Programs & Initiatives
A list of all Health programs and initiatives.
| Program/Initiative | Health topics | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Aged Care Access Initiative Information on the Aged Care Access Initiative that commenced on 1 July 2008, replaces the Aged Care GP Panels Initiative. | |
| 2. | Australian Health Care Agreements The Australian Health Care Agreements are bilateral five-year agreements between the Australian Government and each state and territory. They are vehicles for the Government to provide significant funding to assist the states and territories to provide free public hospital services to the Australian community. | |
| 3. | Australian Primary Care Collaboratives Program (APCCP) The aims of the Australian Primary Care Collaboratives Program are to improve clinical health outcomes, reduce lifestyle risk factors, maintain health for chronic and complex conditions and improve access to Australian general practice. | |
| 4. | Casemix Casemix provides the health care industry with a consistent method of classifying types of patients, their treatment and associated costs. It includes developing and implementing casemix classifications, tools and services. | |
| 5. | Continence Incontinence is the involuntary loss of urine or faeces at an inappropriate time or place (the International Continence Society (ICS), 2005). | |
| 6. | Enhanced Primary Care Program overview | |
| 7. | Food Regulation System The system is based upon a strengthening of the partnership between government, consumers and industry, increased Ministerial direction on policy and a continued close relationship between Australia and New Zealand in the development of joint food standards. | |
| 8. | General Practice After Hours Program This section of the website contains information on Australian Government competitive grant funding for after hours GP services under the General Practice After Hours (GPAH) Program. | |
| 9. | Hepatitis C in Australia Information about hepatitis C; populations most at risk of hepatitis C in Australia; and Australia's response to the hepatitis C epidemic. | |
| 10. | Illicit drugs The department provides funding for a range of programs addressing the use of illicit drugs. | |
| 11. | Immunisation An Australian, State and Territory Government initiative, the Immunise Australia Program aims to increase national immunisation rates. | |
| 12. | Immunisation An Australian, State and Territory Government initiative, the Immunise Australia Program aims to increase national immunisation rates. | |
| 13. | Injury Prevention Injury Prevention and Control was endorsed as a National Priority Area by the Australian Health Ministers in 1986 in recognition of the national burden of injury. | |
| 14. | Joint Expert Technical Advisory Committee on Antibiotic Resistance (JETACAR) AHMC JETACAR Taskforce was disbanded in 2002 | |
| 15. | Lifetime Health Cover Lifetime Health Cover is a Government initiative that started on 1 July 2000. It was designed to encourage people to take out hospital insurance earlier in life, and to maintain their cover. | |
| 16. | Medical Benefits Reviews Task Group The Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) is the cornerstone of the Australian health care system as it facilitates universal access to allied health, general practice and specialist medical services. The Australian Government announced in the 2009-10 Budget that it would provide $9.3 million over two years to develop and implement a new evidence-based framework for managing the MBS into the future – the MBS Quality Framework. | |
| 17. | Medical Indemnity This section of the site contains information relating to medical indemnity programs. | |
| 18. | More Allied Health Services (MAHS) Program The aim of the More Allied Health Services (MAHS) Program is to improve the health of people living in rural areas through allied health care, with linkages between allied health care and general practice. | |
| 19. | National Male and Women's Health The Government has committed to developing National Male and Women's Health Policies, to ensure that specific health needs of both men and women are addressed. | |
| 20. | National Male Health Policy The Government has developed a new National Male Health Policy, the first for Australia. | |
| 21. | National Psychostimulants Initiative The National Psychostimulants Initiative (NPI) aims to reduce harms and prevent harms associated with psychostimulant use in the Australian community. | |
| 22. | National Women's Health Policy The Government is developing a National Women’s Health Policy. The Policy will focus on encouraging specific health services for women and actively promoting participation of women in health decision making and management. | |
| 23. | Non-Directive Pregnancy Counselling The Non-Directive Pregnancy Support Counselling MBS Items and the Pregnancy, Birth & Baby Helpline support women, their partners and families in making informed decisions about pregnancy-related issues. | |
