Caller: TKW Research

TKW Research, on behalf of the Department of Health, is currently conducting the 2022 Victorian Population Health Survey (VPHS) – a mobile phone survey. The survey is conducted annually and has been running since 2001.

You may have received a voicemail saying:

“I am calling from TKW Research in Seaford on behalf of the Victorian Department of Health.

We are calling mobile phones to contact people living in Victoria, aged 18 and over, to conduct an important study about health and wellbeing issues. The results will be used for policy, planning and research purposes, to improve the health of the Victorian population.

Please call the Department on 1800 658 830 if you would like to schedule an appointment at a time that is convenient to you, otherwise we will try to call back at another time. Thank you.”

About the Survey

The Victorian Population Health Survey gives an annual assessment of the health status and wellbeing of adults living in Victoria and provides key information about the health of the population such as smoking, exercise, healthy eating and mental health.

The Survey’s findings will be used to inform evidence-based policy development and strategic planning across the Department of Health, other government departments, and the wider community.

If you decide to take part in the survey, you can choose not to answer a particular question if you do not wish to do so. You do not have to give a reason for not answering a question.

If you want more information on the survey, you can call the Department’s hotline number on 1800 658 830 or visit their website here.

To learn more about how your data is kept confidential and safe, you can read TKW’s privacy policy here, and the Health Department’s privacy policy here

Caller: TKW Research, on behalf of the Department of Health

I live in Rural Vic where health services are lacking. I completed the survey, which took 30 minutes, as I believe nothing improves unless we voice what we need. Seemed like a great oppurtunity to do that. Feel the survey was not as targeted to what we lack as I hoped, but there are a few questions that you can ram the point home

Caller: see above

Why is the Department of Health giving out individuals' numbers without the holder's consent? Disgusted and alarmed, surely this a flagrant breach of privacy.

I have blocked a couple of DOZEN calls from these ratbags - all they keep doing is changing the phone numbers they are calling from. I just keep blocking them they just use different numbers. Our dictatorship government where we must do as they say and have no choice would make my old Digger dad turn in his grave. Looking for alternative country to live in, had enough of this garbage Marxist government who bows to the Globalist WEF and WHO.

This number interrupted an international call causing it to drop out, pain in the backside.
Why do we bother with a country wide census if no body uses the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Caller: Dept of Health

Dept of Health Survey... not interested in cold calls or surveys.