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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Rheumatic Fever Strategy
Response by Department of Health to Caterina on .

Successful.

Attention:  Caterina Giorgi   With regard to your Freedom of Information request (Dept Ref: 283-1617) I have been advised by the relevant area of...
Funding provided to the National Alliance of Self Regulating Health Professions (NASRHP)
Follow up sent to Department of Health by Melanie Voevodin on .

Refused.

Thank you for facilitating my request. I'm writing some final thoughts here for those who have taken an interest in my request. I became desponde...
Enterprise bargaining - what information is provided to department about employees' votes?
Response by Department of Health to James Smith on .

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Smith,   Please see attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request to the Department of Health.   Kind regards Nicole  ...
Employee information provided to ballot agents in Enterprise Agreement bargaining
Response by Department of Health to James Smith on .

Successful.

Dear Mr Smith,   Please see attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request to the Department of Health.   Kind regards   Nicole...
All correspondence between Community Affairs Legislation Committee and ASADA
Response by Department of Health to Philip Nelson on .

Partially successful.

Dear Mr Nelson,   Please find attached correspondence and documents in relation to your recent FOI request.   Should you have any questions, p...
2016/17 Additional Estimates Topics
Response by Department of Health to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .

Successful.

Dear Mr Gothe-Snape   Please see attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request to the Department of Health.   Kind regards FOI Off...
Request for Federal Health Minister's diary records for 9/5/2015
Request to Department of Health by CHRIS PIKE. Annotated by James Baldwin on .

Information not held.

Locutus, While it is possible for govt departments to transfer requests under section 16 of the FOI Act, requests can only be transferred with the ag...
Reports of evaluations of government policy interventions
Follow up sent to Department of Health by Mark R. Diamond on .

Successful.

Many thanks for the useful information in your email reply of 10 January 2017. Yours faithfully, Mark R. Diamond
Hospital activity data for the last 5 years (FY11/12 - FY15/16)
Follow up sent to Department of Health by Roy Elliot on .

Information not held.

Thank you for your response. I will contact each respective authority. Yours sincerely, Roy Elliot
Supply of Medicare and Pharmaceutical Benefits records to Australian Bureau of Statistics
Request to Department of Health by Justin Warren. Annotated by Justin Warren on .

Successful.

I received the documents, and have uploaded them to Google Drive here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B6fRXFvYdlVKWXJLRHRUOGNvNWs?usp=sharing...
Supplementary Budget Estimates topics
Response by Department of Health to Jackson Gothe-Snape on .

Successful.

Dear Mr Gothe-Snape,   Please find attached correspondence in relation to your Freedom of Information request to the Department of Health.   K...
WHO COP 7 media access
Response by Department of Health to Jason Plotz on .

Long overdue.

Dear Mr Plotz,   Please see attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request to the Department of Health.   The payment options are pro...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Department of Health to Ben Fairless on .

Successful.

Dear Mr Fairless,   On 2 November 2016, you put in a FOI request for the following:   ‘A copy of the current FOI Delegations, and any related d...
Health care for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis
Internal review request sent to Department of Health by Mark Joradan on .

Awaiting internal review.

The Department of Health appears to be saying that it has no records relating to people with myalgic encephalomyelitis. This doesn't seem correct....
Cost of interpreter (present and phone) services from 2014 through 2015
Response by Department of Health to Annie Cameron on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED FOI Request      FA 16/09/01293 File Number      ADF2016/51891   Dear Ms Cameron   Please find attached correspondence in rela...
Caesarean Births by Indigenous women NSW
Response by Department of Health to Jessica Hill on .

Information not held.

Attention: Jessica Hill The Commonwealth Department of Health does not hold personal medical records. Generally where treatment or services have been...
Documents relating to ASADA and ACC meetings January - February 2013
Request to Department of Health by martin hardie. Annotated by Joan Hird on .

Waiting clarification.

Any update on this request?
COI for participants in review on the regulation, sale and marketing of e-cigarettes
Internal review request sent to Department of Health by Andrew Thompson on .

Successful.

It has been a month since the Department of Health authorised the waiver of charges, yet we've received no reply. How to proceed? Yours sincerely,...
Social media policy
Response by Department of Health to James Smith on .

Successful.

  Good morning,   As agreed, following the withdrawal of your FOI request, the Department of Health is providing you with the documentation to w...
Mechanisms for managing any COI in review on the regulation, sale and marketing of e-cigarettes
Response by Department of Health to Andrew Thompson on .

Long overdue.

Dear Mr Thompson   The FOI unit can confirm that it has received your email with the supporting document for a waiver of charges on 30 May 2016....
Number of operations covered by Medicare only for Revision of failed hips and knees
Response by Department of Health to B Bear on .

Information not held.

Attention: B Bear   The Department of Health (Department) has received your request for an internal review on the basis that you had not received...
Payments made to Orthopaedic Surgeons by Smith & Nephew
Response by Department of Health to Dianne Harvey on .

Information not held.

Dear Ms Harvey   Please find attached correspondence relating to your Freedom of Information request 199-1516.   Kind regards, Liz   Fre...
Therapeutic goods failures and the Rule of Law
Response by Department of Health to B Bear on .

Information not held.

Dear Mr Bear,   I refer to your FOI request of 20 March 2016 to the Department of Health (as below).   Section 15 of the FOI Act requires that...
Response to NICNAS Report on MCS research needs
Response by Department of Health to Paul Swain on .

Successful.

Dear Mr Swain   I refer to your Freedom of Information request to the Department of Health: In 2010 NICNAS released a report into the research n...
details of payments made to Orthopaedic Surgeons by Smith & Nephew
Response by Department of Health to Dianne Harvey on .

Waiting clarification.

Dear Ms Harvey   I refer to your FOI request of 16 March 2016 to the Department of Health (as below).   Section 15 of the FOI Act requires tha...

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