| 24. | Organ and Tissue Donation This section of the website provides an overview of the information on organ and tissue donation and links to further information. | |
| 25. | Overview of the Commonwealth Qualified Privilege Scheme The Commonwealth Qualified Privilege Scheme encourages health professionals to undertake quality assurance activities in connection with the provision of certain health services. | |
| 26. | Overview of the Divisions of General Practice Program The purpose of the Divisions of General Practice Program (the Divisions Program) is to provide services and support to general practice at the local level, through Divisions of General Practice, to achieve health outcomes for the community that would not otherwise be achieved on an individual GP basis. | |
| 27. | Overview of the PHERP PHERP is an Australian Government initiative that aims to strengthen national capacity to educate and train Australia's public health workforce, so that it is well-prepared and responsive in the protection, improvement and promotion of Australia's health. | |
| 28. | Plasma Fractionation Review Australia’s plasma fractionation arrangements were reviewed in 2006, in line with commitments under the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA). The purpose of the review was to provide governments with a solid basis to make an informed decision on future arrangements. Further information about the review can be accessed from this page. | |
| 29. | Quarantine and Travel Health information The objective of human quarantine activities is to prevent the introduction into Australia of potentially fatal communicable human diseases. Those diseases which are currently subject to quarantine controls are cholera, plague, rabies, yellow fever and viral haemorrhagic fevers. | |
| 30. | Review of Funding for Diagnostic Imaging Services - Submissions A list of submissions received for the review of funding for diagnostic imaging services in response to the January 2010 discussion paper. | |
| 31. | Review of Funding of Diagnostic Imaging The Government has requested a detailed review of funding arrangements for diagnostic imaging, to ensure that the Government is paying the right amount in the right way to support access for patients to quality diagnostic imaging services. | |
| 32. | Review of Funding of Pathology - Submissions A list of submissions received for the review of funding of pathology services. | |
| 33. | Review of Funding of Pathology Services The Government has requested a detailed review of funding arrangements for pathology, to ensure that the Government is paying the right amount to support access for patients to quality pathology services. | |
| 34. | Round the Clock Medicare: Investing in After Hours GP Services Program This section of the website contains information on the Australian Governement's new General Practice After Hours and the former Round the Clock Medicare: Investing in After Hours GP Services Programs. | |
| 35. | Rural Women's GP Service Information about the Rural Women's GP Service (RWGPS). | |
| 36. | Sport Information on the development of a stronger and internationally competitive Australian sports sector and encouragement of greater participation in sport by all Australians. | |
| 37. | The Aged Care GP Panels Initiative The purpose of the Aged Care GP Panels Initiative is to ensure better access to primary medical care for residents of aged care homes and to enable general practitioners (GPs) and allied health service providers to work with residential aged care facilities (RACFs) on quality improvement strategies for the care of all residents. | |
| 38. | The Australian Government Hearing Services Program This page provides information about the Office of Hearing Services and its function in running The Australian Government Hearing Services Program. | |
| 39. | Tobacco The National Tobacco Strategy aims to improve the health of all Australians by eliminating or reducing their exposure to tobacco in all its forms. | |
| 40. | Visiting Optometrists Scheme The Visiting Optometrists Scheme (VOS) aims to improve the access of people living and working in remote and very remote communities to optometric services. | |
| 41. | Programs Australian Government programs supporting individuals in the Aged Care Workforce | |
| 42. | GP Super Clinics Welcome to the Australian Government’s GP Super Clinics Program. | |
| 43. | National Women’s Health Policy: Consultation Submissions Information on Consultation Submissions | |
| 44. | Dental services under Medicare Medicare dental items (Medicare items 85011-87777) are available for people with chronic conditions and complex care needs, on referral from a GP. Eligible patients can access up to $4,250 in Medicare benefits for dental services over two consecutive calendar years. | |
