13 January Department of Health: Almost 3.5 million P2 masks provided for bushfires January 13, 2020 By Announcement, Department of Health 0 The Australian Government is providing an additional 576,000 P2 masks to South Australia, Tasmania and Australian Defence Force personnel to support bushfire-affected communities. The Australian Government is providing an additional 576,000 P2 masks to South Australia, Tasmania and Australian Defence Force personnel to support bushfire-affected communities. An additional 505,000 masks have been reserved for New South Wales and 505,600 masks have been reserved for Victoria, following a request from these states. The Government has already provided more than a million masks to New South Wales, 455,400 to Victoria, 416,000 to the ACT, 19,200 to Australia Post, and 3,000 to the Australian Federal Police. This brings the total number of P2 masks provided and reserved so far to almost 3.5 million. Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, said the Government had made more masks available from the national stockpile to ensure the safety of people in bushfire-affected communities. Read more Related Articles Department of Human Services : Upgrading their digital health and aged care channels In the 2017-18 Budget, DHS received funding to enhance, stabilise and consolidate the existing health and aged care payments channels. $5 million for bushfire related health research The Government will provide $5 million in total from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) under an open and competitive grant round. Department of Human Services: We’d like your insights into how Medicare communication to you can be improved The Department of Human Services is conducting a research project to find out how they can improve their website and Medicare communication to Practice Managers. New Medicare items coming to support those affected by bushfires New Medicare items coming to support those affected by bushfires Dept of Health: Webinar on cardiac imaging changes 1 August 2020 Department of Veterans’ Affairs OPAN Educational Webinars Comments are closed.