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  • Medicare Benefits Schedule Review Taskforce Consultation

    As part of the Australian Government’s Healthier Medicare initiative, the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Review Taskforce is undertaking a review of the entire MBS to ensure it reflects current best clinical practice and promotes the provision of health services that improve health outcomes. The MBS has more than 5,700 services listed, most of which have never been subject to evidence-based assessment. The Review is clinician led and is looking at opportunities for reform of the MBS over... More
    Closed 9 November 2015

  • 2014-15 Stakeholder Engagement Plan

    To inform development of our 2015-16 stakeholder engagement plan, the Office is seeking your feedback on our engagement last year (2014-15), as well as advice on improvements the Office can consider. More
    Closed 9 October 2015

  • Electronic Health Records and Healthcare Identifiers: Legislation Discussion Paper

    The Australian Government is proposing changes to the personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) system, including renaming it the My Health Record system, and the Healthcare Identifiers Service, in response to reviews of each system undertaken in 2013. The Electronic Health Records and Healthcare Identifiers: Legislation Discussion Paper outlines proposed changes to the legislative frameworks of the PCEHR system and Healthcare Identifiers Service that would support the... More
    Closed 24 June 2015

  • Australian National Diabetes Strategy Public Online Consultation

    The new Australian National Diabetes Strategy seeks to prioritise Australia's response to diabetes, and to identify approaches to reduce the impact of diabetes in the community. Developing a new Australian National Diabetes Strategy provides a valuable opportunity to evaluate current approaches to diabetes services and care; consider the role of governments at all levels, as well as other stakeholders; evaluate whether current efforts and investments align with identified needs; maximise... More
    Closed 31 May 2015

  • The Australian Immunisation Handbook, 10th edition - 2015 Update

    Preamble The purpose of The Australian Immunisation Handbook (The Handbook) is to provide clinical guidelines for health professionals on the safest and most effective use of vaccines in their practice. The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has developed draft updates to some chapters of The Handbook (10th edition) in which there are new recommendations or changes to existing clinical advice. These updates will be included in the 2015 annual update of The... More
    Closed 16 January 2015

  • Indigenous Leadership Programme Evaluation

    Thank you for participating in the Indigenous Leadership Programme on the 2-3 December. To ensure we evaluate the success of the programme and meet your needs for further career development initiatives, we invite you to complete this survey. More
    Closed 12 December 2014

  • Call for Submissions: National Review of Existing Mental Health Programmes and Services

    THE 2014 NATIONAL REVIEW OF MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMMES AND SERVICES The Australian Government has asked the National Mental Health Commission to review how effectively Australia responds to the needs of people living with mental health problems and those who support them. The Review will examine existing mental health services and programmes across the government, private and non-government sectors. You can find the Terms of Reference here. This call for submissions will inform our... More
    Closed 14 April 2014

  • OGTR website Survey

    The Office of the Gene Technology Regulator is reviewing the content, design, navigation and functionality of the OGTR website. To help us do this we'd like your feedback. So that we can understand how and why you use the website and what your information needs are, we are inviting you to complete this short survey. It should only take 10 minutes of your time. Your participation is very valuable to us. Thank you for participating in this survey. More
    Closed 4 April 2014

  • Clinical Practice Guidelines - Antenatal Care - Module 2 - diabetes chapter

    The Department of Health and an Expert Advisory Committee are currently developing Clinical Practice Guidelines on Antenatal Care (the Guidelines) on behalf of all Australian Governments. Oversight of this project is provided by the Maternity Services Inter-Jurisdictional Committee (MSIJC) and Community Care and Population Health Principal Committee (CCPHPC). The Guidelines are designed to support Australian maternity services to provide high quality, evidence-based antenatal care to... More
    Closed 24 February 2014

  • National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Staff Network Vote

    Due to the current departmental environment the CO Executive have called for a vote on the immediate future of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Staff Network (The Network). None of the options have to be permanent. If option 1 is selected the election process will be handed over to the Workforce Diversity team to manage and current CO Chair and Deputy Chair will become immediately vacant. If option 2 is selected, current CO Executive members are prepared to discuss... More
    Closed 30 August 2013

  • External Committee Servicing

    The Committee Servicing project team is currently working on an initiative to research ways in which the External Committees associated with the Department are operating. More
    Closed 28 August 2013
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