| 45. | Needle and Syringe Program The Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) supports increased education, counselling and referral services provided through community based programs; and diversification of NSPs to increase accessibility through pharmacies and other outlets and provide information and training support. | |
| 46. | Round 1 Reporting Templates and Associated Guide - 2008-09 Guide to Completing Project Progress Reports for GPAH Round 1 (2008-09) | |
| 47. | Elective Surgery Waiting List Reduction Plan Welcome to the Department of Health and Ageing's Elective Surgery Waiting List Reduction Plan information site. | |
| 48. | Sharing Health Care Initiative (SHCI) Over the next four years the Sharing Health Care Initiative will expand the range and reach of quality evidence-based chronic disease interventions to support self-management in Australia. | |
| 49. | Review of Food Labelling Law and Policy The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) and the Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council (Ministerial Council) have agreed to undertake a comprehensive review of food labelling law and policy. | |
| 50. | Overview of the Commonwealth Indigenous Chronic Disease Package This page contains an overview of the Commonwealth Indigenous Chronic Disease Package. | |
| 51. | Report of the Maternity Services Review | |
| 52. | 2007-08 Election Commitment The first 36 sites | |
| 53. | 2010-11 Budget Announcement Around 23 new GP Super Clinics and around 425 Primary Care Infrastructure Grants | |
| 54. | A Healthy and Active Australia Information on healthy eating, regular physical activity and overweight and obesity to assist all Australians to lead healthy and active lives. | |
| 55. | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacy Scholarship Scheme Offers scholarships to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to undertake university studies in pharmacy. | |
| 56. | Access to Allied Psychological Services Enables GPs under the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care (BOiMHC) program to refer consumers to allied health professionals who deliver focused psychological strategies. | |
| 57. | Additional Education Places, Scholarships and Clinical Training in Mental Health Provides scholarships and additional tertiary places in mental health nursing and clinical psychology. | |
| 58. | Advanced Specialist Training Posts in Rural Areas Funding for accredited advanced specialist training posts in rural and regional areas. | |
| 59. | Aged Care GP Panels Initiative - Information for GPs and Allied Health Providers on how to get involved Describes the role of GPs and allied Health Providers under the Panels Initiative and how they can get involved | |
| 60. | Aged Care GP Panels Initiative - Information for Residential Aged care Facilities on how to get involved Describes the role of residential aged care facilities under the Panels Initiative and how they can get involved | |
| 61. | Asthma Information about what asthma is and how you can control it. | |
| 62. | Australian General Practice Training program Offers postgraduate vocational training placements for medical graduates wanting to pursue a career in general practice in Australia. | |
| 63. | Better access to psychiatrists, psychologists and general practitioners through the MBS (Better Access) initiative Provides Medicare rebates and training to increase community access to mental health professionals and team-based mental health care. | |
| 64. | Better Oral Health in Residential Care training The Better Oral Health in Residential Care training project will be rolled out nationally to all residential aged care facilities in 2010. The project aims to provide an increased awareness of oral hygiene issues for the staff in daily contact with residents. | |
| 65. | Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Improves community access to quality primary mental health services by providing better education and training for general practitioners and more support for them from allied health professionals and psychiatrists. | |
| 66. | beyondblue - the National Depression Initiative Provides national leadership to increase community awareness, prevention and early intervention of depression and related illnesses. | |
| 67. | Biographical information about members of the National Primary Health Care Strategy External Reference Group This section of the site provides information about members of the National Primary Health Care Strategy External Reference Group. | |
| 68. | Bonded Medical Places Scheme Offers students a greater chance of entry into medical school by providing funding to universities for more than 600 additional commencing medical places each year. | |
| 69. | Bringing Nurses Back into the Workforce Provides cash bonuses to eligible nurses 6 months and 18 months after returning to work in a public or private hospital or residential aged care facility. | |
| 70. | Cancer Cancer statistics, control, programs and publications. | |
