Health Budget 2011-2012

Health and Ageing - 2011-12 Budget at a Glance

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2011-12 Budget at a Glance
		Budget	Forward Estimates
Health and Ageing Measures	2010-11 $m	2011-12 $m	2012-13 $m	2013-14 $m	2014-15 $m	Total $m	2015-16 $m
Mental Health Reform*
National Mental Health Reform - coordinated care and flexible funding for people with severe and persistent mental illness	-	-25.4	35.5	69.1	117.6	196.8	146.9
National Mental Health Reform - National Partnership Agreement on Mental Health	-	22.3	43.6	44.4	45.1	155.3	46.0
National Mental Health Reform - expansion of Access to Allied Psychological Services	-	16.1	31.1	43.7	53.1	144.0	61.9
National Mental Health Reform - Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre model - further expansion	-	2.9	23.0	44.9	70.8	141.6	80.8
National Mental Health Reform - expansion of youth mental health	-	13.5	22.5	34.9	61.4	132.3	65.0
National Mental Health Reform - expansion of Support for Day to Day Living in the Community program	-	2.4	4.1	4.2	4.4	15.0	4.2
National Mental Health Reform - establishment of a single mental health online portal	-	1.9	2.9	3.0	3.3	11.1	3.3
National Mental Health Reform - health and wellbeing checks for three year olds	-	1.0	6.7	0.9	1.3	9.9	1.1
National Mental Health Reform - establishment of a National Mental Health Commission	-	2.1	2.6	2.4	2.6	9.6	2.5
National Mental Health Reform - research funding	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
National Mental Health Reform - leadership in mental health reform - continuation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
National Mental Health Reform - Better Access Initiative - rationalisation of GP mental health services	-	-50.1	-80.5	-85.4	-90.9	-306.9	-98.9
National Mental Health Reform - Better Access Initiative - rationalisation of allied health treatment sessions	-	-12.6	-26.5	-34.9	-44.6	-118.7	-55.9
Sub Total	-	-26.1	64.8	127.1	224.2	390.0	257.1
*2015-16 costs have been included for Mental Health Reform measures as it is a five year package.
		Budget	Forward Estimates
Health and Ageing Measures	2010-11 $m	2011-12 $m	2012-13 $m	2013-14 $m	2014-15 $m	Total $m
Regional and Rural Health
Health and Hospitals Fund - Regional Priority Round	-	110.0	145.0	228.2	265.8	749.0	^
Rural Health - Medical Specialist Outreach Assistance Program - continuation	-	-	-	-	-	-
Specialist Obstetrician Locum Scheme - continuation of funding	-	-	-	-	-	-
Regional health and aged care - dedicated unit	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sub Total	-	110.0	145.0	228.2	265.8	749.0
Cancer Care
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program - continuation	-	32.5	34.5	35.3	36.4	138.7
Cancer Australia - maintaining support for women with gynaecological cancers	-	1.2	1.6	1.6	1.6	6.1
Cancer Australia - supporting men with prostate cancer	-	1.3	1.3	1.3	-	4.0
Cancer Australia - building cancer expertise in the new Cancer Australia	-	-0.5	-0.4	0.5	0.4	-
National Cord Blood Collection Network - funding to support Cord Blood Banks for people with leukaemia, lymphoma and other life threatening diseases	-	-1.5	0.2	0.4	0.4	-0.4
Sub Total	-	33.0	37.3	39.2	38.9	148.4
^The 2011-12 Budget also provides $265.5 million in 2015 16. In addition to the $315.0 million already included in the forward estimates, this brings the Government’s initial investment to $1.3 billion over five years. An additional $475 million for a further Regional Priority Round will be placed in the contingency reserve, bringing the Government’s total investment to $1.8 billion over six years.
