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The Australian Department of Health is a department of the Government of Australia charged with the responsibility to oversee the running of Australia's health system, including supporting universal and affordable access to medical, pharmaceutical and hospital services, while helping people to stay healthy through health promotion, participation and exercise and other disease prevention activities. The head of the department is the Secretary of the Department of Health, currently Martin Bowles, who reports to the Minister for Health and the Minister for Sport, currently the Hon. Sussan Ley , and Minister for Rural Health, currently the Hon. Fiona Nash . ==Scope== According to the Administrative Arrangements Order issued 18 September 2013, matters dealt with by the Department are: *Public health, including health protection, and medical research *Health promotion and disease prevention *Primary health care *Hospitals funding and policy, including relationships and linkages within the continuum of health care *Implementation of the National Health and Hospitals Network *Health research *Pharmaceutical benefits *Health benefits schemes *Hearing services policy and funding *Specific health services, including human quarantine *Sport and recreation *National drug strategy *Regulation of therapeutic goods *Notification and assessment of industrial chemicals *Gene technology regulation *Medical indemnity insurance issues *Private health insurance *Blood, Organ and Dental policy and funding *Health workforce capacity *Mental health policy and primary mental health care 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Department of Health (Australia)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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