| 71. | Cardiovascular disease The term cardiovascular disease (CVD) refers to diseases of the heart and blood vessels. It is the leading cause of death in Australia. | |
| 72. | Children of Parents with a Mental Illness Promotes better mental health outcomes for children of parents with a mental illness. | |
| 73. | Contact details regarding the National Primary Health Care Strategy. This section of the site provides contact details for further information regarding the National Primary Health Care Strategy. | |
| 74. | Day Therapy Centres Overview Day Therapy Centres offer physiotherapy, occupational and speech therapy, podiatry and other therapy services to older people in a community setting. | |
| 75. | Diabetes Diabetes mellitus was endorsed as a National Health Priority Area in 1996 in recognition of the high prevalence of the disease in Australia, its impact on morbidity and mortality, and its potential for health improvements through prevention and treatment programs. | |
| 76. | Dose Administration Aids Program The Dose Administration Aids (DAA) Program is a component of the Better Community Health Initiative established under Part 5 of the Fourth Community Pharmacy Agreement. The aim of the DAA Program is to provide an opportunity for prolonging the ability of patients to remain living effectively and confidently within their own homes, through the provision of a DAA service from their community pharmacy. | |
| 77. | Electronic Prescribing and Dispensing of Medicines Electronic prescribing and dispensing of medicines is a key eHealth initiative aimed at improving the delivery and quality of health care and achieving better health outcomes | |
| 78. | Emergency Triage Education Kit The Emergency Triage Education Kit (ETEK) provides a nationally consistent approach to the educational preparation of emergency clinicians for the triage role, and promotes the consistent application of the Australasian Triage Scale (ATS). | |
| 79. | Encouraging Best Practice in Residential Aged Care Program The Encouraging Best Practice in Residential Care (EBPRAC) program aims to improve the level of clinical care for residents in aged care homes. EBPRAC supports the uptake of existing evidence-based guidelines by funding organisations to translate the best available evidence into effective approaches for staff to use in their everyday practice. While there are a number of existing evidence-based guidelines to assist aged care staff in providing appropriate care for residents, it is recognised that there is a need to establish strategies to translate the evidence into everyday practice. | |
| 80. | Environmental Health Environmental health involves those aspects of public health concerned with the factors, circumstances, and conditions in the environment or surroundings of humans that can exert an influence on health and well-being. | |
| 81. | Expanded Specialist Training Program Supports medical specialist training opportunities in a broad range of settings to augment the training received in traditional teaching hospitals. | |
| 82. | Financial Assistance to Australian Residents Requiring Medical Treatment Overseas Guidelines for Applicants September 2007 | |
| 83. | Funding for Telephone Counselling, Self Help and Web-based Support Programs Provides increased funding to non-government organisations for telephone and web based services, and expanded and enhanced on-line interactive tools. | |
| 84. | GP Super Clinics National Program Guide 2008 | |
| 85. | Guidelines for Participating Optometrists These Guidelines should be read in conjunction with the Visiting Optometrists Scheme Policy Framework, October 2009 | |
| 86. | headspace (National Youth Mental Health Foundation) Delivers improvements in the mental health, social wellbeing and economic participation of young Australians aged 12-25. | |
| 87. | Healthcare Identifiers and Privacy - Submissions This page contains submissions received from the public consultation on legislative proposals for Healthcare Identifiers and Privacy. | |
| 88. | History of key MBS primary care initiatives 1999-2009 A significant number of Medicare initiatives have been introduced over the last ten years aimed at increasing support for the range of options available to GPs for the provision of quality comprehensive primary care to Australians. | |
| 89. | HIV AIDS The national response to HIV/AIDS is coordinated through a number of national initiatives. Find information about the current initiatives, research, committees and support activities in the following pages. | |
| 90. | Indemnity insurance - protection for midwives Fact Sheet More choice for women - Indemnity insurance for midwives | |
| 91. | Information for women and their families Fact Sheet More choice for women - more information about maternity | |
| 92. | John Flynn Placement Program Covers costs, for medical students, of short-term placements in rural areas. | |
