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1996-1997

Portfolio Budget Statements 1996-97 Health and Family Services

The 1996-97 Portfolio Budget Statements, informs Senators and Members of Parliament of the proposed allocation of resources to portfolios outcomes and their objectives and targets including the agencies within the Health and Family Services portfolio.

Budget Related Paper 1.8

Contents

Introduction

Portfolio Overview

• Portfolio Mission
• Programme Structure for 1996-97
• Changes to Programme Structure
• Ministerial Responsibilities
• Legislation Administered by the Portfolio
• Programme Summaries: the Year Ahead
• Variations Affecting Most Programmes
• Table of Portfolio Budget Measures
• The Portfolio Outlays, Staffing and Budget Measures tables (Excel 83Kb)

Programme Analysis

• Programme 1: Public Health
  • 1.1: Public Health Development and Programmes
  • 1.2: Health Regulation
  • 1.3: Health Research and Information
  • 1.4: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
• Programme 2: Health Care and Access
  • 2.1: Medicare Benefits and General Practice Development
  • 2.2: Pharmaceutical Benefits
  • 2.3: Acute Care
  • 2.4: Mental Health
• Programme 3: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
• Programme 4: Family and Children's Services
  • 4.1: Children's Services
  • 4.2: Family Services
  • 4.3: Australian Institute of Family Studies
• Programme 5: Aged and Community Care
  • 5.1: Policy and Planning
  • 5.2: Assessment
  • 5.3: Home and Community Care for the Aged and Assistance to Carers
  • 5.4: Quality Assurance and Accountability
• Programme 6: Disability Programmes
  • 6.1: Access and Participation by People with a Disability
  • 6.2: Home and Community Care for People with a Disability
  • 6.3: Rehabilitation
  • 6.4: Australian Government Health Service
  • 6.5: Hearing Services
• Programme 7: Corporate Leadership and Management
  • 7.1: Executive Services
  • 7.2: Corporate Services
  • 7.3: Information Services

The Reconciliation of Expenditure from Appropriations to Expenditure from Programmes 1996-97 (Excel 62Kb)

Glossary of Technical Terms

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Note:

Hard copies of the Portfolio Budget Statements are available on request from:

Mr Lyle Dunne
Assistant Director, Information Development Portfolio Strategies Group
Department of Health and Family Services
GPO Box 9848
Canberra ACT 2601

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