Programs & Initiatives
A list of all Health programs and initiatives.
| Program/Initiative | Health topics | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Australian General Practice Training program Offers postgraduate vocational training placements for medical graduates wanting to pursue a career in general practice in Australia. | |
| 2. | Australian Primary Care Collaboratives Program (APCCP) The Australian Primary Care Collaboratives Program aims to support general practices to improve clinical outcomes, help maintain good health for those with chronic and complex conditions, and improve access to Australian general practice by promoting a culture of quality improvement in primary health care. | |
| 3. | Better Health Care Connections: Models for Short Term, More Intensive Health Care for Aged Care Recipients Program The Better Health Care Connections: Models for Short Term, More Intensive Health Care for Aged Care Recipients Program aims to improve the quality of health care for aged care recipients. | |
| 4. | Better HealthCare Connections: Aged Care Multidisciplinary Care Coordination and Advisory Service Program Better HealthCare Connections: Aged Care Multidisciplinary Care Coordination and Advisory Service Program (the Program) is a new program under the Living Longer Living Better aged care reform package. | |
| 5. | Bonded Medical Places Scheme Offers students a greater chance of entry into medical school by providing funding to universities for more than 600 additional commencing medical places each year. | |
| 6. | Casemix Casemix provides the health care industry with a consistent method of classifying types of patients, their treatment and associated costs. It includes developing and implementing casemix classifications, tools and services. | |
| 7. | Encouraging Better Practice in Aged Care (EBPAC) The EBPAC initiative aims to encourage and support the uptake of evidence-based, person-centred, better practice in Australian Government subsidised aged care services, through a focus on improving staff knowledge and skills and developing supporting resources, to improve outcomes for aged care recipients. | |
| 8. | Enhanced Primary Care Program overview | |
| 9. | General Practice After Hours Program This General Practice After hours Program (GPAH) aims to ensure that as many people as possible have access to quality after hours GP services when they need them. The grants are used to help support the viability of GP services working in the after hours period. | |
| 10. | Immunisation An Australian, State and Territory Government initiative, the Immunise Australia Program aims to increase national immunisation rates. | |
| 11. | Injury Prevention Injury Prevention and Control was endorsed as a National Priority Area by the Australian Health Ministers in 1996 in recognition of the national burden of injury. | |
| 12. | Joint Expert Technical Advisory Committee on Antibiotic Resistance (JETACAR) AHMC JETACAR Taskforce was disbanded in 2002 | |
| 13. | Lifetime Health Cover Lifetime Health Cover is a Government initiative that started on 1 July 2000. It was designed to encourage people to take out hospital insurance earlier in life, and to maintain their cover. | |
| 14. | Maternity services reforms Welcome to the maternity services information page. This page provides information on the Australian Government’s maternity services reforms, in particular the changes to the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for pregnant women, or those planning pregnancy, and for health care professionals. | |
| 15. | Medical Benefits Reviews Task Group The Australian Government announced in the 2009-10 Budget that it would fund the development of a new evidence-based framework for managing the MBS into the future (the MBS Quality Framework) and carry out parallel reviews of Diagnostic Imaging and Pathology. | |
| 16. | Medical Indemnity This section of the site contains information relating to medical indemnity programs. | |
| 17. | Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship Scheme Scholarships for students who agree to practise in rural or remote areas of Australia upon completion of basic medical and postgraduate training. | |
| 18. | National Male and Women's Health The Government has developed National Male and Women's Health Policies, to ensure that specific health needs of both men and women are addressed. | |
| 19. | National Male Health Policy The Government has developed a new National Male Health Policy, the first for Australia. | |
| 20. | National Psychostimulants Initiative The National Psychostimulants Initiative (NPI) aimed to reduce harms and prevent harms associated with psychostimulant use in the Australian community. | |
| 21. | National Rural Health Students' Network Represents Rural Health Clubs, whose members are medical, nursing and allied health students at universities throughout Australia | |
| 22. | National Women's Health Policy The Government’s National Women’s Health Policy 2010 aims to continue to improve the health and wellbeing of all women in Australia, especially those at greatest risk for poor health. | |
| 23. | Needle and Syringe Program The Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) supports increased education, counselling and referral services provided through community based programs; and diversification of NSPs to increase accessibility through pharmacies and other outlets and provide information and training support. | |
