Andrew Southcott (Boothby, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Primary Healthcare) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 15 September 2011:

(1) What funding has been allocated to (a) the Medicare Locals Fund, and (b) Regionally Tailored Primary Health Care Initiatives, in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13, (iii) 2013-14, and (iv) 2014-15.

(2) In the same period, what funding has or will be redirected to the Medicare Locals Fund from (a) the General Practice After Hours Program, (b) Improve Access to After-hours Care (funding to Medicare Locals to ensure availability of face-to-face after hours services), (c) Medicare Plus Better Aged Care Residents (Aged Care Access Initiative)—Allied Health Component, (d) Primary Health Care Organisations—Medicare Locals, (e) Primary Health Care Organisation Support—Improving Access to General Practice and Primary Health Care Services for Older Australians, (f) the Workforce Support for Rural GPs Program, (g) the Rural Primary Health Services Program, and (h) the Rural GP Locum Program.

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