Our work related to preventive health

Under the Home Medicines Review, a pharmacist visits patients’ homes to help them understand all the medicines they take, and make recommendations to help health practitioners and patients develop medicine management plans. This helps to increase quality use of medicines and decrease adverse events.

The Hospital to Aged Care Dementia Support Program helps older people living with dementia transition from hospital into residential aged care or home with aged care support.

The Immunoglobulin Review (Ig Review) Pilot Process is looking at the use of government-funded immunoglobulin treatment for selected conditions. This helps us make sure patients receive the most beneficial treatment available.

We are working with older people and the aged care sector to improve the design of residential aged care accommodation.

Learn about compliance and assurance measures to safeguard the settings of the Prescribed List.

We are improving the health and quality of life for older people living in residential aged care through better food and nutrition.

We are funding a range of activities to help primary care better recognise and respond to family and domestic violence.

This project aims to improve access to palliative care for people with intellectual disability through a web-based toolkit and national data collection.

We are increasing support for people with dementia and their carers through dementia-specific respite services.

We are working to create digital solutions to improve the Medicare payment processes. This will increase transparency for patients and better ensure the integrity of Medicare.