Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Health, Disability and Ageing portfolio
$172.2B
$172,220,055,000 across 25 programs, 2026-27
Source: Portfolio Budget Statements 2026-27, 2026-27 PBS Program Expenses Line Items - Updated 2026-06-18 (w. Corrigenda). Retrieved 25 September 2026.
Administered
$170.5B
Money it hands out on the government's behalf — grants, benefits, subsidies.
Departmental
$1.7B
What it costs to run: staff, property, suppliers.
Contracts published
2,128
$7.0B in total
Programs
Each line is a program in the budget papers, with what it is given. The category is FOCUp's, mapped from the published program name; a blank means no rule matched it plainly, which is recorded rather than guessed.
| Program | Category | Administered | Departmental | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Program 3.2: Aged Care Services (b) (c) Outcome 3: Improved wellbeing for older people in Australia through targeted support, access to appropriate, high-quality care, and related informationservices 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Aged Care | $43.8B | — | $43.8B25.4% |
Program 4.2: National Disability Insurance Scheme (a) Outcome 4: Supporting the independence of people with disability and carers by providing targeted supports 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | NDIS | $42.3B | — | $42.3B24.6% |
Program 2.1: Medical Benefits Outcome 2: Ensuring improved access for all Australians to cost-effective and affordable medicines, medical, dental and hearing services; improved choice in healthcare services, through guaranteeing Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; supporting targeted assistance strategies and private health insurance 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Health | $37.6B | — | $37.6B21.8% |
Program 2.3: Pharmaceutical Benefits Outcome 2: Ensuring improved access for all Australians to cost-effective and affordable medicines, medical, dental and hearing services; improved choice in healthcare services, through guaranteeing Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; supporting targeted assistance strategies and private health insurance 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Health | $23.4B | — | $23.4B13.6% |
Program 2.4: Private Health Insurance Outcome 2: Ensuring improved access for all Australians to cost-effective and affordable medicines, medical, dental and hearing services; improved choice in healthcare services, through guaranteeing Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; supporting targeted assistance strategies and private health insurance 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Health | $7.6B | — | $7.6B4.4% |
Program 1.1: Health Research, Coordination and Access Outcome 1: Better equip Australia to meet current and future health needs of all Australians through the delivery of evidence-based health policies; improved access to comprehensive and coordinated health care; ensuring sustainable funding for health services, research and technologies; and protecting the health and safety of the Australian community 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Health | $2.9B | — | $2.9B1.7% |
Program 1.4: Health Workforce Outcome 1: Better equip Australia to meet current and future health needs of all Australians through the delivery of evidence-based health policies; improved access to comprehensive and coordinated health care; ensuring sustainable funding for health services, research and technologies; and protecting the health and safety of the Australian community 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Health | $2.0B | — | $2.0B1.2% |
Program 1.2: Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Outcome 1: Better equip Australia to meet current and future health needs of all Australians through the delivery of evidence-based health policies; improved access to comprehensive and coordinated health care; ensuring sustainable funding for health services, research and technologies; and protecting the health and safety of the Australian community 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Health | $1.7B | — | $1.7B1.0% |
Program 1.6: Primary Health Care Quality and Coordination Outcome 1: Better equip Australia to meet current and future health needs of all Australians through the delivery of evidence-based health policies; improved access to comprehensive and coordinated health care; ensuring sustainable funding for health services, research and technologies; and protecting the health and safety of the Australian community 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Health | $1.6B | — | $1.6B0.9% |
Program 1.3: First Nations Health Outcome 1: Better equip Australia to meet current and future health needs of all Australians through the delivery of evidence-based health policies; improved access to comprehensive and coordinated health care; ensuring sustainable funding for health services, research and technologies; and protecting the health and safety of the Australian community 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Health | $1.3B | — | $1.3B0.8% |
Program 1.5: Preventive Health and Chronic Disease Support Outcome 1: Better equip Australia to meet current and future health needs of all Australians through the delivery of evidence-based health policies; improved access to comprehensive and coordinated health care; ensuring sustainable funding for health services, research and technologies; and protecting the health and safety of the Australian community 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Health | $959.8M | — | $959.8M0.6% |