| 24. | Non-Directive Pregnancy Counselling The Non-Directive Pregnancy Support Counselling MBS Items and the Pregnancy, Birth and Baby service support women, their partners and families in making informed decisions about pregnancy-related issues. | |
| 25. | Nursing and Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme This program is a component of the Australian Government's health reform agenda. | |
| 26. | Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship and Support Scheme (NAHSSS) The 2009-10 budget will consolidate a number of scholarship programs into one scheme, the Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship Scheme (NAHSSS). | |
| 27. | Overview of the Commonwealth Qualified Privilege Scheme The Commonwealth Qualified Privilege Scheme encourages health professionals to undertake quality assurance activities in connection with the provision of certain health services. | |
| 28. | Overview of the Divisions of General Practice Program The purpose of the Divisions of General Practice Program (the Divisions Program) is to provide services and support to general practice at the local level, through Divisions of General Practice, to achieve health outcomes for the community that would not otherwise be achieved on an individual GP basis. | |
| 29. | Pituitary hormones initiatives This page contains information on the relation between human pituitary hormone treatment and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) as well as Government's initiatives for the control and prevention of CJD. | |
| 30. | Plasma Fractionation Review Australia’s plasma fractionation arrangements were reviewed in 2006, in line with commitments under the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA). The purpose of the review was to provide governments with a solid basis to make an informed decision on future arrangements. Further information about the review can be accessed from this page. | |
| 31. | Prevocational General Practice Placements Program Encourages junior doctors to take up general practice as a career by funding placements in outer metropolitan, regional, rural and remote areas, and other areas of medical service need. | |
| 32. | Rural Clinical Training and Support The Rural Clinical Training and Support (RCTS) program is the amalgamation of the Rural Clinical School and Rural Undergraduate Support and Coordination programs. This program continues to be delivered through the existing Rural Clinical Schools. | |
| 33. | Rural Health Continuing Education Sub-program This sub-progam consolidates funding from a number of other programs into a single program to support medical specialists in rural and remote areas. | |
| 34. | Rural Pharmacy Workforce Program Comprises various initiatives, including undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships and an emergency locum scheme, designed to recruit, train and retain pharmacists in rural and remote areas. | |
| 35. | Rural Women's GP Service Information about the Rural Women's GP Service (RWGPS). | |
| 36. | The personally controlled electronic health (eHealth) record system This page contains information about eHealth and the Australian Government's personally controlled electronic health record system, which was launched on 1 July 2012. To register for an eHealth record visit www.ehealth.gov.au | |
| 37. | University Departments of Rural Health Funding for universities to provide opportunities for students to practise their clinical skills in a rural environment. | |
| 38. | Visiting Optometrists Scheme The Visiting Optometrists Scheme (VOS) supports optometrists to deliver outreach optometric services to remote and very remote locations, and rural communities with an identified need for optometric services. This is achieved by addressing some of the financial disincentives incurred by participating optometrists providing outreach services. | |
| 39. | Welcome Welcome to the Australian Government’s GP Super Clinics Program. | |
| 40. | A Healthy and Active Australia Information on healthy eating, regular physical activity and overweight and obesity to assist all Australians to lead healthy and active lives. | |
| 41. | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarships This page provides information about scholarships that are available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. | |
| 42. | Alcohol Initiatives to minimise the harmful effects of alcohol consumption in Australian society. | |
| 43. | Arthritis Arthritis is an inflammatory condition that affects one or more joints. | |
| 44. | Asthma child and adolescent program Equips schools and pre-schools in the management of asthma and other respiratory conditions. | |
| 45. | Asthma cycle of care Information about what the asthma cycle of care is, who can use it, and how it helps. | |
| 46. | Asthma management program Encourages proactive management and facilitates best practice treatment of asthma. | |
| 47. | Better arthritis and osteoporosis care An initiative to improve prevention of arthritis and osteoporosis, facilitate early detection and improve management and quality of life for people with these conditions. | |
| 48. | Children of Parents with a Mental Illness Promotes better mental health outcomes for children of parents with a mental illness. | |
| 49. | Closing the Gap: Tackling Indigenous Chronic Disease Package The Indigenous Chronic Disease Package aims to achieve a reduction in chronic disease by providing support to the health sector and better access to health care by and for Indigenous Australians. | |
