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Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 45 of 2011–12)
Published: Wednesday 20 June 2012
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of DoHA’s administration in supporting the creation and development of health infrastructure from the HHF, including DoHA’s support for the Health Minister and the HHF Advisory Board.
Entity
Department of Health and Ageing
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 44 of 2011–12)
Published: Tuesday 19 June 2012
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Department of Health and Ageing's support for improved access to integrated GP and primary healthcare services through its administration of the Primary Care Infrastructure Grants (PCIG) program.
Entity
Department of Health and Ageing
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 35 of 2011–12)
Published: Tuesday 29 May 2012
Published
The objective of the audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Department of Health and Ageing’s administration of New Directions. In this respect the ANAO considered whether:
- planning processes were developed to support the program’s objectives and rationale;
- implementation arrangements were clearly defined and aligned to the objectives of the program; and
- robust performance management arrangements had been established and were in use by the department.
Entity
Department of Health and Ageing
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 26 of 2011–12)
Published: Thursday 9 February 2012
Published
The objective of the audit was to assess the extent to which FaHCSIA, DEEWR and DoHA seek to reduce service delivery risks posed by capacity constraints in Indigenous organisations.
Entity
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and Department of Health and Ageing
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 24 of 2011–12)
Published: Wednesday 8 February 2012
Published
The audit objectives were:
- to assess the effectiveness of the revised certification process in promoting compliance of government advertising campaigns (campaigns) with the March 2010 Guidelines on Information and Advertising Campaigns by Australian Government Departments and Agencies (2010 Guidelines);
- to assess the effectiveness of agency administration in developing campaigns and implementing key processes against the requirements of the campaign advertising framework;
- to assess the effectiveness of Finance’s administration of the campaign advertising framework; and
- to assess the effect on campaigns of an exemption from the 2010 Guidelines.
Entity
Across Agencies
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 8 of 2011–12)
Published: Wednesday 12 October 2011
Published
This audit focuses on the NBA’s role in managing the nations blood supply, bearing in mind the NBA’s legislative responsibilities, national policy objectives and ongoing blood sector reforms.
Entity
National Blood Authority
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 4 of 2011–12)
Published: Wednesday 31 August 2011
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of DEEWR’s and FaHCSIA’s administration of the Australian Government’s responsibilities under Element 1 of the National Partnership Agreement on Indigenous Economic Participation (including the NT Jobs Package).
Entity
Across Entities
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 3 of 2011–12)
Published: Tuesday 30 August 2011
Published
The objective of this audit is to examine the effectiveness of the TGA’s administration of complementary medicines regulation in Australia. The primary focus is on listed complementary medicines, which comprise about 98 per cent of these medicines.
Entity
Department of Health and Ageing
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 51 of 2010–11)
Published: Tuesday 21 June 2011
Published
To examine the effectiveness of the Department of Health and Ageing’s administration of the Access to Allied Psychological Services Program.
Entity
Department of Health and Ageing
Type of content
Performance audit (Auditor-General Report No. 48 of 2010–11)
Published: Thursday 16 June 2011
Published
The audit objective was to assess the effectiveness of monitoring arrangements (by the Accreditation Agency) and compliance activities (by DoHA) put in place to achieve residential aged care homes’ compliance with the Accreditation Standards and their other, related, responsibilities under the Act and its associated instruments.
The ANAO’s assessment considered whether:
— a sector-wide compliance strategy was in place and aligned with effective monitoring and compliance activities at the operational level;
— there was a clear articulation of the separat but complementary roles and responsibilities of DoHA and the Accreditation Agency; and
— performance information gathered by both agencies to support public reporting and business improvements was useful and enabled comparison of performance over time.
Entity
Department of Health and Ageing; Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency Ltd