| 93. | KidsMatter A mental health promotion, prevention and early intervention initiative for primary school students. | |
| 94. | Lifestyle Prescriptions Lifestyle Prescriptions are a tool for GPs to use when providing healthy lifestyle advice to patients. | |
| 95. | Maternity Reform Legislation Fact Sheet New legislative arrangements for midwives and nurse practitioners. | |
| 96. | Maternity Services Advisory Group The Maternity Services Advisory Group (the Advisory Group) provides advice to the Department in relation to maternity services reform. | |
| 97. | Maternity Services Reform - Overview The Australian Government is strongly committed to improving maternity services and it understands the importance to women of having a range of birthing options available. | |
| 98. | Maternity services skills boosted for regional Australia Fact Sheet More choice for women - Regional maternity workforce boost | |
| 99. | Media Release regarding the National Primary Health Care Strategy This section of the site provides links to media releases regarding the National Primary Health Care Strategy. | |
| 100. | Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship Scheme Scholarships for students who agree to practise in rural or remote areas of Australia upon completion of basic medical and postgraduate training. | |
| 101. | Medical Treatment Overseas Program The Medical Treatment Overseas (MTO) Program provides financial assistance for Australians with a life-threatening medical condition to receive proven life saving medical treatment overseas where effective treatment is not available in Australia. | |
| 102. | Medicare support for midwives Fact Sheet MBS and PBS access | |
| 103. | Medicare Teen Dental Plan The Medicare Teen Dental Plan provides financial assistance to families to encourage teenagers to care for their teeth by having annual check-ups and to maintain good oral health habits once they leave home. The program commenced on 1 July 2008. | |
| 104. | Mental Health Council of Australia The peak national non-government organisation representing and promoting the interests of the Australian mental health sector. | |
| 105. | Mental Health in Tertiary Curricula Improves training programs for health professionals by expanding the mental health components of undergraduate health training. | |
| 106. | Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program Provides a non-MBS incentive payment to organisations which engage mental health nurses to assist in the provision of coordinated clinical care for people with severe mental disorders. | |
| 107. | Mental Health Services in Rural and Remote Areas Provides allied and nursing mental health services in rural and remote communities throughout Australia. | |
| 108. | Mental Health Support for Drought Affected Communities Builds the capacity of rural and remote drought affected communities to respond to the psychological impact of drought through community outreach and crisis counselling, and awareness and education. | |
| 109. | Mindframe National Media Initiative Provides information about suicide and mental illness and the portrayal of these issues in the news media and on stage and screen in Australia. | |
| 110. | Mindmatters A resource and professional development program to support Australian secondary schools in promoting and protecting the social and emotional wellbeing of members of school communities. | |
| 111. | More Allied Health Services Program Review 2007 Executive Summary In June 2007, The Department of Health and Ageing commissioned a review of the More Allied Health Services (MAHS) | |
| 112. | Multicultural Mental Health Australia Provides national leadership in building awareness of mental health and suicide prevention amongst Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. | |
| 113. | Multidisciplinary Case Conference Medicare Items for GPs This fact sheet must be read in conjunction with the item descriptors and explanatory notes for items 735-758 (as set out in the Medicare Benefits Schedule). | |
| 114. | National Eating Disorders Collaboration Brings together eating disorder experts to help develop a consistent approach to the prevention and treatment of eating disorders. | |
| 115. | National Epidermolysis Bullosa Dressing Scheme Summary for National Epidermolysis Bullosa Dressing Scheme | |
| 116. | National External Breast Prostheses Reimbursement Program Information on the Program and how to claim a reimbursement. | |
| 117. | National Mental Health Seclusion and Restraint Project A project to reduce and, where possible, eliminate seclusion and restraint in public mental health services. | |
| 118. | National Mental Health Strategy A commitment by the Australian, state and territory governments to improve the lives of people with a mental illness. | |
| 119. | National Perinatal Depression Initiative An initiative to improve prevention and early detection of antenatal and postnatal depression and provide better support and treatment for expectant and new mothers experiencing depression. | |
