FOI 25-0267 LD – CHSP Meals Feasibility Study Development And CHSP Pilots Ministerial Submission

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This FOI release contains internal Department of Health correspondence from September 2023 regarding a Community and Residential Aged Care (CHSP) meals feasibility study and pilot program development. The emails, primarily between Department of Health official Russell Herald and representatives from Meals on Wheels organisations, discuss preliminary study design and methodology for a meals program affecting approximately 13,000 CHSP clients. The communications reference a ministerial submission and indicate consultation with Meals on Wheels SA and other stakeholders to develop policy recommendations. Most substantive content is redacted under sections 47E(c) and 47F, limiting visibility into specific study parameters, feasibility findings, or policy recommendations. The documents show early-stage inter-agency coordination between Health Department staff and community meals service providers regarding aged care meal delivery initiatives.