Action description:
The Department of Health and Aged Care will conduct a department-wide audit of programs to identify funding and services delivering health care for First Nations people currently provided by non-Indigenous organisations, which could be better delivered by First Nations led organisations.
Priority reform:
Priority Reform One
Priority Reform Two
Priority Reform Three
Outcome:
Outcome 01
Outcome 02
Outcome 08
Outcome 14
Status:
New
Is this Indigenous specific?:
Yes
Indicators:
Number of Aboriginal Community Controlled organisations (ACCOs) contracted by governments across the Closing the Gap socio-economic outcome areas of the Agreement (PR2), Government mainstream institutions and agencies reporting actions to implement the transformation elements (PR3)
Responsible Ministers:
Minister for Health and Aged Care
Resourcing:
Costs of review are to be absorbed within existing resources.
Delivery timeframe:
Minister Butler publicly committed to the audit at the NACCHO Annual Conference in October 2022. An initial review will commence in 2022-23 and inform a multi-year transition program to 2026-27.
Agency:
Department of Health and Aged Care