Health and Ageing Measures	2010-11 $m	2011-12 $m	2012-13 $m	2013-14 $m	2014-15 $m	Total $m
Aged Care
Aged Care - Residential aged care viability supplement - continuation and expansion	-	16.0	-	-	-	16.0
Aged care accommodation facility in Hughenden - contribution	-	4.4	-	-	-	4.4
Aged Care - additional community places	-2.8	-26.6	-45.2	-55.1	-82.1	-211.7
Healthy and active ageing - Ambassador for the Ageing program - continuation	-	-0.1	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.8
Sub Total	-2.8	-6.2	-45.4	-55.3	-82.3	-192.0
Indigenous Health
Bringing Them Home and Expanding Link Up Programs for the Stolen Generations - continuation	-	2.5	10.3	11.9	14.4	39.1
Establishing Quality Health Standards in Indigenous Health Services - continuation	-	-3.0	-2.4	-2.5	-2.8	-10.8
Sub Total	-	-0.5	7.9	9.3	11.7	28.3
MBS and PBS
Diagnostic Imaging - reforms	-	2.5	7.1	38.8	55.9	104.4
Medicare Benefits Schedule - pathology services	-	-64.0	-90.5	-109.3	-142.1	-406.0
Medicare Benefits Schedule - new and revised listings	0.1	3.3	5.9	6.6	7.2	23.2
Medicare Benefits Schedule - enhanced management framework	-	5.6	5.7	-	-	11.4
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - new and extensions to listings from 1 February 2011	22.3	56.6	60.8	61.6	60.9	262.2
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - extension and amendments to listings from 1 March 2011	0.3	0.8	0.9	0.9	0.9	3.7
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - new listings from 1 April 2011	3.4	16.0	18.9	20.1	21.7	80.1
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - new listing from 1 May 2011	0.6	4.3	9.4	15.0	19.9	49.2
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - new listings from 1 June 2011	0.0	-1.2	-1.4	-1.7	-1.9	-6.2
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - new listing from 1 July 2011	-	8.5	10.1	10.1	9.2	37.9
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - amendment to the listing of ciprofloxacin for flood affected areas	0.1	-	-	-	-	0.1
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs - amendments to more cost-effective arrangements	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - improving sustainability through enhanced post-market surveillance	-	0.2	-1.0	-2.1	-4.0	-6.8
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme - price increases to currently listed medicines	0.5	1.9	1.8	1.9	1.9	7.9
Life Saving Drugs Program - funding for Soliris® (eculizumab)	9.9	27.4	30.1	32.9	35.6	135.9
Life Saving Drugs Program - revised arrangements for efficient funding of Fabrazyme®	1.0	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	4.2
National Diabetes Services Scheme - removing inconsistencies in access to needles	-	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.9	3.1
Sub Total	38.2	63.6	59.3	76.3	66.9	304.3
Dental Health
Dental Health - dental internship year	-	14.3	17.2	11.0	10.2	52.6
Dental Health - National Advisory Council	-	0.5	-	-	-	0.5
Sub Total	-	14.7	17.2	11.0	10.2	53.1
Health Protection
Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Program Register	-	3.5	3.7	3.8	4.0	15.0
National Medical Stockpile - strengthening management arrangements	-	4.3	2.4	-	-	6.7
Maintaining seasonal and pandemic influenza surveillance	-	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	4.1
Latent tuberculosis testing - continuation	-	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.8
National Immunisation Program - listing of Menitorix®	0.1	0.2	-	-	-	0.3
National Immunisation Program - Prevenar 13® vaccine - catch up program	0.1	29.9	10.5	0.2	-	40.7
National Immunisation Program - addition of Prevenar 13®	0.1	-0.3	-0.8	-0.8	-0.8	-2.5
Sub Total	0.3	39.0	16.9	4.5	4.4	65.1
Health and Ageing Measures	2010-11 $m	2011-12 $m	2012-13 $m	2013-14 $m	2014-15 $m	Total $m
Hearing Services
Hearing Services Program - improved access to hearing services	-	5.3	11.7	14.1	16.7	47.7
Hearing Services Program - better targeted services	-	6.4	-21.0	-31.8	-75.9	-122.3
Sub Total	-	11.7	-9.3	-17.8	-59.2	-74.6
Other Measures
Primary Health Care - Medicare Locals and after hours care	-	16.7	33.8	-3.2	-2.3	45.1
Primary Care - continuation of incentives to improve access to after-hours care	-	-	-	-	-	-
Primary Care - redirection of the domestic violence referral points project	0.1	-2.6	-3.2	-3.2	-3.3	-12.2
Australian Red Cross Society - additional funding - extension	-	5.1	-	-	-	5.1
Australian National Radiation Dose Register - continuation	-	-	-	-	-	-
Better access initiative for occupational therapists and social workers - continuation	-	-	-	-	-	-
National Health Reform Agreement - change in payment arrangements	80.0	40.0	-120.0	-	-	-
Coordinated diabetes care - pilot	-	-	-	-	-	-
National Health and Hospitals Network - General practice and primary care - coordinated diabetes care - deferral	-	-	-	-	-	-
Council of Australian Governments Diabetes Grants - rationalisation	-	-	-16.2	-16.5	-16.8	-49.5
Health and Ageing Portfolio - administrative efficiencies	-	28.3	-13.5	-29.8	-38.5	-53.5
Sub Total	80.1	87.5	-119.0	-52.7	-60.9	-65.0
OVERALL POSITION	115.8	326.8	174.6	369.8	419.6	1,406.6