Organisation
Department of Health and Human Services (Vic)
Owning Institution:
Acronym:
DHHS
Strategy
Victorian public health and wellbeing plan 2019–2023
This is the third Victorian public health and wellbeing plan. It is the primary mechanism through which the state government works to achieve the vision of all Victorians enjoying the highest attainable standards of health, wellbeing and participation at every age.
Guide
Water quality guidelines for public aquatic facilities: managing public health risks
This guideline assists organisations and people who operate public aquatic facilities to reduce risks to public health. It also provides advice to local and state government environmental health officers to help fulfil their regulatory and advisory roles with respect to water quality.
Report
Equally well in Victoria
This strategy document places consumers at the centre of making decisions about their physical health. The framework describes five interconnected clinical practice domains that are underpinned by seven core practice principles that support physical health care in Victorian specialist mental health services.
Discussion paper
Review of Victoria’s Child Safe Standards: issues paper
This paper seeks the views of organisations providing services or facilities for children and young people, peak associations, regulators, government agencies, and families, children and young people on the implementation and operation of Victoria’s child safe standards and associated regulatory framework. The standards were fully operational on 1 January 2017.
Discussion paper
Gender Equality Bill exposure draft: discussion paper
The Victorian Gender Equality Bill, an Australian first, aims to ensure that the public sector takes active steps to promote gender equality. This paper sets out the key reforms proposed by the Bill.