Publications

The action plan is a 3-part strategy to strengthen Australia’s regulatory system whilst continuing to be patient focused and have greater transparency. It outlines actions that continue to improve the safety, performance and quality of medical devices in and improve health outcomes for patients.

This poster summarises the 24-hour movement guidelines for children and young people. It includes a quick reference to how much sleep, activity, and inactivity children and young people should do.

Being active is important for children and young people to be healthy, and set good habits for life. This brochure outlines how much activity children and young people should do each day, how sitting time and screen time should be limited, and how much sleep they should get.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will boost mental health support for adults, funding a new trial of eight adult community mental health centres.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will extend funding arrangements for the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) for two years, to 30 June 2022.

This report outlines a review of the scientific evidence and recommends new guidelines for children and young people. It formed the basis of Australia’s 24-hour movement guidelines for children aged 5 to 17 years.

Australian Government response to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee Inquiry: Accessibility and quality of mental health services in rural and remote Australia – April 2019

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will provide $275 million to support a range of national and local mental health initiatives designed to ensure that our communities can access the best possible care in times of need.

This Budget fact sheet outlines the Government's additional investments in Medicare and it's response to recommendations from the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Review Taskforce.

This Budget fact sheet outlines the Government's provision for funding of life-saving and life-changing medicines products.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will introduce a serious incident response scheme for aged care providers to report assaults and serious incidents in their facilities.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will prioritise better use of medicines in aged care, including the use of psychotropic medicines.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will introduce a new way to target and respond to poorly performing aged care providers.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will strengthen protections to make sure aged care services are being delivered safely to senior Australians in their homes.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will increase the supplement paid to people receiving home care who are living with moderate to severe dementia.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will improve compliance in aged care by further enhancing the quality, safety and integrity of home care packages – including audits and reviews of quality and safety with providers.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government is continuing its commitment to improving the quality of aged care services by working with the industry to build an aged care workforce that will meet Australia’s future needs.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will trial a new residential aged care funding tool to replace the longstanding Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI).

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will provide accounting and business advisory help to aged care providers at risk of, or under, financial stress – often smaller providers servicing rural and remote areas.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will provide a one-off grant to the Australian Red Cross Blood Service to ensure that all premature babies born in Australia can access human milk.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will provide $20 million towards the Epilepsy Smart Australia Program Pilot that will be delivered by Epilepsy Australia member organisations.

The Health Portfolio Budget Statements for the 2019 to 2020 financial year outline how the Government has allocated resources to outcomes for all entities within our portfolio.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will support people with stomas to manage their condition by adding two new and fully subsidised stoma care products to the Stoma Appliance Scheme.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will improve the operation of the National Medical Stockpile to ensure Australia is well prepared for a national public health emergency.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will expand eligibility of the Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) program to include people under 21 years of age with congenital hyperinsulinaemia.