Publications

These guidelines provide information about OSHC including waiting periods, how to buy OSHC, benefit payments, and access to public and private hospitals. This is an accompanying document to the 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2022 deed.

This infographic provides a quick view of the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation in Australia on 8 April 2020.

This document outlines the Australian Government’s response to a departmental review, which looked at the effectiveness of the National Prescribing Service, NPS MedicineWise, in delivering the Quality Use of Medicines Program.

Each year, we give medical registrars training under the Australian General Practitioner Training (AGPT) Program the chance to have their say. This report gives the national results of the 2019 Registrar Satisfaction Survey.

This Public Health Laboratory Network document provides guidance to accredited public, private and hospital laboratories across Australia, who test for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19.

These documents outline scenario modelling undertaken to inform how Australia prepares our health system, including our intensive care units, for COVID-19.

This infographic provides a quick view of the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation in Australia on 7 April 2020.

This infographic provides a quick view of the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation in Australia on 6 April 2020.

This infographic provides a quick view of the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation in Australia on 5 April 2020.

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This guide is for providers of aged care and disability services who offer home care and support services to older people living at home and people with disability living in the community. It provides information and guidance on how to stay safe from coronavirus (COVID-19).

This report is of gifts given to officers of the Department of Health that are valued over $100, as at 4 March, 2020.

This Dementia Support Australia fact sheet is for aged care services. It provides tips to support a person living with dementia where behaviour may be affecting their care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This report shows the monthly growth in ACFI subsidies compared to estimates for April 2020.

This communique summarises the meeting of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Group on COVID-19 held on 31 March 2020.

This annual report covers the commissioner’s activities from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019.

This report covers the Commissioner’s activities from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019.

An information sheet for general practices about temporary increases to incentive payments for general practices as they deal with the coronavirus (COVID-19). These incentive payments will increase support for bulk billed services and ensure patients keep access to essential face-to-face care.

A fact sheet about a package of measures to support the mental health and wellbeing of Australians as we face the challenges of the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Australian Health Sector Emergency Response Plan for Novel Coronavirus guides the Australian health sector response. This Management Plan focuses on culturally appropriate testing and care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and for specific locations including remote communities.

This communique summarises the first meeting of the National Mental Health Workforce Strategy taskforce (NMHWS) held by teleconference on 27 March 2020.

These stickers are designed for use by hospitals and health providers to help identify referrals and results sheets for program participants.

This fact sheet provides information about the 4-stage rollout of the COVID-19 Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) telehealth items.

The Australian Health Sector Emergency Response Plan for Novel Coronavirus (Short Form) outlines how key activities will operate and how the public can support the response.

An information sheet for funeral directors about coronavirus (COVID-19).