Action description:
Budget 2023-2024 re-iterated 2021-22 Budget commitment to establish First Nations aged care assessment organisations as part of the new single assessment workforce, to simplify and provide access aged care.
Priority reform:
Priority Reform Two
Outcome:
Outcome 01
Status:
Existing
Is this Indigenous specific?:
Yes
Indicators:
Rates of accessing/utilisation of health services (General Practitioner (GP) visits/ health assessments (Medicare Benefit 715), chronic disease care items (Team Care arrangement and GP Management Plan))
Responsible Ministers:
Minister for Aged Care
Resourcing:
$4.2 million.
Delivery timeframe:
Completion due by July 2025.
Agency:
Department of Health and Aged Care