Department of Health

Part of the Health portfolio and a Federal authority, also called Health

Services for the aged, including carers; Public health and medical research; Health promotion and disease prevention; Primary health care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; Pharmaceutical benefits; Health benefits schemes; Specific health services, including human quarantine; National drug abuse strategy; Regulation of therapeutic goods; Notification and assessment of industrial chemicals; Gene technology regulation.

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Final report - McKinsey
Response by Department of Health to John Smith on .

Information not held.

Dear Mr Smith   Please see attached – correspondence in relation to your FOI request to the Department of Health.   Kind regards     FOI...
Minutes from Medical Services Advisory Committee and sub-committees
Clarification sent to Department of Health by Tanysha B on .

Long overdue.

If the meeting minutes will be publicly available then that’s fine. I formally withdraw my FOI. Yours sincerely, Tanysha B
Co-claiming of professional consultation and mental health item numbers
Response by Department of Health to Dr L on .

Refused.

Good afternoon Dr L   Thank you for your email. FOI 1541 was deemed withdrawn by the Department of Health on 4 April 2020 as charges for the reque...
Events of more than 500 people
Internal review request sent to Department of Health by John Smith on .

Information not held.

Thank you for your efforts. I withdraw the application. Yours sincerely, John Smith
Information regarding medical exemptions for immunisations
Response by Department of Health to Shanna Miller on .

Refused.

Attention: Shanna Miller The right of access under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) applies to a ‘document’ of an agency, rather than ‘i...
Correspondence on re-identification of data
Response by Department of Health to Vanessa Teague on .

Successful.

Dear Ms Teague   Please find attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request to the Department of Health.     Kind regards   Ram...
No placebo in vaccine studies
Response by Department of Health to Phillip Hayes on .

Long overdue.

Dear Mr Hayes   Thank you for your below response.  The TGA is processing your request which relates to the below information and will provide you...
Call My doctor Pty Ltd
Response by Department of Health to Lindsay Stewart on .

Long overdue.

Dear Mr Stewart   Please see the attached correspondence from the Department of Health in regards to your request for waiver of charges for FOI 13...
North Qld PHN
Response by Department of Health to Lindsay Stewart on .

Long overdue.

Dear Mr Stewart   I refer to your request of FOI 1374 to the Department of Health (department) seeking access under the Freedom of Information Act...
Why did funding get cut from voluntary male circumcision
Response by Department of Health to Heath McInerney on .

Waiting clarification.

Attention:  Health McInerney   We refer to your correspondence of 29 October 2019 to the Department of Health (as below).   Section 15 of the...
Stolen Body Parts
Response by Department of Health to P. Dorrington on .

Information not held.

Attention:  P. Dorrington     Your request has been received by the Australian Government Department of Health.   Please see following link...
Influenza Deaths and immunisations
Request to Department of Health by Shanna Miller. Annotated by Richard Caruana on .

Successful.

Ask for documents summarizing which nursing homes in New South Wales had deaths from influenza, pneumonia and /or respiratory disease in 2017, 2018 & 2...
Review of Australian drug diversion programs (2)
Response by Department of Health to Will Tregoning on .

Successful.

Dear Mr Tregoning   The document to which you seek access is publicly available and can be found at the following link:   [1]https://ndarc.med...
Vaccine schedule
Response by Department of Health to Renee on .

Successful.

Dear Renee   Please find attached correspondence in relation to your Freedom of Information request.   As set out in the attached corresponden...
How many nail salons in NSW have been fined and why between 2015 to 2019
Follow up sent to Department of Health by phuong tran on .

Information not held.

Thank you very much for responding to my request. Yours sincerely, phuong tran
Results and calculations for July-18 Practical exam for Dentists by Australian Dental Council
Request to Department of Health by Sujay Dasarathi. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Refused.

I have marked the request as "refused". The authority says in the last email that they will treat the request as "withdrawn". I cannot see any legal ba...
Copy of contracts between the Department and Primary Health Networks
Request to Department of Health by Melissa Sweet. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Refused.

I have marked this as "refused". It is a deemed refusal because the authority did not give the applicant a notice of decision within the required time....
Briefing documents and reports on health impacts of climate change
Request to Department of Health by Melissa Sweet. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Refused.

The applicant has not told Right to Know the status of this request and I have been asked to update the status. Note 1: Mostly I classify a response...
Primary Health Network Mental Health Lead Site Project (Lead Site Project) evaluation
Request to Department of Health by Mitchell Ward. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Information not held.

The decision by the authority looks very reasonable although it is not actually what the Act requires. When there are no relevant documents for an FOI...
Review of Australian drug diversion programs
Response by Department of Health to Will Tregoning on .

Waiting clarification.

Attention: Will Tregoning Thank you for your request to the Australian Government Department of Health (Department) of 19 February 2019 seeking acces...
Evaluation of Primary Health Networks
Request to Department of Health by Melissa Sweet. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Refused.

The applicant has not told Right to Know the status of this request and I have been asked to update the status. Note 1: Mostly I classify a response...
Terms of Reference for 2018 Review of Breast Density and Screening Position Statement
Response by Department of Health to Michael Shephard on .

Successful.

Attention: Michael Shephard     Please see attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request to the Department of Health.   Kind regar...
Number of GPs and Specialists (by speciality) per QLD Postcode
Response by Department of Health to William Burr on .

Refused.

Attention:  William Burr   In relation to your request below, the purpose of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act)  is for the public to r...
Number of complaints by baby boomers for their parents in aged care facilities
Request to Department of Health by Rickie Hardiman. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .

Information not held.

This request was handled very nicely by the agency. They did not have the information but the officer consulted with another agency that might have the...
Review of Australian drug diversion programs
Follow up sent to Department of Health by Will Tregoning on .

Withdrawn by the requester.

I have a separate request for the same report. This first request omitted the mention of the FOI Act. The newer request includes this detail, and ha...

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