Australian Department of Health and Ageing

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Description

The Australian Department of Health and Ageing provides links to information about health services, provided by the Department, state health departments and other government agencies, for a range of specific diseases. The Commonwealth Department of Health was established in 1921 and has since undergone a number of changes in its name, function and structure. The changes are briefly outlined, including name changes, health ministers and heads of Department. Following the November 2001 election, Department of Health and Aged Care changed its name to the Department of Health and Ageing. The portfolio also gained the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service from the Department of Family and Community Services.

• Ageing and Aged Care Division (AACD): Detailed information regarding community aged care packages, nursing homes and hostels, and home and community care (HACC) service.
• Aged Care Complaints Resolution Scheme: The scheme is a free and independent service run by the Department of Health and Ageing to resolve complaints raised by residents of nursing homes and hostels, and those receiving community aged care packages.
• Injury prevention and control is one of seven National Health Priority Areas. Injury prevention and control was endorsed as a National Priority Area by the Australian Health Ministers in 1986 in recognition of the national burden of injury. The work of the Australian Government's National Injury Prevention Program is guided by three national plans: The National Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Plan: 2004 - 2014, the National Falls Prevention for Older People Plan: 2004 Onwards and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Safety Promotion Strategy. The diverse nature of injury prevention necessitates the need for intersectoral communication and collaboration within the Department and with organisations and agencies external to the Department
• Ministerial Advisory Committee on AIDS, Sexual Health and Hepatitis (MACASHH): MACASHH is the Federal Government's key advisory body on Australia's response and management of HIV/AIDS, sexual health and hepatitis C. MACASHH is the successor to the Australian National Council on AIDS, Hepatitis C and Related Diseases (ANCAHRD).

Abstract adapted from the Australian Department of Health and Ageing

Contacts

Australian Department of Health and Ageing
GPO Box 9848
Canberra ACT 2601
Ph: (02) 6289 1555 (Switchboard)
Freecall: 1800 020 103

Related publications

Australian Department of Health and Ageing (2011)

Department of Health and Ageing annual report 2010-2011.

Canberra: Australian Department of Health and Ageing

• Links
• View report: Department of Health and Ageing annual report 2010-2011
• View report: Department of Health and Ageing annual report 2010-2011 (PDF - 14.3 MB)
• View information: Department of Health and Ageing annual report 2010-2011
• View website: Department of Health and Ageing

Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (2008)

Department of Health and Ageing annual report 2007-2008: outcome 8: Indigenous health.

In: Department of Health and Ageing annual report 2007-2008. Canberra: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing: 129-140

• Links
• View book section: Department of Health and Ageing annual report 2007-2008: outcome 8: Indigenous health (PDF - 3.6 MB)
• View information: Department of Health and Ageing annual report 2007-2008
• View website: Department of Health and Ageing

Links

• View website: Ageing and Aged Care Division (AACD)
• View website: Australian Department of Health and Ageing
• View website: Injury prevention in Australia