| 120. | National Primary Health Care Strategy - External Reference Group - Terms of Reference This section of the site provides more detailed information about the National Primary Health Care Strategy External Reference Group. | |
| 121. | National Primary Health Care Strategy - Questions and Answers This section of the site provides answers to frequently asked questions regarding the development of the National Primary Health Care Strategy. | |
| 122. | National Priority Locations The national priority locations have been determined by the Department of Health and Ageing in consultation with relevant stakeholders, including Optometrists Association Australia, Vision 2020 and the relevant State and Northern Territory governments. | |
| 123. | National Rural and Remote Health Infrastructure Program The National Rural and Remote Health Infrastructure Program (NRRHIP) aims to improve access to health services by providing funding to rural and remote communities where the lack of infrastructure is a barrier to the establishment of new, or the enhancement of existing health services. | |
| 124. | National Rural Health Students' Network Represents Rural Health Clubs, whose members are medical, nursing and allied health students at universities throughout Australia | |
| 125. | National Suicide Prevention Strategy Promotes suicide prevention activities across the Australian population, as well as for specific at-risk groups. | |
| 126. | National Youth Mental Health Foundation (headspace) Known as headspace, the foundation delivers improvements in the mental health, social wellbeing and economic participation of young Australians aged 12-25. | |
| 127. | New Early Intervention Services for Parents, Children and Young People Supports early intervention for children and young people who are at highest risk of developing mental health problems, or who are showing early behavioural signs or symptoms of mental health problems. | |
| 128. | Nurse Practitioner Scholarship Scheme Scholarships to assist registered nurses to upgrade their skills to nurse practitioners. | |
| 129. | Nurse Scholarship Program Offers incentives to individuals wishing to pursue or build on a career in rural or remote area nursing and to nurses wishing to re-enter the nursing workforce anywhere in Australia. | |
| 130. | Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship and Support Scheme (NAHSSS) The 2009-10 budget will consolidate a number of scholarship programs into one scheme, the Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship Scheme (NAHSSS). | |
| 131. | Nursing in General Practice Encourages general practice to employ more practice nurses. | |
| 132. | Outer Metropolitan Specialist Trainee Program Gives specialist trainees the opportunity to complement their public teaching hospital training with experience in a private specialist setting. | |
| 133. | Outreach services – to rural and remote communities Fact Sheet More choice for women - outreach to communities | |
| 134. | Petrol Sniffing Prevention Program This web page has been designed to provide up to date information about the Australian Government’s Petrol Sniffing Prevention Program (PSPP). | |
| 135. | Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) Growth Hormone Program This page contains the following downloadable PDF documents: | |
| 136. | Pituitary Hormone Initiatives This page contains information on the relation between human pituitary hormone treatment and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) as well as Government's initiatives for the control and prevention of CJD. | |
| 137. | Policy Framework This Policy Framework should be read in conjunction with the Visiting Optometrists Guidelines for Participating Optometrists, October 2009 | |
| 138. | Prevocational General Practice Placements Program Encourages junior doctors to take up general practice as a career by funding placements in outer metropolitan, regional, rural and remote areas, and other areas of medical service need. | |
| 139. | Primary Health Strategy The Hon. Nicola Roxon MP, Minister for Health and Ageing, announced on 11 June 2008 that the Rudd Government will develop a National Primary Health Care Strategy to better tackle the health challenges of the 21st century, and make sure that families can get the health care they need. | |
| 140. | Program of Assistance for the Survivors of Torture and Trauma Promotes the health and wellbeing of people who have experienced torture and trauma prior to their arrival in Australia. | |
| 141. | Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme Provides financial assistance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to undertake undergraduate health professional training. | |
| 142. | Quality Assurance for Aboriginal Medical Services (QAAMS) The QAAMS program uses Point of Care Testing (PoCT) technology to conduct pathology tests on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with diabetes. | |
