3.6: Activities Consolidated to Establish Flexible funds

In the 2011-12 Budget the Australian Government announced the consolidation of 159 whole or part Health and Ageing programs within 18 flexible Funds, which came into operation from 1 July 2011. The establishment of flexible Funds will, over time, reduce red-tape for funding recipients in line with the National Compact; provide increased flexibility to government to respond to emerging health and ageing issues; and deliver better value for money and evidence-based funding.

The following table shows the movement of previous programs consolidated into the 18 flexible Funds.

Current Program	Activities Consolidated to Establish Flexible Funds	Previous Program
Chronic Disease Prevention and Service Improvement Fund
1.1	Community awareness and infrastructure - Lifescripts Initiative	1.1
	National Public Health Chronic Disease Early Detection: National Cervical Screening Program Mammographic Screening Program BreastScreen Australia and National Cervical Screening Program data monitoring reports – AIHW	1.1
	Get Up and Grow: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Guidelines for Early Childhood	1.6
	National Public Health - Public Health: - Healthy Weight Guidelines - Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of overweight/obese Australians Australian Dietary Guidelines Family planning Jean Hailes Foundation White Ribbon Alliance Maternal Mortality BreastScreen Australia Public Health Education Program (PHERP) Food and Health Dialogue	1.6
	Quality Assurance for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medical Services (QAAMS) Pathology Program	3.4
	National Eye Health Initiative	4.4
	National Health and Hospitals Network - Coordinated Care of Patients with Diabetes Pilot	5.2
	Australian Primary Care Collaboratives Program – Fairer Medicare Improved Information and Patient Management	5.3
	Australian Primary Care Collaboratives Program – Prevention Collaboratives	5.3
	National Integrated Diabetes Program - Support for General Practice to improve detection and management	5.3
	Asthma Management Program	10.1
	Better Arthritis and Osteoporosis Care Initiative	10.1
	Prostate Cancer Research Centres	10.1
	National Palliative Care Program - Palliative Care in the Community	10.5
	National Palliative Care Program - Palliative Care National	10.5
	National Palliative Care Program - Strengthening Palliative Care Services	10.5
	Priority Health and Medical Research	10.6
Communicable Disease Prevention and Service Improvement Grants Fund
1.2	Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Disease Control Program - Hepatitis C Education and Prevention	1.2
	Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Disease Control Program - Payments to community based organisation to develop and deliver activities that reduce and control the spread of HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections	1.2
	National Sexually Transmissible Infections Prevention Program	1.2
	National Serology Reference Laboratory	1.2
Substance Misuse Prevention and Service Improvement Grants Fund
1.3	Counsellors on University Campuses	1.3
	National Cannabis Control and Prevention Centre	1.3
	National Illicit Drug Strategy - Illicit Drug Programs	1.3
	National Illicit Drug Strategy - Community Partnerships	1.3
	National Illicit Drug Strategy - Community Partnerships - Rural and Regional	1.3
	National Illicit Drug Strategy - Indigenous Programs	1.3
	National Public Health Drug Strategy	1.3
Substance Misuse Service Delivery Grants Fund
1.3	COAG Mental Health - Improved Services for People with Drug and Alcohol Problems and Mental Illness	1.3
	National Illicit Drugs Strategy – Community Education and Information Campaign	1.3
	National Illicit Drug Strategy - Indigenous Programs	1.3
	National Tobacco Campaign – More Targeted Approach	1.3
	Substance Use: Base Funding COAG Substance Use 06 Program COAG Substance Use 07 Program Opal Fuel Rollout	8.1
Health Social Surveys Fund
1.6	Investment in Preventive Health: Male Health Longitudinal Study	1.2
	Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health	1.6
	National Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey. A National Health Measures Survey (incorporating the former National Health Risk Survey)	1.6
	National Health Survey (NHS) National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS)	10.3
Aged Care Workforce Fund
4.2	Aged Care Nurse Practitioner Program	4.2
	Supporting a Professional Aged Care Workforce Program (All mainstream workforce initiatives (including TNH))	4.2
	Indigenous Aged Care Workforce: Building an Indigenous Workforce in Community Care The Northern Territory Jobs Package The Cape York Welfare Reform Trial The National Jobs Creation Package under the Council of Australian Governments’ National Partnership on Indigenous Economic Development Training activities including Traineeships	4.4
	Dementia Initiative - Dementia Care Essentials – Dementia Skills for Aged Care Workers Program	4.6
Aged Care Service Improvement and Healthy Ageing Grants Fund
4.3	Encouraging Best Practice in Residential Care (EBPRAC) Program	4.2
	Community Care and Flexible Care Grants	4.4
	Implement one-stop shops for access to Aged Care Information: Assessment and Services Commonwealth Respite and Carelink Centres	4.4
	National Continence Management Strategy	4.4
	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Assistance Packages	4.5
	Community Partners Program	4.5
	Fringe Benefits Tax supplementation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations	4.5
	National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care Program	4.5
	Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care Program	4.5
	Dementia Initiative - Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory Services	4.6
	Dementia Initiative - National Dementia Support Program	4.6
	Indigenous Aged Care Plan - Remote and Indigenous Services Support (RISS) Program	4.8
Single Point of Contact for Health Information, Advice and Counseling Fund
5.2	Dementia Initiative - Dementia Education and Support Program (National Dementia Help Line)	4.6
	Expanded GP After Hours Helpline - National Health Call Centre Network	5.2
	National Health Call Centre Network and Perinatal Helpline	5.2
Regionally Tailored Primary Care Initiatives through Medicare Locals Fund
5.2	General Practice After Hours Program	5.2
	Improve Access to After-hours Care: Funding to Medicare Locals to ensure availability of face-to-face after hours services	5.2
	Medicare Plus Better Aged Care Residents (Aged Care Access Initiative) Allied Health Component	5.2
	Primary Health Care Organisations - Medicare Locals	5.2
Regionally Tailored Primary Care Initiatives through Medicare Locals Fund (continued)
	Primary Health Care Organisation Support - Improving Access to General Practice and Primary Health Care Services for Older Australians	5.2
	Workforce Support for Rural GPs Program	5.2
	Rural Primary Health Services Program	6.1
	Rural GP Locum Program	12.1
Practice Incentives for General Practices Fund
5.3	Medicare Plus - Aged Care Access Initiative - GP Component	5.2
	Practice Incentives Program and General Practice Immunisation Incentive Cervical Cancer Screening Incentives	5.4
	Practice Incentives Program and General Practice Immunisation Incentive Closing The Gap - PIP Indigenous Health	5.4
	Practice Incentives Program and General Practice Immunisation Incentive Integrated National Diabetes Program PIP	5.4
	Practice Incentives Program and General Practice Immunisation Incentive MedicarePlus - Doctors and Professionals	5.4
	Practice Incentives Program and General Practice Immunisation Incentive PIP and GPII (Base)	5.4
Rural Health Outreach Fund
6.1	Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program	6.1
	Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program – Ophthalmology	6.1
	Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program - Maternity Services Program as part of the Maternity Services Reform Package	6.1
	Rural Women’s GP Service	6.1
	National Rural and Remote Health Program: Funds Divisions of General Practice, the Kimberley Paediatric Outreach Program and Act of Grace payments	12.1
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Chronic Disease Fund
8.1	Indigenous Chronic Disease Package: National Action to Reduce Indigenous Smoking Rates	1.3
	Indigenous Chronic Disease Package: Subsidising PBS Medicine Co-payments	2.2
	Indigenous Chronic Disease Package: Engaging Divisions of General Practice to Improve Indigenous Access to Mainstream Primary Care	5.2
	Indigenous Chronic Disease Package: Urban Specialist Outreach Assistance Program	5.2
	Indigenous Chronic Disease Package: Care Coordination and Supplementary Services Measure	5.2
	Indigenous Chronic Disease Package: Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program - Indigenous Chronic Disease	6.1
	Indigenous Chronic Disease Package: Attracting More People to Work in Indigenous Health	8.1
	Indigenous Chronic Disease Package: Clinical Practice Guidelines	8.1
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Chronic Disease Fund (continued)
	Rheumatic Fever Strategy - National Coordination Unit	8.1
	Indigenous Chronic Disease Package: Local Community Campaigns to Promote Better Health	8.1
	Indigenous Chronic Disease Package: Monitoring and Evaluation	8.1
	Indigenous Chronic Disease Package: Expanding the Outreach and Service Capacity of Indigenous Health Organisations	8.1
	Indigenous Chronic Disease Package: Improving Indigenous Participation Through Chronic Disease Self-Management	10.1
	Indigenous Chronic Disease Package: Workforce Training and Support	12.2
	Closing the Gap: Improving Eye and Ear Health Services for Indigenous Australians for Better Education and Employment Outcomes - Training of Aboriginal Health Workers in ear health and hearing monitoring and screening	12.2
Health System Capacity Development Fund
10.3	Investment in Preventive Health - Communicable Disease Control: Centre of Excellence in Male Sexual and Reproductive Health (Andrology Australia) Men’s Shed’s Development Grants Program Male Health Promotional Material	1.2
	Breastfeeding - An Investment for the Future	1.6
	Supporting Breastfeeding Mums	1.6
	Investment in Preventive Health: National Women’s Health Policy - National Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Alliance and the Jean Hailes Foundation (PCOS)	1.6
	Macular Degeneration Foundation	4.4
	Improving Maternity Services Initiative	5.3
	Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development Strategy	5.3
	National Rural and Remote Health Stakeholder Support Scheme	6.1
	Consumer and Community Engagement - Community Sector Support Scheme (CSSS)	10.3
	Medical Training and Supply – Students (Australian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA) activities)	12.2
Health Surveillance Fund
10.5	Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Disease Control Program of Activities - HIV/Hepatitis C reports and research grants	1.2
	National Drug Strategy - National Drug Strategy Household Survey	1.3