Outcome 1 Outcome 1: Better equip Australia to meet current and future health needs of all Australians through the delivery of evidence-based health policies; improved access to comprehensive and coordinated health care; ensuring sustainable funding for health services, research and technologies; and protecting the health and safety of the Australian community 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Not classified | — | $794.8M | $794.8M0.5% |
Program 1.9: Immunisation Outcome 1: Better equip Australia to meet current and future health needs of all Australians through the delivery of evidence-based health policies; improved access to comprehensive and coordinated health care; ensuring sustainable funding for health services, research and technologies; and protecting the health and safety of the Australian community 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Not classified | $787.6M | — | $787.6M0.5% |
Program 3.1: Access and Information Outcome 3: Improved wellbeing for older people in Australia through targeted support, access to appropriate, high-quality care, and related informationservices 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Not classified | $782.3M | — | $782.3M0.5% |
Program 2.2: Hearing Services Outcome 2: Ensuring improved access for all Australians to cost-effective and affordable medicines, medical, dental and hearing services; improved choice in healthcare services, through guaranteeing Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; supporting targeted assistance strategies and private health insurance 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Health | $698.9M | — | $698.9M0.4% |
Program 1.7: Primary Care Practice Incentives and Medical Indemnity Outcome 1: Better equip Australia to meet current and future health needs of all Australians through the delivery of evidence-based health policies; improved access to comprehensive and coordinated health care; ensuring sustainable funding for health services, research and technologies; and protecting the health and safety of the Australian community 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Not classified | $671.0M | — | $671.0M0.4% |
Program 2.7: Assistance through Aids and Appliances Outcome 2: Ensuring improved access for all Australians to cost-effective and affordable medicines, medical, dental and hearing services; improved choice in healthcare services, through guaranteeing Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; supporting targeted assistance strategies and private health insurance 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Not classified | $566.9M | — | $566.9M0.3% |
Program 4.1: Disability and Carers (a) Outcome 4: Supporting the independence of people with disability and carers by providing targeted supports 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Welfare | $535.6M | — | $535.6M0.3% |
Program 1.8: Health Protection, Emergency Response and Regulation Outcome 1: Better equip Australia to meet current and future health needs of all Australians through the delivery of evidence-based health policies; improved access to comprehensive and coordinated health care; ensuring sustainable funding for health services, research and technologies; and protecting the health and safety of the Australian community 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Health | $508.9M | — | $508.9M0.3% |
Outcome 3 Outcome 3: Improved wellbeing for older people in Australia through targeted support, access to appropriate, high-quality care, and related informationservices 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Not classified | — | $473.9M | $473.9M0.3% |
Program 3.3: Aged Care Quality (b) Outcome 3: Improved wellbeing for older people in Australia through targeted support, access to appropriate, high-quality care, and related informationservices 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Aged Care | $404.1M | — | $404.1M0.2% |
Program 2.5: Dental Services (b) Outcome 2: Ensuring improved access for all Australians to cost-effective and affordable medicines, medical, dental and hearing services; improved choice in healthcare services, through guaranteeing Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; supporting targeted assistance strategies and private health insurance 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Health | $334.6M | — | $334.6M0.2% |
Outcome 2 Outcome 2: Ensuring improved access for all Australians to cost-effective and affordable medicines, medical, dental and hearing services; improved choice in healthcare services, through guaranteeing Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; supporting targeted assistance strategies and private health insurance 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Not classified | — | $287.2M | $287.2M0.2% |
Outcome 4 Outcome 4: Supporting the independence of people with disability and carers by providing targeted supports 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Not classified | — | $152.5M | $152.5M<0.1% |
Program 2.6: Health Benefit Compliance Outcome 2: Ensuring improved access for all Australians to cost-effective and affordable medicines, medical, dental and hearing services; improved choice in healthcare services, through guaranteeing Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; supporting targeted assistance strategies and private health insurance 2026-27 PBS DHDA · retrieved 25 September 2026 | Health | $25.7M | — | $25.7M<0.1% |
Largest contracts
The 25 largest of 2,128. A contract notice is the value of an agreement over its whole term, not money spent in a year, so these are never added to the budget figures.
