Our work related to dentists and dental practitioners

Establishing the National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health (national centre) is an important step in improving the health of people with intellectual disability.
The centre will bring together experts, resources and research on intellectual disability healthcare.

The National Cervical Screening Program reduces illness and death from cervical cancer. Women and people with a cervix aged 25 to 74 years of age are invited to have a Cervical Screening Test every 5 years through their healthcare provider.

This toolkit helps healthcare providers engage under-screened and never-screened women in cervical screening, and support them if they choose to participate.

The Australian Government has allocated funding for a study looking at the mental health and wellbeing of Australian children and adolescents.

The Australian Government is investing $40 million over 4 years to set up a National Clinical Quality Registry Program.

The National Consistent Payments (NCP) framework provides support payments to supervisors, practices and registrars on the Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) program.

The National Continence Program (NCP) is a national program to support the prevention and management of incontinence.

The National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC) provides clinical and academic leadership in disaster and trauma care. Based in Darwin, it has emergency medical response facilities, provides education and training, and has state-of-the-art research facilities.

This initiative will provide $600 million over 10 years from 2024–25 for research infrastructure that will be used to conduct world-class health and medical research.

The National Dementia Action Plan 2024–2034 (the Action Plan) is Australia’s national dementia policy framework. It aims to improve the lives and care of people living with dementia, their carers and families over the next 10 years.