| 50. | Community support program Supports effective community management of asthma and linked respiratory conditions, and access to primary care. | |
| 51. | Ear and Hearing Training initiative for Aboriginal Health Workers This measure involves the development and provision of nationally accredited ear and hearing training to Aboriginal Health Workers that will lead to the expansion of ear and hearing services and improvement of education and employment outcomes for Indigenous Australians. | |
| 52. | Framework convention on tobacco control A World Health Organization treaty to address the health, social, environmental and economic consequences of tobacco consumption worldwide. | |
| 53. | GP and allied health professional asthma and respiratory education program Provides best-practice asthma management education nationally to primary health care practitioners. | |
| 54. | headspace (National Youth Mental Health Foundation) Delivers improvements in the mental health, social wellbeing and economic participation of young Australians aged 12-25. | |
| 55. | KidsMatter A mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention initiative for children. | |
| 56. | Lifescripts Provides general practice with evidence-based tools and skills to help patients address the main lifestyle risk factors for chronic disease (smoking, poor nutrition, alcohol misuse, physical inactivity and unhealthy weight). | |
| 57. | Mental Health Council of Australia The peak national non-government organisation representing and promoting the interests of the Australian mental health sector. | |
| 58. | Mental Health in Multicultural Australia Provides a national focus for advice and support to providers and governments on mental health and suicide prevention for people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. | |
| 59. | Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program Provides a non-MBS incentive payment to organisations which engage mental health nurses to assist in the provision of coordinated clinical care for people with severe mental disorders. | |
| 60. | Mental Health Professionals Network Supports collaboration in Australia's primary mental health sector by fostering local interdisciplinary networks of mental health professionals. | |
| 61. | mindhealthconnect National e-mental health online portal. | |
| 62. | Mindmatters A resource and professional development program to support Australian secondary schools in promoting and protecting the social and emotional wellbeing of members of school communities. | |
| 63. | National Indigenous Health Workforce Training Package The package contributes to mentoring, supporting and encouraging Indigenous doctors, nurses, allied health professionals and Aboriginal health Workers to work in health. It also promotes a national approach to education, training and up-skilling of Aboriginal Health Workers directly aimed at increasing Indigenous health workforce capacity. | |
| 64. | National Youth Mental Health Foundation (headspace) Known as headspace, the foundation delivers improvements in the mental health, social wellbeing and economic participation of young Australians aged 12-25. | |
| 65. | Nursing in General Practice Encourages general practice to employ more practice nurses. | |
| 66. | Osteoporosis Osteoporosis is a disease where bone density and structural quality deteriorate, leading to an increased risk of fracture. | |
| 67. | Prevention of type 2 diabetes program A program to help delay or possibly prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes by targeting the associated risk factors. | |
| 68. | Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme Provides financial assistance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to undertake undergraduate health professional training. | |
| 69. | Regional Cancer Centres Funding to build a national network of high quality treatment centres and encourage flexible models for regional cancer centres that will provide appropriate support and optimal treatment to benefit the maximum number of cancer patients through every stage of their patient journey. | |
| 70. | ResponseAbility Education Provides information to support use of the Response Ability multi-media packages in Australian universities and tertiary colleges, in the fields of education and journalism. | |
| 71. | The Food Regulation System | |
| 72. | Tobacco Policy and programs to improve the health of all Australians by eliminating or reducing their exposure to tobacco in all its forms. | |
| 73. | Mobile Outreach Service Plus The Mobile Outreach Service Plus provides counselling and support for Aboriginal children and their families and communities in remote Northern Territory who are experiencing trauma related to any form of child abuse. | |
| 74. | Round 3 Reporting Templates and Associated Guide 2010-11 Guide to Completing Project Progress Reports for GPAH Round 3 (2010-11) | |
| 75. | The Food Regulation Secretariat – Database Registration | |
| 76. | National Women’s Health Policy: Consultation Submissions Information on Consultation Submissions | |
| 77. | Newsletters of the Food Regulation Secretariat | |
| 78. | Chronic Disease Dental Scheme The Chronic Disease Dental Scheme is now closed. | |
