Resources

This plan — Diabetes in Australia: Focus on the Future — outlines ways to implement the Government's Australian National Diabetes Strategy 2016–2020.

This framework was launched in December 2017. It sets out the actions we can take to make sure aged care services meet the needs of people from diverse backgrounds. It sees a role for the Australian Government, peak organisations, representative groups, service providers, consumers and carers.

Find out what information pathologists need to notify to the National Cancer Screening Register about cervical screening tests.

Australian Government response to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee report: The prevalence of different types of speech, language and communication disorders and speech pathology services in Australia

The 2017 aged care advertising campaign aimed to raise awareness of My Aged Care and encourage older people, their families and carers to plan for aged care. This report examines the effectiveness of the 2017 aged card advertising campaign.

Australian Government response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing report Thinking Ahead – Report on the Inquiry into Dementia: early diagnosis and intervention

Australian Government response to the Senate Select Committee on Health First Interim Report

This report presents long-term, national workforce projections for emergency medicine doctors to 2030. It is part of our series on Australia’s Future Health Workforce.

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 Q fever.

Genomics has the potential to improve the health of all Australians by helping doctors prevent, diagnose, treat and monitor diseases. This framework provides a nationally consistent approach to policy, regulatory and investment decisions about integrating genomics into our health system.

An overview of activities by the Australian National Advisory Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ANACAD) from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Being active is important for babies and young children to be healthy, and sets good habits for life. This brochure outlines how much activity small children should do each day, how sitting time and screen time should be avoided or limited and how much sleep they should get.

Being active is important for babies and young children to be healthy, and sets good habits for life. Read about how much activity small children should do each day, how sitting time and screen time should be avoided or limited, and how much sleep they should get.

This framework supports the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. It outlines best practices in implementing the Program, the screening process itself and how the Program will be managed and reviewed.

This report summarises the finding from consultations held in April and May 2017 to inform the development of an enduring National Breastfeeding Strategy.

Australian Government response to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee Report: Availability of new, innovative and specialist cancer drugs in Australia

This guide helps Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) service providers understand the reports they create in Data Exchange.

This reports updates a literature review that looked at international and Australian clinical, academic and policy journals, as well as media articles or sources in relation to biosimilar medicines, to help inform policy development and communication activities. It covers March to May 2017.

Find out why pathologists need to notify the National Cancer Screening Register about cervical screening tests, and how to notify.

Find out why colposcopists need to notify the National Cancer Screening Register about colposcopies under the National Cervical Screening Program, and how to notify.

This report contains the recommendations the Pathology Clinical Committee made to the MBS Review Taskforce about genetics, after public consultation.

This report contains the recommendations the Pathology Clinical Committee made to the MBS Review Taskforce about haematology, after public consultation.

This report contains the recommendations the Pathology Clinical Committee made to the MBS Review Taskforce about microbiology, after public consultation.

This Medical Workforce Reform Advisory Committee (MWRAC) fact sheet provides information on the demographics and distribution of the nephrology workforce.