Publications

Standard clinical category definitions for private health insurance hospital policies, released on 12 June 2025 and effective 1 July 2025.

This spreadsheet classifies MBS items by private health insurance clinical category or procedure type and includes MBS items effective 1 July 2025.

Healthcare professionals can use this A3 size poster to encourage patients visiting their clinic to discuss lung cancer screening.

This resource provides the health sector with information on how to prepare for the National Lung Cancer Screening Program, including actions to prepare yourself and your clinic, roles and responsibilities, and information for supporting priority communities.

Webinar slides for Commonwealth Home Support Programme providers. It will include information about changes to the CHSP from 1 July 2025.

Use this communications toolkit to support to share information about the National Lung Cancer Screening Program. It includes content you can share in newsletters, on websites, in email and social media to help the health sector prepare for the program.

Download images that you can share across your social media platforms and other communications channels to promote the NLCSP to the health sector.

Download images that you can use in your EDMs and regular emails to promote the NLCSP to the health sector.

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

A flowchart that illustrates the process of applying to the Minister for approval to supply Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme medicines.

As permission holder under section 91/91B of the National Health Act 1953, you must complete and submit this form to authorise a pharmacist(s) to sign pharmaceutical benefit claim forms and endorse pharmaceutical benefit prescriptions on your behalf.

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

The current owner(s) form is for an application for the change of ownership of the approved pharmacy.

This form is to be completed when there is a change of company director(s) for a company that is a PBS approved supplier.

On 1 July 2024 we updated the My Aged Care Service and Support Portal. This fact sheet outlines how residential aged care providers must enter room pricing information for publication on the My Aged Care website.

A list of organisations that will receive funding under the Play Our Way Program Stream 1: facilities.

A list of organisations that will receive funding under the Play Our Way Program Stream 2: participation and equipment.

The new Aged Care Act starts from 1 November 2025 and will help to make aged care better for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

This report and accompanying table provide a fortnightly summary on notifications of Australia's nationally notifiable diseases for 12 May 2025 to 25 May 2025.

This report and accompanying table provide a fortnightly summary on notifications of Australia's nationally notifiable diseases for 28th April to 11th May 2025.

The Council of Elders postcard provides a snapshot about the council and information about aged care and how to get in touch.

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

These guidelines contain the requirements to access support from the Extraordinary Assistance Fund (EAF) and Health Care Assistance Fund (HCAF) under the Australian Thalidomide Survivors Support Program.

The Cube Group and the Department evaluated the Pregnancy, Birth and Baby (PBB) service. Delivered by Healthdirect Australia, PBB is a national service providing support and information for expecting mothers and parents, families, and carers of children from birth to 5 years of age.

Communicable Diseases Intelligence (CDI) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal with leading academic content focused on public health. It provides open access information on the epidemiology, surveillance, prevention and control of communicable diseases in Australia.