts them.

These guidelines for Public Health Units provide nationally consistent guidance on how to respond to typhoid and paratyphoid. They are part of a Series of National Guidelines (SoNGs) published by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA).

This guideline outlines what you can do to substantiate valid general ears, nose and throat surgical services were provided such as Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) items 41846, 41764 and 30473.

This document from the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) is for public health units. It provides nationally consistent guidance on how to respond to the Hendra virus.

Approved aged care providers use this form to report on progress towards being in a position to provide care in respect of provisionally allocated residential care places.

Approved aged care providers use this form to notify the Secretary of the Department of Health of your intention to transfer or receive residential or flexible aged care places. You must complete all questions in the form.

Approved aged care providers use this form to apply for the first 2 extensions of the provisional allocation period for residential or flexible care places.

Approved aged care providers use this form to apply to extend the provisional allocation period beyond 6 years from the date of allocation for residential or flexible care places.

This guideline lets facilities know what to expect when scheduled for a monitoring inspection. It includes details about required pre-inspection actions, the inspection process itself, and potential post-inspection actions.

Approved aged care providers use this form to apply to vary the conditions of allocation of operational, or unused residential and flexible, places.

2015–2016 Annual Report of the Marketing in Australia of Infant Formula

This report outlines the results of a review of the Specialist Training Program and Emergency Medicine Program. The review looked at the programs' operation and how training posts were allocated. It resulted in several reform proposals.

Australian Government response to the Ernst & Young report: Review of the implementation of the national reform agenda on organ and tissue donation and transplantation

This document outlines a framework for the Data Governance and Management Assessments (DGMA) that apply under the BreastScreen Australia Accreditation System.

This report outlines the progress that has been made across the 10 action areas for the Australian National Breastfeeding Strategy 2010–2015.

This plan outlines the staged approach to the implementation of the Australian National Breastfeeding Strategy 2010–2015.

An overview of activities by the Australian National Advisory Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ANACAD) from December 2014 to 30 June 2016.

These documents provide conscientious objection data by state and territory for 2012 to 2015. The data is sourced from the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR).

There are 10 strategies you should adopt in your practice to identify, manage and prevent the risk of incorrect billing under Medicare.

This guideline outlines what you can do to substantiate the coordination of the development of Team Care Arrangements rendered by eligible medical practitioners for Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item 723.

This guideline outlines how you can substantiate services provided under rights of private practice at public hospital outpatient departments.

This report provides options and recommendations to help design future residential aged care funding models.

Each multi-service jurisdiction must have a PRF5 which details the allocation of operational level responsibility between the Service and State Coordination Unit (SCU) for each area of data governance and management.

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 viral haemorrhagic fever.