Dear Ms McQueen,

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The Commonwealth Department of Health’s role is to have oversight of
Australia’s health system. The Department does this by supporting
universal and affordable access to medical, pharmaceutical and hospital
services as well as through the promotion of healthy living and disease
prevention activities. While the Department supports the Australian
community’s access to health services it is not involved in the direct
delivery of these services. Because of this the Department does not
collect nor hold any personal medical records, including notes by doctors,
pathology and diagnostic imaging test results or other similar information.

To access such records you may wish to contact directly the medical
practitioners which provided the services, to seek their assistance in
obtaining documents. Alternatively you may wish to contact the State
Health Department in the state in which the services were provided.

I trust the above has been of assistance to you.

Kind regards

FOI Unit
Department of Health

Carmen
Mary
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Dear Department of Health and Ageing,
I am requesting all medical histories between 1970 and 1978 in
relation to medications/treatments from Dr Nicholson/Psychiatrist
(including Shock treatment) at St John of God hospital Ballarat, Dr
Murdoch and Dr Ian Allen in St Arnaud (Victoria). Dr's Kirby and
Asthana in Bendigo and Dr John Bomford (Psychiatrist) Bendigo
Psychiatric Centre

Yours faithfully,

Carmen Mary McQueen

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