2007-2008
Budget at a Glance 2007-2008
This section of the website gives access to the 2007-2008 Budget at a Glance information for the Department of Health and Ageing for the financial year 2007-2008
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Health and Ageing Measures |  | Budget 2007-2008 $m | Forward estimates | Total (5 yrs) $m | ||
2006-07 $m | 2008-2009 $m | 2009-2010 $m | 2010-2011 $m | |||
| Improving Medicare and Hearing Services | ||||||
| Chronic and complex conditions - supporting patient care | - | 47.9 | 76.1 | 80.9 | 86.4 | 291.3 |
| Sharing Health Care Initiative - continuation of funding | - | -1.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | -0.6 | -1.2 |
| Australian Primary Care Collaboratives - continue and increase funding | - | 0.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 12.7 |
| Dental treatment - enhanced Medicare items for patients with chronic and complex conditions | - | 37.5 | 94.3 | 104.5 | 141.3 | 377.6 |
| Hearing Services Programme - improving hearing outcomes | - | 13.0 | 17.8 | 19.0 | 20.9 | 70.7 |
| Medicare Benefits Schedule - better access to after hours GP services | - | 0.1 | 17.2 | 26.7 | 27.8 | 71.8 |
| Magnetic Resonance Imaging - improved access | - | 3.2 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 17.9 |
| Medicare Benefits Schedule - new and revised listings | 3.4 | 16.7 | 20.6 | 24.5 | 29.0 | 94.1 |
| Humanitarian settlement initiatives - Programme of Assistance for Survivors of Torture and Trauma - additional funding | - | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 12.2 |
| Better Access to Pharmaceutical Products and Services | ||||||
| Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - extension to the listings of Fosomax® Once Weekly, Alendro® Once Weekly and Fosomax® Plus (alendronate) | 9.5 | 43.8 | 52.8 | 58.5 | 63.3 | 227.9 |
| Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - extension to the listings of Ezetrol® (ezetimibe) and Vytorin® (ezetimibe and simvastatin) | - | 12.1 | 17.8 | 22.2 | 26.2 | 78.3 |
| Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - minor new listings | 3.4 | 14.1 | 18.2 | 20.7 | 22.4 | 78.9 |
| Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - listing of Strattera® (atomoxetine) | - | 17.0 | 25.7 | 29.4 | 29.5 | 101.6 |
| Life Saving Drugs Programme - funding for Aldurazyme® (laronidase-RCH) | - | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 16.4 |
| Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - prescribing rights for optometrists | - | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 10.7 |
| Community Pharmacy Agreement - implementation of programmes | - | 11.0 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 24.4 |
| Building Health and Medical Research Infrastructure Capacity | ||||||
| Medical research facilities - grants for development and expansion | 435.8 | - | - | - | - | 435.8 |
| Supporting Rural and Regional Australians | ||||||
| Royal Flying Doctor Service - additional funding | 0.1 | 47.2 | 42.8 | 37.6 | 28.8 | 156.6 |
| Mental Health - increased mental health services for drought-affected communities | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rural Clinical Schools Programme - funding for the University of Wollongong | - | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 16.3 |
| Dental school - Charles Sturt University | - | 54.2 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 65.1 |
| Dental training - expanding rural placements | - | 7.3 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 12.5 |
| Visiting Optometrists Scheme - increase funding | - | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 8.6 |
| Rural Retention Programme - continued and increased funding | - | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 9.6 |
| Rural Women's GP Service - expand services for women | - | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 4.3 |
| Protecting our Health | ||||||
| National Immunisation Programme - implementation of the National Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Programme | 25.4 | 51.4 | 19.1 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 103.5 |
| National Immunisation Programme - rotavirus vaccine | 0.4 | 24.3 | 33.4 | 33.1 | 33.3 | 124.4 |
| National Immunisation Programme - Q fever vaccine | 0.5 | 7.5 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 16.6 |
| Mosquito control operations in Northern Australia | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Antivenom production in Australia - continued manufacturing | - | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.7 |
| Preventing Chronic Disease | ||||||
| COAG - reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes | - | 1.9 | 22.5 | 36.3 | 42.8 | 103.4 |
| Skin cancer awareness campaign - continuation of funding | - | 5.7 | 5.8 | - | - | 11.5 |
| Healthy Active Australia - grants for physical activity projects in the community | - | 4.5 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 11.7 |
| Healthy Active Australia - funding for a national nutrition and physical activity survey | - | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 10.6 |
| Sexually transmitted infections - establishment of National Prevention Programme | - | 2.1 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 9.8 |
| Breastfeeding - education and support | - | 3.1 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 8.7 |
| Hepatitis C Education and Prevention Initiative - continuation of funding | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Healthy Active Australia - promoting healthy living | - | 1.4 | 1.5 | - | - | 3.0 |
| Further Combating Illicit Drug Use | ||||||
| Combating illicit drugs - more effective treatment for methamphetamine abuse | - | 11.5 | 11.4 | - | - | 22.9 |
| Combating illicit drugs - strengthening the Non-Government Organisation Treatment Grants Programme | - | 13.7 | 21.6 | 21.9 | 22.3 | 79.5 |
| Combating illicit drugs - strengthening drug prevention education | 7.1 | 2.2 | - | - | - | 9.2 |
| A Better Future for Indigenous Australians - continuing the National Illicit Drug Strategy - Indigenous Communites Initiative | - | 0.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 14.6 |
| A Safe, High Quality Health System | ||||||
| Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Reform - software support | - | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 17.9 |
| Professional Services Review - continuation of funding | - | -1.4 | -1.9 | -1.7 | -1.9 | -6.9 |
| Health and medical research - streamlining human research ethics reviews | - | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 5.6 |
| Gynaecological Cancers Centre - establishment funding | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| National Joint Replacement Registry - increased data collection | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| Food Standards Australia and New Zealand - continue and increase funding | - | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 12.7 |
| Radiation in health care - safer and better use | - | 4.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 9.0 |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health | ||||||
| A Better Future for Indigenous Australians - family centred primary health care | - | 6.3 | 8.9 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 38.2 |
| A Better Future for Indigenous Australians - Health @ Home Plus | - | 4.0 | 8.8 | 11.2 | 13.4 | 37.4 |
| A Better Future for Indigenous Australians - establishing quality health standards | - | 5.2 | 7.5 | 10.8 | 13.4 | 36.9 |
| A Better Future for Indigenous Australians - building an Indigenous workforce in government service delivery | - | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 8.5 |
| Securing the Future of Aged Care | ||||||
| Aged care - Securing the future of aged care for Australians - increased capital funding for residential care | 0.2 | 125.4 | 116.2 | 164.8 | 175.7 | 582.3 |
| Aged care - Securing the future of aged care for Australians - increased support for Assistance for Care and Housing for the Aged | - | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 5.7 |
| Aged care - Securing the future of aged care for Australians - simplified income-tested care fees | 0.1 | 10.6 | 26.2 | 26.5 | 26.4 | 89.8 |
| Aged care - Securing the future of aged care for Australians - introduction of the Aged Care Funding Instrument | - | 18.2 | 122.0 | 135.3 | 118.0 | 393.5 |
| Aged care - Securing the future of aged care for Australians - more community care packages | 0.3 | 17.5 | 53.6 | 92.2 | 135.0 | 298.6 |
| Aged care - Securing the future of aged care for Australians - paying full subsidy to former State and Territory Government aged care places | 0.0 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 25.5 |
| Aged care - Securing the future of aged care for Australians - ensuring quality in community care | - | 5.1 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 9.7 | 26.8 |
| Aged care - Securing the future of aged care for Australians - better regulating aged care providers | 0.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 6.7 |
| Aged care - Securing the future of aged care for Australians - additional support for community-based respite care | 0.1 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 7.9 | 10.7 | 26.5 |
| Aged care - Securing the future of aged care for Australians - community care workforce development | - | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 32.1 |
| Aged care - Securing the future of aged care for Australians - assistive technology in community care | - | 2.7 | 5.9 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 21.4 |
| Aged care - Securing the future of aged care for Australians - additional support for services for people in remote and very remote areas and with special needs | 2.2 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 9.9 | 13.3 | 42.6 |
| Aged care - improved health services for residents of aged care homes | - | 21.5 | 23.1 | 23.7 | 24.6 | 92.9 |
| Aged care - demonstration sites for day respite in residential aged care facilities | - | 7.9 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 41.2 |
| Continence Aids Assistance Scheme - expansion | - | 5.2 | 8.5 | 12.0 | 15.8 | 41.4 |
| Aged care - enhancing access to aged care services for culturally and linguistically diverse communities | - | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 11.9 |
| Other Measures in the 2007-08 Budget | ||||||
| Aged care - equity of access for nursing home residents | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aged care - services in the Indian Ocean Territories | - | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.2 |
| Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency - continuation of funding | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Breast Cancer - continuation of funding for National Breast Cancer Centre | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Breast cancer - support for women in rural and remote areas - continuation of funding | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Breast cancer treatment - continuation of funding for the Herceptin® programme | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Divisions of General Practice - continuation of funding | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enhanced Divisional Quality Use of Medicines programme - discontinuation | -0.5 | -1.6 | -2.4 | -2.9 | -3.5 | -10.9 |
| General practice vocational training - continuation of funding | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Multidisciplinary case conferencing - continuation of funding | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - community campaign to promote the benefits of generic medicines | - | 15.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 | - | 20.0 |
| Private Health Insurance Ombudsman - continuation of funding | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Safety and Quality of Health Care - continuation of funding | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Strengthening National Security - enhancing Australia's approach to Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Security | - | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 13.0 |
| Voluntary annual health assessments for older Australians - continuation of funding | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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