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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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...
Canteen foods in schools 2015
Response by Department of Health to Jarvis Small on .

Information not held.

Dear Mr Small Your request for information regarding 'documents for food sold in school canteens ' as this relates to state/territory government matte...
Cancer drug trials
Response by Department of Health to Emma Grace on .

Refused.

Dear Ms Grace,   I refer to your FOI request of 29 February to the Department of Health (as below).   Section 15 of the FOI Act requires that a re...
Vaccination: whooping Cough.
Response by Department of Health to Jessica Prussing on .

Waiting clarification.

Dear Ms Prussing I refer to your request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), dated 29 February 2016, regardi...
Medicinal Marijuana Usage
Response by Department of Health to Emma Grace on .

Waiting clarification.

Dear Ms Grace   I refer to your FOI request of 29 February to the Department of Health (as below).   Section 15 of the FOI Act requires that a...
Restricted Perscription Medicine
Response by Department of Health to Rachel Adler on .

Refused.

Dear Ms Adler I refer to your request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), dated 26 February 2016, regarding p...
PBS Discount
Response by Department of Health to Rachel Adler on .

Long overdue.

Attention: Rachel Adler   Please see attached correspondence in relation to your FOI request to the Department of Health.   Regards FOI Offi...
Restricted Perscription Medicine
Response by Department of Health to Rachel Adler on .

Successful.

Dear Ms Adler I refer to your Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the Department of Health (ref: 185-1516). The medicines referred to in your FO...
Clearances of salmonella disease within coles and woolworths lettuce
Response by Department of Health to Patrick Staveley on .

Information not held.

Dear Mr Staveley Your request for information regarding safety of a food product sold in Coles and Woolworths supermarkets relates to state/territory...
70 patients prescribed wrong chemotherapy dosage for 3 years at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
Response by Department of Health to Madeleine Wilson on .

Information not held.

Dear Ms Wilson Review and recommendations in relation to an incident in a public hospital is a state/territory health government matter. As such the C...
The use of medical marijuana in Australia from 2015 to 2016.
Response by Department of Health to Brooke Gibbs on .

Withdrawn by the requester.

Dear Ms Gibbs Your request for information regarding the number of 'recorded medical authorities in Australia that have legally or illegally used medi...
Obesity levels for children
Request sent to Department of Health by Jarvis Small on .

Long overdue.

I request to know the information of obesity amounts for children aged 7-15 years old between the years 2010-2015. I would like to see how much this...

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