Aged care
- Elder abuse prevention and An overview of elder abuse and what the Victorian Government is doing to prevent it...
Clinical practice
- Partnering This guide assists senior clinicians and their medical leads to monitor clinical performance and promote channels for advancing joint improvement targets...
- Clinical practice The clinical practice toolkit outlines six tools used to evaluate an individual’s clinical performance at different stages of the credentialling cycle...
Drugs and poisons
- Medical practitioners and lawful Legislative requirements for the prescription and supply of medicines by medical practitioners.
- Fees, Charges and Penalties Subject to Automatic Fees for services and regulatory purposes, including licensing and registering certain activities and fines for improper conduct, and to discourage unlawful behavior...
Hospitals
- Aboriginal maternity Koori maternity services improve access to culturally appropriate maternity care for Aboriginal women and babies...
- Maternity and newborn Acute maternity care in Victoria is provided at metropolitan, regional and rural hospitals, as well as emergency retrieval and referral services...
- Partnering This guide assists senior clinicians and their medical leads to monitor clinical performance and promote channels for advancing joint improvement targets...
- Clinical practice The clinical practice toolkit outlines six tools used to evaluate an individual’s clinical performance at different stages of the credentialling cycle...
Immunisation
- Immunisation fact Factsheets including translations, about vaccine-preventable diseases and immunisation...
- Immunisation schedule and vaccine eligibility The routine schedule of vaccines provided free under the National Immunisation Program and the Victorian funded immunisation program...
- New account To order government-supplied vaccines, you need a department account number...
- Order Current forms for ordering vaccines in Victoria...
Infectious diseases
- Infection control Prevention and control guidelines for health care facilities, business and local government including , gastro and respiratory outbreaks, and infection control...
- Notification In Victoria, doctors and laboratories are required to notify certain infectious diseases and other conditions. Specific notification procedures must be followed...
- Exclusion Exclusion of children with particular infections (known as cases) is the most important way to reduce transmission of infectious disease in these settings. In some limited circumstances, it is...
- Hepatitis A risk in Information and advice for health professionals about the current hepatitis A outbreak in Victoria...
Maternal and child health
- Aboriginal maternity Koori maternity services improve access to culturally appropriate maternity care for Aboriginal women and babies...
- Maternity and newborn Acute maternity care in Victoria is provided at metropolitan, regional and rural hospitals, as well as emergency retrieval and referral services...
Mental health
- About Victoria's mental health GPs and primary carers provide most mental health services. Specialist services are also available...
- Acute Community Intervention Acute Community Intervention Service (ACIS) provides urgent advice, referral and treatment ...
- Telephone and Telephone and online support services are available for people affected by mental health issues...
- Order mental health A hard copy of a publication can be ordered online by filling out this form - we do not ship outside of Australia. Some items are available in limited quantities only...
Reviewed 10 November 2023