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...
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 15 May 2024