Publications

This infographic issued on 31 March 2023 provides a weekly traffic light report of the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation across Australia.

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 summarises the meeting of the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Communities Health Advisory Group (Advisory Group), held on 22 March 2023.

Electronic prescribing was fast-tracked as part of the National Health Plan for coronavirus (COVID-19). This guide for pharmacists outlines arrangements available that will help patients receive medicines via telehealth services.

Electronic prescribing has been fast-tracked as part of the National Health Plan for coronavirus (COVID-19). This guide for prescribers outlines the temporary arrangements available now that will help patients receive medicines via telehealth services.

Arrangements for image-based prescribing implemented at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic will cease on 31 March 2023 in all settings. Electronic prescribing is now widely available in Australia and provides an option for supporting telehealth consultations and enabling supply of medicines.

This document contains advice from the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly.

Information about the purpose of the Practitioner Review Program (PRP), how inappropriate practice is identified, how a PRP case is conducted, and participating in the PRP process.

The Report provides 36 recommendations for sector stakeholders to progress to improve medical workforce planning, distribution and increase specialist training in rural areas.

An update from the Council of Elders after their meeting on 5 January 2023.

An update from the Council of Elders after their meeting on 22 and 23 February 2023.

This kit includes information from the Department of Health and Aged Care and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry for stakeholders about the current Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) outbreak that you can disseminate through members, networks and channels.

This kit includes information from the Department of Health and Aged Care and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry for stakeholders about the current Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) outbreak that you can disseminate through members, networks and channels.

This kit includes information from the Department of Health and Aged Care and Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry for stakeholders about the current Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) outbreak that you can disseminate through members, networks and channels.

This document contains the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry physician personal information collection notice. This notice sets out how the department will handle the physician’s personal information.

This document contains the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry patient privacy and consent statement.

This document contains the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry agent personal information collection notice and a consent form.

Details of the forth meeting of Steering Committee for the National Site of Recognition for thalidomide survivors and their families, held on 2 March 2023.

This publication provides key information from the fifth meeting of the Allied Health Industry Reference Group. This includes major topics that were covered, points of discussion, and actions that we have agreed to.

This document summarises the discussion and outcomes of the third Roadmap Implementation Governance Group (RIGG) meeting held on 14 November 2022.

This document, in Easy Read, summarises the discussion and outcomes of the third Roadmap Implementation Governance Group (RIGG) meeting held on 14 November 2022.

The outcomes of the Clinical Implementation Reference Group (CIRG) Meeting 8.

This document is the presentation from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Webinar – Assessing MRFF grants: Insights from Assessors on 15 March 2023.

To provide information for consumers on people eligible for a free influenza vaccine through the National Immunisation Program.

This form should be used by residential aged services that are seeking, or that have been approved, to receive the Specialised Homeless base care tariff under the Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) funding model.