Preventative health
Strategy
National consumer engagement strategy for health and wellbeing
This strategy aims to guide and support consumer and community participation in all aspects of health policymaking and decision making, leading to improved policy and health and wellbeing outcomes. It seeks to build capability of policymakers and empower and support consumers and communities for better informed health policies and programs.
Report
General practice: health of the nation 2025
An annual report that provides insights into the state of general practice in Australia. The report examines current and emerging health issues and patient access to care, as well as profiling the workforce, job satisfaction and business of general practice. This year’s themes were: preventive care and multidisciplinary team care in general practice.
Report
Funding and resourcing mechanisms for long term strategies
This evidence snapshot summarises national and international evidence on mechanisms that support the stable funding and resourcing of long-term health and wellbeing strategies. It aims to inform Tasmania’s preventive health planning by identifying models that enable sustained, coordinated action across sectors.
Report
National Women’s Health Strategy 2020–30 monitoring and reporting framework
The National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030 outlines Australia’s national approach to improving health for all women and girls in Australia. This initial baseline report provides a current state assessment of the strategy, considering how it has been implemented from its commencement in 2020 to May 2024. It identifies five improvements and five gaps.
Position paper
Position statement: immunisation
Australia’s immunisation landscape is rapidly shifting. This position statement reaffirms immunisation as the most effective public health intervention and calls for renewed efforts to rebuild trust, improve access and boost vaccination rates across all communities. It outlines barriers to implementation and highlights the urgent need for new strategies to boost immunisation rates.