Publications

The Minister for Health and Aged Care must declare a facility to be a hospital under section 121–5(6) of the Private Health Insurance Act 2007. View the current list of declared hospitals.

These guidelines for Public Health Units provide nationally consistent guidance on how to respond to Rubella. They are part of a Series of National Guidelines (SoNGs) published by the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA).

A summary of the Aged Care Transition Taskforce meeting held on 19 May 2025.

This infographic shows the number of flu (influenza) vaccinations reported to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) during 2021–2025, since 1 March.

This is the presentation from the National Health and Medical Research Strategy Chair Webinar 2 on 7 April 2025.

This face-to-face training package is designed to support facilitators delivering sessions on the changes that impact older people under the new Aged Care Act.

This weekly report provides a snapshot of data on the impact of COVID-19 in residential aged care facilities nationally in 2025. It includes data on the number of services impacted and number of staff and resident cases, as well as workforce, vaccine rollout, testing and PPE provided to services.

Download this poster and display in your Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health clinics or medical centres.

Service level Star Ratings data as at May 2025.

This fortnightly Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report (ARSR) includes information about acute respiratory illnesses including COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus.

This general guidance aims to assist environmental public health practitioners to facilitate community and stakeholder understanding about risks to human health from environmental hazards.

This webinar was held on 29 April 2025 and provides instructions on the regulation of providers delivering services under the MPSP and the new Aged Care Act, supported decision-making, and draft rules out for consultation (Tranche 4b).

This document contains the process to apply for MRAC membership.

This fact sheet provides further information on the CHSP 2025-27 extension.

Information for Care Finders and Elder Care Support Workers to support them prior to the rollout of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander assessment organisations.

Questions and answers from the residential aged care funding reform update webinar held on 1 May 2025.

This fact sheet answers some frequently asked questions raised at the 13 March 2025 webinar about the current arrangements and changes to CHSP from 1 July 2025.

Educators can use this pack of resources to teach students studying health-related disciplines about intellectual disability health, and support integration of the Framework into existing curricula.

The Data Exchange Dictionary (Data Dictionary) assists CHSP service providers to enter data into the Data Exchange (DEX).

This document outlines what is new, what is changing and what is staying the same under the new Aged Care Act for older people, providers, workers, assessors, primary care and allied health workers and software vendors.

This infographic shows the number of flu (influenza) vaccinations reported to the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) during 2021–2025, since 1 March.

This document provides an overview of the discussion from the 112th Meeting of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI).

This document provides guidance on adaption and development of case studies and simulation materials for education resources under the Intellectual Disability Health Capability Framework.

This simulation scenario is an education resource that can be used by educators to demonstrate effective communication with people with intellectual disability in a health setting.

Six written case studies and discussion questions that highlight key issues for each of the capability learning outcomes in the Intellectual Disability Health Capability Framework.