| Supplier | For | Term | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
API Services Australia Pty Ltd | Funding PoolCN4168189 | 1 July 2025 to 27 February 2030 | $625.1M |
SIGMA HEALTHCARE LIMITED | Funding PoolCN4168835 | 1 July 2025 to 27 February 2030 | $616.8M |
SYMBION PTY LTD | Funding PoolCN4168190 | 1 July 2025 to 27 February 2030 | $605.0M |
API Services Australia Pty Ltd | Funding PoolCN4168193 | 1 July 2025 to 27 February 2030 | $596.1M |
GlaxoSmithKline Australia Pty Ltd | Supply of Essential Vaccines to the National Immunisation ProgramCN4257170 | 30 June 2026 to 29 June 2027 | $415.0M |
SYMBION PTY LTD | Supplying Diabetes ProductsCN4259696 | 30 June 2026 to 30 December 2029 | $311.6M |
API Services Australia Pty Ltd | Supplying Diabetes ProductsCN4259692 | 30 June 2026 to 30 December 2029 | $274.5M |
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION CORPORATION T/A Enable NSW | Aged Care Assessment ServicesCN4165921 | 30 June 2025 to 29 June 2029 | $246.2M |
St Vincent's Health Australia Ltd | Delivery Of Digital Mental Health ServiceCN4202083 | 10 November 2025 to 30 December 2028 | $217.1M |
SIGMA HEALTHCARE LIMITED | Supplying Diabetes ProductsCN4259697 | 30 June 2026 to 30 December 2029 | $199.2M |
Clifford Hallam Healthcare Pty Limi | Funding PoolCN4168833 | 1 July 2025 to 27 February 2030 | $172.0M |
Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd | Supply of Essential Vaccines to the National Immunisation ProgramCN4256449 | 30 June 2026 to 29 June 2027 | $140.0M |
Department of Health | Aged Care Single Assessment ServicesCN4254720 | 30 June 2026 to 29 June 2029 | $134.8M |
Pfizer Australia Pty Ltd | Supply of Essential Vaccines to the National Immunisation ProgramCN4166714 | 30 June 2025 to 29 June 2026 | $119.1M |
DATA # 3 GROUP | Microsoft LicenseCN4259705 | 30 June 2026 to 29 June 2031 | $114.8M |
Seqirus (Australia) Pty Ltd | Supply of Essential Vaccines to the National Immunisation ProgramCN4259700 | 30 June 2026 to 29 June 2027 | $100.0M |
Merck Sharpe & Dohme (AUSTRALIA) Pt | Supply of Essential Vaccines to the National Immunisation ProgramCN4255330 | 30 June 2026 to 29 June 2027 | $100.0M |
LEIDOS AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED | Enterprise Computing ServicesCN4271829 | 18 August 2026 to 17 August 2029 | $90.9M |
DHL Supply Chain (Australia) Pty Ltd | Commonwealth Warehouse and Logistics ServicesCN4166707 | 30 June 2025 to 29 September 2026 | $83.3M |
Australian Healthcare Associates Pt T/A AUSTRALIAN HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATE | Program Administrator/s to Support the Community Service Obligation (CSO) (CSO Funding Pool and CSO & National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS) Services) and the Chemotherapy Compounding Payment Scheme (CCPS)CN4258231 | 30 June 2026 to 29 June 2029 | $75.0M |
SANOFI-AVENTIS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD | Supply of Essential Vaccines to the National Immunisation ProgramCN4257173 | 30 June 2026 to 29 June 2027 | $70.0M |
Department for Health and Wellbeing T/A SA Health | Aged Care Single Assessment ServicesCN4254377 | 30 June 2026 to 29 June 2029 | $55.3M |
Merck Sharpe & Dohme (AUSTRALIA) Pt | Supply of Essential Vaccines to the National Immunisation ProgramCN4166709 | 30 June 2025 to 29 June 2026 | $52.2M |
Evolve FM Pty Ltd | Property Services Coordinated Procurement ArrangementsCN4166718 | 30 June 2025 to 29 June 2029 | $47.9M |
CAPGEMINI AUSTRALIA PTY LTD | System Integrator Services for Digital Services GroupCN4235756 | 30 April 2026 to 29 April 2027 | $38.8M |