Resources

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will provide accounting and business advisory help to aged care providers at risk of, or under, financial stress – often smaller providers servicing rural and remote areas.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will provide a one-off grant to the Australian Red Cross Blood Service to ensure that all premature babies born in Australia can access human milk.

This Budget fact sheet outlines how the Government will provide $20 million towards the Epilepsy Smart Australia Program Pilot that will be delivered by Epilepsy Australia member organisations.

The Health Portfolio Budget Statements for the 2019 to 2020 financial year outline how the Government has allocated resources to outcomes for all entities within our portfolio.

This poster aims to prompt pregnant women to think about getting the free whooping cough vaccine when pregnant.

This research was conducted to further understand the knowledge base for adolescents and their parents around school-based vaccinations.

This strategy outlines Australia’s national approach to improving the health of men and boys – particularly those at greatest risk of poor health – and to reducing inequities between different groups.

These quarterly reports provide an update on the operation of the Home Care Packages Program. They include statistics on assessment, approvals, services, people waiting for services, wait times and maximum exit amounts.

This final protocol describes the methodology reviewers will follow to assess use of Life Saving Drugs Program medicines for Fabry disease.

This final protocol describes the methodology reviewers will follow to assess use of enzyme replacement medicines under the Life Saving Drugs Program medicines for Gaucher disease (type 1).

The surveillance reports summarise the status of an ongoing outbreak of infectious syphilis among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote and rural areas of northern Australia. This report consolidates the monthly surveillance reports from May 2018 to January 2019.

The surveillance reports summarise the status of an ongoing outbreak of infectious syphilis among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote and rural areas of northern Australia. This report consolidates the monthly surveillance reports from March 2016 to February 2018.

This review showed that the program plays an effective and important role where Australia’s health and aged care systems meet. It has supported the early discharge of older people from hospital and can help delay their entry into residential care.

This fact sheet describes the Government’s reforms to private health insurance.

This poster outlines the Government’s reforms to private health insurance.

The National Strategic Action Plan for Arthritis aims to guide national efforts to address the burden of arthritis.

The National Strategic Action Plan for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) provides a path to better care, better quality of life and reduced burden of IBD for the Australian community.

This annual report covers the commissioner’s activities from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018.

The Roadmap for Hearing Health was developed independently by the Hearing Health Sector Committee. It sets out suggested actions to support short, medium and long-term improvements in hearing health for all people in Australia.

This report contains information about each of the diseases reported to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System in 2015.

This document provides a plan to support Primary Health Networks as they take part in mental health reform over the next 5 years.

This report — Strengthening Protections for Older Australians: Models and Options for a Serious Incident Response Scheme for Commonwealth-funded Aged Care Service Providers — was prepared by KPMG. It details options for a serious incident response scheme (SIRS).

This report presents the key themes from online public consultation on the draft Australian National Breastfeeding Strategy, from 22 May to 18 June 2018.

This is most recent version of the National Palliative Care Strategy.

This document guides the work of the Healthy Food Partnership’s Industry Best Practice Working Group, as they develop a guide for industry on setting and promoting appropriate serving sizes.