| 79. | Review of Food Labelling Law and Policy (2011) The Review of Food Labelling Law and Policy (the Review), commissioned by the Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council (Ministerial Council) in October 2009 following a request by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG), has now concluded. | |
| 80. | Medical Treatment Overseas Program Financial Assistance to Australian Residents Medical Treatment Overseas The Medical Treatment Overseas (MTO) Program provides financial assistance for Australians with a life-threatening medical condition to receive proven life saving medical treatment overseas where effective treatment is not available in Australia. | |
| 81. | Report of the Maternity Services Review | |
| 82. | Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and General Practitioners through the MBS (Better Access) initiative The Better Access initiative provides better access to mental health practitioners through Medicare. | |
| 83. | Better Oral Health in Residential Care training The Better Oral Health in Residential Care Training project commenced in December 2009 and was rolled out to residential aged care homes nationally. The training aimed to provide an increased awareness of oral hygiene issues for the staff in daily contact with residents. | |
| 84. | Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care The Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care (BOiMHC) program improves community access to quality primary mental health care. | |
| 85. | beyondblue - the National Depression Initiative beyondblue is working with a range of partners including governments, schools and community organisations, as well as people living with depression, to progress the National Depression Initiative. | |
| 86. | Day Therapy Centres Overview Day Therapy Centres offer physiotherapy, occupational and speech therapy, podiatry and other therapy services to older people in a community setting. | |
| 87. | Dental Reform The Government’s $4.1 billion Dental Reform package contains three initiatives: | |
| 88. | Electronic Prescribing and Dispensing of Medicines Electronic prescribing and dispensing of medicines is a key eHealth initiative aimed at improving the delivery and quality of health care and achieving better health outcomes | |
| 89. | Element Three - 2010/11 Annual Report - Indigenous Early Childhood Development National Partnership Agreement This 2010/11 Annual Report (the Report) describes progress on achievements against outputs for Element Three of the National Partnership between 1 July 2010 and 30 June 2011. | |
| 90. | Emergency Triage Education Kit The Emergency Triage Education Kit (ETEK) provides a nationally consistent approach to the educational preparation of emergency clinicians for the triage role, and promotes the consistent application of the Australasian Triage Scale (ATS). | |
| 91. | Expanded Medicare Healthy Kids Check The expanded Medicare Healthy Kids Check will give parents the option of talking to a medical professional about the health and wellbeing of children aged three and a half to five years. | |
| 92. | Getting assistance from an SDAP Panel Member Five step guide for assistance through SDAP | |
| 93. | Grow Up Smiling Grow Up Smiling (GUS) will commence on 1 January 2014 and will provide benefits for basic dental services to around 3.4 million children aged 2-17 years. | |
| 94. | Guidelines for Applicants Guidelines for Applicants - Financial Assistance to Australian Residents Requiring Medical Treatment Overseas. These guidelines are intended for distribution to prospective applicants and their medical advisers. | |
| 95. | Guidelines for Participating Optometrists These guidelines should be read prior to completing the Application Form Provision of Outreach Optometric Services under the Visiting Optometrists Scheme (VOS) July 2011. | |
| 96. | Health and Hospitals Fund - Round One 2010 The following table lists projects funded under Round One of the Health and Hospitals Fund. | |
| 97. | Healthcare Identifiers and Privacy - Submissions This page contains submissions received from the public consultation on legislative proposals for Healthcare Identifiers and Privacy. | |
| 98. | Improving safety at 'hotspots' A suicide hotspot is a specific site which is frequently used as a location for suicide and which provides either the means or an opportunity for suicide. | |
| 99. | Increased Clinial Training Capacity (ICTC) program The ICTC Program will provide approximately 7,500 additional student placements during 2010 and 2011 and include training in chiropractic, dentistry, medicine, nursing and midwifery, optometry, osteopathy, pharmacy, physiotherapy, podiatry and psychology. | |
| 100. | John Flynn Placement Program Covers costs, for medical students, of short-term placements in rural areas. | |
| 101. | Maternity Services Advisory Group The Maternity Services Advisory Group (the Advisory Group) provides advice to the Department in relation to maternity services reform. | |
| 102. | Maternity Services Review - Overview Welcome to the Maternity Services Review page. | |
| 103. | Medicare Teen Dental Plan The Medicare Teen Dental Plan provides financial assistance to families to help keep their teenagers’ teeth in good health and encourage them to continue to look after their teeth once they become independent. The program commenced on 1 July 2008. | |
| 104. | Mental health first aid training for front line community workers Mental health first aid training for front line community workers is part of the 2010 election commitment 'Taking action to tackle suicide'. | |