	Investment in Preventive Health: National Injury Surveillance Unit (AIHW) Population Health Information Development Unit (AIHW) National Public Health Expenditure Report (AIHW) Child and Youth reporting on Health Development and Well-Being (AIHW) National Poison Register	1.6
Health Surveillance Fund (continued)
	Asthma Management Program - National Monitoring of Asthma and linked Chronic Respiratory Conditions	10.1
	Chronic Disease Monitoring and Management	10.1
	Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry	14.2
	National Immunisation Program Surveillance Activities - Invasive Pneumococcal Disease	14.2
	National Public Health - Surveillance Activities related to: Surveillance of Meningococcal and Gonococcal Infections Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program Australian Pediatric Surveillance Unit - Surveillance of Rare Diseases Food Safety Information Council OzFoodNet - Scientific Panel National Surveillance Committee sub-committee of CDNA Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance Poliovirus Surveillance in Australia National Antimicrobial Utilisation Surveillance Program Infection Management	14.2
Quality Use of Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Pathology Fund
10.5	National Prescribing Service - PBS Community Awareness – RADAR	2.1
	National Return of Disposal of Unwanted Medicines (NATRUM)	2.1
	National Prescribing Service - Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) Program	2.1
	National Prescribing Service - Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) Program – Consumer Education	2.1
	To promote evidence-based requesting for pathology and diagnostic services – NPS Diagnostic Imaging	3.3
	To promote evidence-based requesting for pathology and diagnostic services – NPS Pathology	3.4
Health Workforce Fund
12.1	Radiation Oncology Specialist - Strengthening Cancer Care program – Training and development programs	3.5
	General Practice Training - Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program	5.1
	Rural and Remote General Practice Program	5.2
	Practice Nurse Incentive Program	5.2
	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce Services – Puggy Hunter Scholarship Scheme	8.1
	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce Service: supporting Indigenous doctors, nursing and other health professional bodies provision of education, training and mentoring of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers in the Aboriginal community controlled health sector	8.1
	National Rural and Remote Health Workforce Program - Bush Services Support Program	12.1
Health Workforce Fund (continued)
	Rural Health Workforce Strategy - Scaling Rural Workforce Communications: Rural Health Champions Program development and dissemination of information and publications video productions aimed at attracting GPs to practise in rural areas	12.1
	Rural Locum Education Assistance Program	12.1
	Supporting Rural Health - Specialist Obstetrician Locum Scheme	12.1
	Nursing Rural Locum Scheme	12.1
	Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme	12.1
	Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training (RHMT) Program	12.1
	Rural Australia Medical Undergraduate Scholarship (RAMUS) Scheme	12.1
	Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship (MRBS) Scheme	12.1
	HECS Reimbursement Scheme	12.1
	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce Services – Dental Health Training	12.1
	Rural Health Continuing Education Sub-Program (RHCE)	12.1
	Rural Procedural Grants Program	12.1
	COAG Health Workforce GP Training Places - Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) Program	12.2
	Supporting Emergency Medicine Workforce	12.2
	Telehealth - Training of Health Professionals	12.2
	- Consolidation of Specialist Training Simplifying Australian Government Support for Medical Specialist Education and Training Educational Support projects Diagnostic Imaging: Enhancing Rural and Remote Workforce Scheme	12.2
	Health Workforce Innovation and Reform	12.2
	Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship and Support Scheme and Maternity Services Review - GP Scholarships Program	12.2
	International Recruitment Strategy (IRS) - Overseas Trained Doctors Additional Assistance Scheme	12.2
Indemnity Insurance Fund
13.2	High Cost Claims Scheme	13.2
	Premium Support Scheme	13.2
	Incurred-But-Not-Reported Claims Scheme	13.2
	Run-off Cover Scheme	13.2
	Midwife Professional Indemnity Commonwealth Contribution Schemes	13.2
	Midwife Professional Indemnity Insurance Management	13.2
	Midwife Professional Indemnity Run-off Cover Scheme	13.2
Health Protection Fund
	Australian Human Pituitary Hormone Program - compensation and legal activities	1.2
	Antivenom Production – purchase of antivenom products	14.1
	National Medical Stockpile - Storage and Maintenance of pharmaceuticals	14.1
	National Medical Stockpile - Storage and Maintenance of nonpharmaceuticals	14.1
	Northern Borders - Airport Response	14.1
	Health Security and Counter-Terrorism Response Capacity	14.1
	Independent National Influenza Centre	14.1
	Investment in preventive health – environmental health	14.1
	National Public Health - Health Emergency Planning Response	14.1
	Pandemic Communications	14.1
	Home Quarantine Support System	14.2
Transferred Programs (Cancer Australia)
Transfer	National Breast Cancer Centre	10.1
	Supporting Women in Rural Areas Diagnosed with Breast Cancer	10.1
	Breast Cancer Network Australia	10.1
Transferred Programs (NHMRC)
Transfer	Dementia Initiative - Dementia Collaborative Research Centres	4.6
	National Institute of Clinical Studies and Australasian Cochrane Centre Activities	10.6
	Antivenom Research	14.1

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