Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Partnership Forums update – September 2019

This September 2019 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Partnership Forums update includes the following updates:

New updates

• Closing the Gap – Coalition of Peaks’ online survey to inform development of the new National Agreement
• Request for Tender – Australian Nurse-Family Partnership Program National Support Service
• Primary Health Care 10 Year Plan
• iSISTAQUIT training program

Routine updates

• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Medical Workforce Plan
• Primary Health Care Reforms
• Practice Incentives Program (PIP) Quality Improvement (QI) Incentive
• Evaluation of the Australian Government’s Investment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care (PHC) under the Indigenous Australians’ Health Programme (IAHP) (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care Systems Evaluation)
• IAHP Primary Health Care Funding Model Update
• Next Iteration of the Implementation Plan for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013–2023
• Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Review Taskforce
• Data Collection and the Health Data Portal (The Portal)
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) review of nKPI and OSR
• Data Quality Assessment and Support Project – Stage 2 complete
• Update on Enhanced Response to the Syphilis Outbreak Affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities in Northern and Central Australia
• Connected Beginnings
• National Advisory Group for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care
• Additional Funding to Support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities through the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Flexible Aged Care (NATSIFAC) Program
• National Prescription Service (NPS) MedicineWise’s Good Medicines Better Health Program