Publications

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 meningococcal disease.

This form comes with your bowel screening kit in the mail. If it gets lost or damaged, you can print a new one to complete and return with your samples. Healthcare providers should NOT use this form if issuing kits via the alternative access to kits model.

To further improve the transparency of Home Care Package pricing for senior Australians, their families and carers, the Department of Health publishes national median prices for common home care services, care management and package management. This data is updated quarterly.

To further improve the transparency of Home Care Package pricing for senior Australians, their families and carers, the Department of Health publishes national median prices for common home care services, care management and package management. This data is updated quarterly.

This document answers common questions about Modernising My Health Record (Sharing by Default) Act 2025.

This communique is a summary of the Social and Emotional Wellbeing Policy Partnership meeting on 18 and 19 February 2025.

This guide can help you to have a conversation with your doctor to see if 60-day prescriptions are right for you. This guide contains tips, key discussion topics, resources and next steps.

This document outlines the core components of the Support at Home program design and arrangements from 1 July 2025.

The policy describes how complaints about the PHN program are handled. Complaints are treated seriously, promptly and fairly.

The PHN Program Logic aims to give an overview of the relationships between resources, activities and expected results of the program. It is a planning and evaluation tool that helps visualise how the program achieves its intended outcomes

Fact sheet answering some frequently asked questions about the Support at Home program design.

A report on the review of the Medical Research Future Fund’s (MRFF) Cardiovascular Health Mission.

This is a fact sheet about Medicare Mental Health Centres in Easy Read format.

Our workforce strategy builds capability and prepares our workforce for the future, ensuring we have the right people, in the right place, at the right time.

The Modified Monash (MM) fact sheet for category MM 2 covers regional areas.

The Modified Monash (MM) fact sheet for category MM 3 covers rural towns.

The Modified Monash (MM) fact sheet for category MM 4 covers medium rural towns.

The Modified Monash (MM) fact sheet for category MM 5 covers small rural towns.

The Modified Monash (MM) fact sheet for category MM 6 covers remote communities.

The Modified Monash (MM) fact sheet for category MM 7 covers very remote communities.

The Modified Monash (MM) fact sheet for category MM 1 covers metropolitan areas.

A summary of providers’ attestations that they have passed on additional Australian Government funding in support of the Fair Work Commission’s decision to increase minimum award wages for many aged care workers and associated on-costs.

This user guide gives assessors instructions on how to use the Aged Care Assessor Application.

This document provides a summary and explanation of the main amendments made to the new Act during the parliamentary process.

This policy document contains a range of actions to improve aged care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.