Health Care Reform

The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC) delivered their final report, 'A Healthier Future for all Australians' to the Australian Government in June 2009. The final report and details of the consultation process are available from the yourHealth website [Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing].

Follow the links below to find information on current and proposed reforms to Australia's health care system and health services.

Created August 2009

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Title:   Media release. Minister consults on dental reform
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, visited The Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne to discuss recommendations from the National Health and Hospital Reform Commission with dental health professionals.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Building a 21st century primary health care system: a draft of Australia's first national Primary Health Care Strategy
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This Draft National Primary Health Care Strategy (the Draft Strategy) provides a road map to guide future policy and practice in primary health care in Australia. It represents the first comprehensive policy statement for primary health care in Australia's history.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Estimating the impact of selected National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC) reforms on health care expenditure, 2003 to 2033
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   To give an indication of the medium- to long-term effects of certain proposed National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC) reforms on growth in health expenditures, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare developed estimates of the expenditure effects of selected reform proposals.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   'yourHealth' web site
Publisher:   HealthInsite Editorial Team
Description:   The Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, together with the Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, have released the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission's final report A healthier future for all Australians and announced that there will be a process of public consultation focussed on the Report's recommendations.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Media release. Statement by Senator McLucas to the 62nd World Health Assembly
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Impact of the economic and financial crisis on global health.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Mental health in Australia
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This website will help you to find information on the Australian Government's role and contributions to mental health reform activities in Australia.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Media release. Chair of Health and Hospitals Fund Advisory Board
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Mr Bill Ferris AC appointed as Chairman of the new Health and Hospitals Fund Advisory Board.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2008 report: detailed analyses
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report contains detailed analyses underlying the summary data presented in the policy report Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2008 report, produced by the Department of Health and Ageing.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Evaluation of the Bringing Them Home and Indigenous Mental Health Programs
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The evaluation covers four programs: the Link Up program; the Bringing Them Home Counsellors' Program; Social and Emotional Well Being Regional Centres; and Mental Health Service Delivery Projects.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Interagency Action Plan for Better Mental Health: Second Yearly Progress Report
Publisher:   NSW Department of Health
Description:   The Interagency Action Plan for Better Mental Health was developed to ensure that government agencies work more effectively together and with the community to improve care for people with mental illness. The following report provides an overview of whole-of-government achievements against the commitments in the plan after the second year of implementation.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   National Comorbidity Initiative
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Initiative aims to improve service co-ordination and treatment outcomes for people with coexisting mental health and substance use disorders and focuses on the following priority areas.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   National mental health report 2007: summary of twelve years of reform in Australia's mental health services under the National Mental Health Strategy 1993-2005
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This report is the tenth in the series and presents the latest data on progress made under the National Mental Health Strategy. The report provides a twelve year view of trends and performance at the national and state and territory levels, over the period 1993 to 2005.
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Caring communities program
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   The Caring Communities Program aims to improve the quality of palliative care provided in local communities.
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Evaluating the Access to Allied Psychological Services component of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Program: Eighth interim evaluation report: Consumer outcomes: The impact of different models of psychological service provision
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This report examines the extent to which the Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) projects are achieving positive outcomes, and explores the association between different models of service delivery and varying levels of consumer outcomes.
Date:   Jun 2006
Title:   Djirruwang Program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   An external evaluation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Bachelor of Health Science (Mental Health) Djirruwang Program.
Date:   Mar 2006
Title:   National summary of the 2001 and 2002 jurisdictional reports against the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance indicators
Publisher:   Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS),Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report is the first report against the refined set of indicators endorsed by the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (AHMAC) in 2000.
Date:   Aug 2004
Title:   Primary Health Care Review
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A review of the Australian Government's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Program comprising a set of seven reports.
Date:   Jul 2004
Title:   Review of the Implementation of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Eye Health Program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This review was conducted for OATSIH between September 2002 and July 2003 to determine the current state of implementation of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Eye Health Program (NATSIEHP) and makes recommendations about the future directions for the program.
Date:   May 2004
Title:   Australian Government response to the Review of the Implementation of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Eye Health Program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Optimal eye health service provision requires an improved response to needs across the health system. This is best viewed at a systems level and with a strategic approach that will benefit not only eye health but the broader health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in their interaction with all levels of the health system.
Date:   May 2004
Title:   National Mental Health Report 2004: Eighth Report - Summary of changes in Australia's Mental Health Services under the National Mental Health Strategy 1993-2002
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This report describes Australia's progress over the course of the National Mental Health Strategy between 1993 and 2002.
Date:   Jan 2004
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