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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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...
Vaccine exemptions
Request sent to Department of Health by Shanna Miller on .
Awaiting response.
I hereby request for purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, the documents the contain the following: 1. The total number of children currentl...
Influenza Deaths and immunisations
Response by Department of Health to Shanna Miller on .
Successful.
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...
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...
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...
ATM Modernising Health and Aged Care Payments Services Program
Response by Department of Health to David Brown on .
Successful.
Dear Mr Brown I am emailing in regards to your request made on 27 January 2019 to the Department of Health (the Department) seeking access to document...
Agreement That Involves Transfer of Radioactive Waste to ARPANSA's building in Yallambie
Follow up sent to Department of Health by Sun Shine on .
Long overdue.
I'm providing an update. The requested document, an MOU, is an agreement that involves ARPANSA funding for a project at the University of Melbourne,...
Documents not available for download from your FOI log or reasoning
Request to Department of Health by Posty. Annotated by Posty on .
Long overdue.
The “not recording the number of requests” comment is not a good sign. Yes, technically they don’t, but had I asked for copies of them that would hav...
PIPAG minutes.
Request to Department of Health by Antony Scholefield. Annotated by Locutus Sum on .
Refused.
I have said that this request was refused because the correspondence terminates suddenly. But it is possible that the applicant continued to correspond...
Ministerial briefing documents on health impacts of climate change
Response by Department of Health to Melissa Sweet on .
Waiting clarification.
Dear Ms Sweet   I refer to your two attached FOI requests to the Department of Health, received on 13 October 2018, seeking respectively:   · ...

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