Publications

This communique summarises the meeting of the Medical Workforce Advisory Collaboration held on 22 November 2024.

These reports list the percentage of people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 by local government area (LGA).

This table provides COVID-19 vaccination rates of aged care residents by facility across Australia over the past 12 months, using data from the Australian Immunisation Register.

This poster shows the male health benefits when you quit smoking.

This poster shows the female health benefits when you quit smoking.

This weekly report provides a snapshot of data on the impact of COVID-19 in residential aged care facilities nationally. The report includes data on the number of services impacted and number of staff and resident cases, as well as workforce, testing and PPE provided to affected services.

This communique is a summary of the Social and Emotional Wellbeing Policy Partnership meeting on 29 August 2024.

Learn about the clinical pathway that supports the National Cervical Screening Program and the guidelines for pathology testing of cervical and vaginal samples.

This document contains the surveillance case definition for hepatitis E, which is nationally notifiable within Australia. State and territory health departments use this definition to decide whether to notify us of a case.

This instrument is the signed approval for Electronic National Residential Medication Charts.

A list of providers successfully funded under the 2024–25 CHSP Growth Funding (GO6887) grant opportunity.

A list of providers successfully funded under the 2024-25 CHSP First Nations Growth Funding (GO6888) grant opportunity.

An update from the Better Renal Services Steering Committee after their meeting on 20 November 2024.

This report contains monthly statistics for the Voucher Scheme component of the Hearing Services Program for the 2024–25 financial year through to December 2024 as of 9 January 2025.

This report shows the Council of Elders first achievement for 2024.

This certification statement, signed by Secretary Blair Comley on 7 January 2024, certifies that the PBS Awareness (Indexation Freeze Stream) Campaign complies with the relevant guidelines and policies.

This fact sheet outlines the changes to the National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Regulations 2017 to support medication management for older people in residential aged care homes. These changes will reduce safety risks, support resident choice of pharmacy and improve pharmacy workflows.

This paper summarises the findings of the 2024 public consultation on the Stoma Appliance Scheme Schedule Review.

When someone decides to stop smoking or vaping, having support from family and friends can make a big difference.

This guide explains to aged care needs assessors on how to register a person or organisation in the older person's support network to speak on their behalf, and how to add support relationships in the My Aged Care assessor portal.

This guide explains to aged care needs assessors on how to find and update various details in My Aged Care client records, using the My Aged Care assessor portal.

This fact sheet describes the construction of the funding model and each of its calculation steps.

A report on the results of the 2024 Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) performance indicator survey. The survey was open to MRFF grant recipients between 21 March 2024 and 2 May 2024.

This poster explains how your child could be eligible for the Child Dental Benefits Schedule.  

Find out about the programs we fund to support people living with dementia and those who care for them.