Publications

Health and Mental Health Ministers met on 16 August 2024 to discuss the key issues affecting Australia’s mental health system and explored options for reform.

Health Ministers met in Sydney on 16 August 2024 to discuss a range of important issues. This includes topics such as health reform, the national COVID inquiry, mental health and suicide prevention, and family, domestic and sexual violence.

This is the government response to the final report of an independent evaluation of the Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and General Practitioners through the Medicare Benefits Schedule initiative (Better Access).

This statement from Australian Health Ministers provides key context for the analysis of unmet need for psychosocial supports outside of the National Disability Insurance Scheme, key findings and limitations and next steps for governments’ considerations.

This document summarises the discussions of the Mental Health Reform Advisory Committee.

This document, in Easy Read, summarises the discussion and outcomes of the third Roadmap Implementation Governance Group (RIGG) meeting held on 6 October 2023.

This document summarises the discussion and outcomes of the third Roadmap Implementation Governance Group (RIGG) meeting held on 6 October 2023.

This document summarises the discussion and outcomes of the third Roadmap Implementation Governance Group (RIGG) meeting held on 27 November 2023.

This document, in Easy Read, summarises the discussion and outcomes of the third Roadmap Implementation Governance Group (RIGG) meeting held on 27 November 2023.

This document summarises the discussion and outcomes of the third Roadmap Implementation Governance Group (RIGG) meeting held on 18 March 2024.

This document, in Easy Read, summarises the discussion and outcomes of the third Roadmap Implementation Governance Group (RIGG) meeting held on 18 March 2024.

This consultation draft of the National Roadmap to Improve the Health and Mental Health of Autistic People is available for comment until 27 September 2024.

This Easy Read document uses simple words and visuals to tell you about the autism health roadmap, so that you can tell us what you think about it.

This communique summarises the meeting of the Expert Advisory Group on Genomics Australia, held on 21 June 2024.

These are the presentation slides for the Improving aged care homes through design webinar held on 15 August 2024.

Information on how the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) supports consumer involvement in health and medical research, and how consumers can apply for MRFF funding.

This guide helps providers identify certificates for approved membership categories of each Practitioner Professional Body (PPB) in Australia.

This document contains a list of COVID-19 immunisation providers (IProviders) on the Vaccine Administration Partners Program (VAPP) Panel.

This publication contains the presentation slides of the aged care reforms webinar – Impacts on the Multi-Purpose Service (MPS) program and providers

This publication contains the presentation slides of the Impacts on the Multi-Purpose Service (MPS) program and providers webinar held on 19 June 2024.

Questions and answers from Webinar 1: Aged care reforms – Impacts on the MPS program and providers held on 8 May 2024.

This document provides guidance for participating MPS sites about compliance with the 24/7 registered nurse responsibility during phase 1 of the MPS trial of these proposed new arrangements.

This guide provides MPS trial sites with an overview of existing 24/7 RN reporting which will be trialled during Phase 1 of the MPS 24/7 RN trial. It also provides guidance on how to complete and submit the 24/7 RN report.

This fact sheet contains information for MPS participating in the 24/7 registered nurse trial.

Multi-Purpose Services participating in the 24/7 registered nurse trial can use this template to record their coverage.