| 143. | Quality Use of Pathology Program (QUPP) The goal of the Quality Use of Pathology Program is to achieve improvement in health and economic outcomes from the use of pathology in health care, through the pursuit of better practice amongst requesters/referrers and providers of pathology services and knowledgeable and engaged consumers. | |
| 144. | Questions and Answers: Midwife professional indemnity insurance This page provides information about professional indemnity insurance for midwives. | |
| 145. | Regional Cancer Centres Funding to build a national network of high quality treatment centres and encourage flexible models for regional cancer centres that will provide appropriate support and optimal treatment to benefit the maximum number of cancer patients through every stage of their patient journey. | |
| 146. | Registrars Rural Incentive Payments Scheme Provides financial incentives for general practice registrars who undertake the majority of their general practice training in rural and remote locations. | |
| 147. | Remote Vocational Training Scheme Provides distance education and supervision for medical practitioners without postgraduate qualifications in remote communities. | |
| 148. | ResponseAbility Education Provides information to support use of the Response Ability multi-media packages in Australian universities and tertiary colleges, in the fields of education and journalism. | |
| 149. | Revised legislative proposals for Healthcare Identifiers - Submissions This page contains submissions received from the public consultation on the revised legislative proposals for healthcare identifiers, including the release of an exposure draft of the Healthcare Identifiers Bill 2010. | |
| 150. | Rural Advanced Specialist Training Support Funding to specialist colleges for specialist training initiatives such as mentoring, workshops and distance education in rural Australia. | |
| 151. | Rural Australia Medical Undergraduate Scholarship Scholarships to assist students from rural and remote areas with accommodation, living and travel costs incurred while studying medicine. | |
| 152. | Rural Clinical Schools Funds a network of rural clinical schools to enable students to undertake extended clinical training placements in rural locations. | |
| 153. | Rural Health Continuing Education Sub-program This sub-progam consolidates funding from a number of other programs into a single program to support medical specialists in rural and remote areas. | |
| 154. | Rural Health Education Foundation Provides television-based health education for doctors, pharmacists, nurses and allied health professionals in rural and remote areas. | |
| 155. | Rural Health Support, Education and Training Funds initiatives to recruit and retain rural health workers by providing them with appropriate support, education and training. | |
| 156. | Rural Pharmacy Scholarship Scheme Scholarships to assist students from rural and remote areas to undertake undergraduate or graduate studies in pharmacy at university. | |
| 157. | Rural Pharmacy Workforce Program Comprises various initiatives, including undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships and an emergency locum scheme, designed to recruit, train and retain pharmacists in rural and remote areas. | |
| 158. | Rural Primary Health Services Program The Rural Primary Health Services (RPHS) program aim to improve access to a range of primary and allied health care services and activities for rural and remote communities. The RPHS program gives community-based primary health care services greater flexibility in the range of services they can offer, including health promotion and preventative health activities. | |
| 159. | Rural Undergraduate Support and Coordination Funds Australian medical schools to promote the selection of rural applicants, develop support systems for students with an interest in rural medicine, and provide short-term rural placements for medical students. | |
| 160. | Structural Reform of the RANZCP Fellowship Training Program Provides funding to support the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in the development of a flexible, more transparent Fellowship training program | |
| 161. | Submissions A list of submissions received for the Primary Health Strategy. | |
| 162. | Support for Day to Day Living in the Community Provides additional places in programs that promote healthy social interaction and community participation for people with a severe mental illness. | |
| 163. | The Australian Government's National Palliative Care Program The National Palliative Care Program aims to improve access to and quality of palliative care. | |
| 164. | University Departments of Rural Health Funding for universities to provide opportunities for students to practise their clinical skills in a rural environment. |