| 105. | Mental Health Services in Rural and Remote Areas The Mental Health Services in Rural and Remote Areas (MHSRRA) program provides rural and remote areas with more allied and nursing mental health services. | |
| 106. | Mindframe National Media Initiative The Mindframe National Media Initiative encourages responsible, accurate and sensitive media representation of mental illness and suicide, and advocates on behalf of community concerns relating to media depictions that stigmatise mental illness or promote self-harm. | |
| 107. | Multicultural mental health The Department of Health and Ageing is committed to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) mental health consumers, their families and carers. Most Australians will be directly or indirectly touched by the impact of mental illness at some point in their lives and for people of culturally diverse backgrounds this can involve many extra challenges. | |
| 108. | National Eating Disorders Collaboration The National Eating Disorders Collaboration brings together eating disorder stakeholders and experts in mental health, public health, health promotion, education, and research, as well as the media to help develop a nationally consistent approach to the prevention and management of eating disorders. | |
| 109. | National Epidermolysis Bullosa Dressing Scheme Summary for National Epidermolysis Bullosa Dressing Scheme | |
| 110. | National External Breast Prostheses Reimbursement Program Information on the Program and how to claim a reimbursement. | |
| 111. | National Indigenous Cadetship Program This page provides information about the National Indigenous Cadetship Program (NICP), which provides assistance and work placement opportunities to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students. | |
| 112. | National Mental Health Service Planning Framework (NMHSPF) The National Mental Health Service Planning Framework project aims to achieve a population based planning model for mental health that will better identify service demand and care packages across the sector in both inpatient and community environments. | |
| 113. | National mental health strategy The National mental health strategy is a commitment by Australian governments to improve the lives of people with a mental illness. | |
| 114. | National Outcomes and Casemix Collection The National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) will enable the further development of outcomes and casemix concepts in mental health. | |
| 115. | National Perinatal Depression Initiative The National Perinatal Depression Initiative aims to improve prevention and early detection of antenatal and postnatal depression and provide better support and treatment for expectant and new mothers experiencing depression. This initiative benefits women who are at risk of or experiencing depression during pregnancy or in the first year following childbirth. | |
| 116. | National Priority Locations The national priority locations have been determined by the Department of Health and Ageing in consultation with relevant stakeholders, including Optometrists Association Australia, Vision 2020 and the relevant State and Northern Territory governments. | |
| 117. | National Rural and Remote Health Infrastructure Program This page provides information on The National Rural and Remote Health Infrastructure Program (NRRHIP) | |
| 118. | National Women's Health Policy The Government’s National Women’s Health Policy 2010 aims to continue to improve the health and wellbeing of all women in Australia, especially those at greatest risk for poor health. | |
| 119. | Non Government Organisation Treatment Grants Program The Non Government Organisation Treatment Grants Program (NGOTGP) is an ongoing initiative that funds alcohol and drug treatment services to provide treatment and support to individuals, their families, and communities affected by substance misuse. | |
| 120. | Oral Health Therapist Graduate Year Measure The voluntary oral health therapist (OHT) graduate year measure is a 2012-13 Budget measure that will support graduate OHT placements. The Program will support 50 voluntary OHT graduate placements each year from 2014. The objective of the voluntary OHT graduate year is to provide a structured transition to practice and professional development opportunities for OHTs, whilst increasing dental workforce and service delivery capacity, particularly in the public sector. | |
| 121. | Partners in Recovery: coordinated support and flexible funding for people with severe and persistent mental illness with complex needs (PIR initiative) The PIR initiative is a new and innovative program that aims to facilitate better coordination of and more streamlined access to the clinical and other services and supports needed by people in the target group who require a response from multiple agencies. | |
| 122. | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) Growth Hormone Program This page contains downloadable PDF files of program guidelines, application forms and checklists for the Growth Hormone Program: | |
| 123. | Pituitary Hormone Initiatives This page contains information on the relation between human pituitary hormone treatment and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) as well as Government's initiatives for the control and prevention of CJD. | |
| 124. | Primary Health Strategy The Hon. Nicola Roxon MP, Minister for Health and Ageing, announced on 11 June 2008 that the Rudd Government will develop a National Primary Health Care Strategy to better tackle the health challenges of the 21st century, and make sure that families can get the health care they need. | |
