Resources

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.

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

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

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

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 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.

This summary reflects the discussions of participants at the Collaborative Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 forum held in Alice Springs on 28 and 29 August 2018.

This framework sets out the objectives, principles, activities and target groups of the National Aged Care Advocacy Program (NACAP). It outlines ways to make sure program services are consistent, accessible, flexible, innovative and high quality.

This document sets out the roles, function, membership and operating guidelines of the Cardiac Technical Support Services Industry Working Group.

You can use this web tile on your own website to link to information about the Government’s private health insurance reforms.

This campaign fact sheet describes the Gold, Silver, Bronze and Basic private hospital insurance tiers, and what they mean to you.

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

This fact sheet is for the general public. It explains the changes to the way that natural therapies are covered by private health insurance.

This fact sheet is for the general public. It explains how Australians aged between 18 and 29 years of age can be offered discounts of up to 10% of their private hospital insurance premiums.

This fact sheet is for the general public. It explains private health insurance improvements to benefits for travel and accommodation for people who have to travel long distances for hospital treatment.

This fact sheet is for the general public. It explains the consumer protections being introduced when an insurer chooses to terminate or transfer to a new product.

This fact sheet is for the general public. It explains how you will be able to choose higher excesses to lower your private health insurance premiums.

This fact sheet outlines changes to how information about private health insurance is provided to you. Changes to the PrivateHealth website and standard information statements are also covered.

This fact sheet is for the general public. It explains how patient access to mental health, and drug and alcohol treatment services has been improved.

Explains your rights and responsibilities as a private patient in a hospital.