Stirling Griff (SA, Nick Xenophon Team) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Nash, representing the Minister for Health and Ageing. Between 2004 and 2015, government invested around $60 million in the Australian Primary Care Collaborative's program. This program developed quality indicators for many national health priorities, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease. These indicators are now available in many practice software systems including MedicalDirector. My question is: why has the government failed to include indicators from the APCC in the primary health network performance framework given the need for nationally consistent qualitative measurement?