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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Correspondence on re-identification of data
Request sent to Department of Health by Vanessa Teague on .
Awaiting response.
I request, under the Freedom of Information Act, all correspondence (including by email) dated 14th Sep 2018, from the Secretary of the Department o...
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...
Cigarettes Information
Response by Department of Health to Glen Trouchet on .
Awaiting classification.
Attention:  Glen Trouchet     We refer to your correspondence of 4 November 2019 to the Department of Health (as below).   Section 15 of the...
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...
Vaccine exemptions
Response by Department of Health to Shanna Miller on .
Awaiting classification.
Dear Ms Miller   I refer to your below freedom of information request of 16 August 2019, sent to the Department of Health (department).   The...
Information regarding AEFI's reported after MMR vaccine
Response by Department of Health to Shanna Miller on .
Awaiting classification.
Dear Ms Miller   Please find attached correspondence in relation to your Freedom of Information request.   If you have any questions, please d...
Information regarding medical exemptions for immunisations
Response by Department of Health to Shanna Miller on .
Awaiting classification.
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...
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
Flu Immunisation Safety Studies
Response by Department of Health to Alissa Pattrick on .
Awaiting classification.
Dear Ms Pattrick   Please find attached correspondence in relation to your Freedom of Information request.   As set out in the attached corres...
Number of Measles Cases since the MMR was introduced in 1989 to Australia
Response by Department of Health to Alissa Pattrick on .
Awaiting classification.
Good morning Ms Pattrick,   Please find attached correspondence in relation to your above FOI request.   Kind regards   FOI Unit [1]cid:i...
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...
Cost of National Immunisation Program Schedule
Response by Department of Health to Alissa Pattrick on .
Awaiting classification.
Attention: Ms Pattrick   I refer to your FOI request below, to the Department of Health received on 11 April 2019.   The documents you are see...
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...

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