| 125. | Program of Assistance for Survivors of Torture and Trauma The Program of Assistance for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (PASTT) provides specialised support services to people permanently resettled in Australia who are experiencing psychological or psychosocial difficulties associated with surviving torture and trauma before coming to Australia. | |
| 126. | Quality Assurance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medical Services (QAAMS) Pathology program | |
| 127. | Remote Vocational Training Scheme Provides distance education and supervision for medical practitioners without postgraduate qualifications in remote communities. | |
| 128. | Remuneration and claims system for approved pharmacists and approved hospital authorities supplying under the Remote Aboriginal Health Program under section 100 of the National Health Act 1953 (the Act): The Australian Government reimburses pharmacies and hospital authorities under the s100 Remote Program for pharmaceutical benefits supplied by approved health services. | |
| 129. | Review of the National Rural Locum Program - Final Report | |
| 130. | Revised legislative proposals for Healthcare Identifiers - Submissions This page contains submissions received from the public consultation on the revised legislative proposals for healthcare identifiers, including the release of an exposure draft of the Healthcare Identifiers Bill 2010. | |
| 131. | Rural Australia Medical Undergraduate Scholarship Scholarships to assist students from rural and remote areas with accommodation, living and travel costs incurred while studying medicine. | |
| 132. | Rural Pharmacy Scholarship Scheme Scholarships to assist students from rural and remote areas to undertake undergraduate or graduate studies in pharmacy at university. | |
| 133. | Rural Pharmacy Scholarship Scheme (RPSS) Scholarships to assist students from rural and remote areas to undertake undergraduate or graduate studies in pharmacy at university. | |
| 134. | Rural Primary Health Services Program The Rural Primary Health Services (RPHS) program aim to improve access to a range of primary and allied health care services and activities for rural and remote communities. The RPHS program gives community-based primary health care services greater flexibility in the range of services they can offer, including health promotion and preventative health activities. | |
| 135. | Service Development Assistance Panel - FAQ List of FAQs for the Service Development Assistance Panel - SDAP | |
| 136. | Service Development Assistance Panel (SDAP) - Information and Forms The Remote & Indigenous Support Section provides assistance, input and support for the SDAP | |
| 137. | Service Development Assistance Panel Program Glossary SDAP panel glossary | |
| 138. | Specialist Training Program (STP) The Specialist Training Program provides support to enable medical specialist trainees to rotate through an expanded range of settings beyond traditional public teaching hospitals. | |
| 139. | Taking Action to Tackle Suicide package Suicide devastates families and communities. The Department of Health and Ageing is working with communities and stakeholder organisations to raise awareness of suicide risk, to help those at risk of taking their own lives and to assist those bereaved by suicide. | |
| 140. | Teleweb Teleweb (the Telephone Counselling, Self Help and Web-based Support Programmes measure) supports the provision of telephone and online mental health programs for individuals with common mental health disorders and those in psychosocial crisis. | |
| 141. | The Australian Government's National Palliative Care Program The National Palliative Care Program aims to improve access to and quality of palliative care. | |
| 142. | The Evaluation of the Improving Maternity Services Budget Package 2009-10 This page provides information on the independent evaluation of the Improving Maternity Services Budget Package 2009-10 currently being conducted by Healthcare Management Advisors. | |
| 143. | The Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development (PHCRED) Strategy The Strategy builds and communicates an evidence base to support decision making around primary health care, focussed on the priority areas of the National Primary Health Care Strategy. | |
| 144. | Support for Day to Day Living in the Community The Support for Day to Day Living in the Community (D2DL): A Structured Activity Program provides funding to improve the quality of life for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness by offering structured and socially based activities. The initiative recognises that meaningful activity and social connectedness are important factors that can contribute to people's recovery. | |
| 145. | Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) ATAPS enables GPs to refer consumers to ATAPS mental health professionals who deliver focussed psychological strategies services. | |
| 146. | GP Psych Support GP Psych Support provides GPs with patient management advice from psychiatrists within 24 hours. | |
| 147. | Substance Misuse Service Delivery Grants Fund The Substance Misuse Service Delivery Grants Fund provides a flexible funding pool for services that treat substance misuse, including programs that target Indigenous Australians. |
