Andrew Southcott (Boothby, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Primary Healthcare) Share this | Link to 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.

Nicola Roxon (Gellibrand, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Health and Ageing) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:

(1) (a) to (b) $1.45 billion has been allocated to the Regionally Tailored Primary Care Initiatives through Medicare Locals Fund (the Medicare Locals Fund) to 2014-15:

(i) $217 million in 2011-12

(ii) $406 million in 2012-13

(iii) $410 million in 2013-14

(iv) $421 million in 2014-15

(2) (a) to (h) The funding that has been consolidated into the Medicare Locals Fund from 1 July 2011 is shown in the table below.

Note: Component figures are those that existed prior to the 2011-12 Budget and are notional from 2012-13 onwards (not indexed). As such, the sum of the component figures may not match the actual totals.