The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission Report

The National Health and Hospital Reform Commission plans for primary care at a glance

• Commonwealth take over funding of all primary care services
• 300 new Comprehensive Primary Healthcare Centres
• Patient enrolment for young families, indigenous Australians, and people with chronic conditions
  • Enrolment supported by grant payments, outcome payments and eventually bundled services
• Performance payments
• Promote shared care arrangements with specialists
• Abolish Divisions of General Practice and introduce Primary Health Care Organisations.
• Personal electronic health records owned and controlled by the patient.
• Medicare rebates expanded to services performed by, referred by or ordered by a wider range of health professionals in collaborative care models.
• PBS subsidies available on drugs prescribed by other health professionals.

See the executive summary of the report here.

See the recommendations here.

The full report can be found at www.yourhealth.gov.au

A summary prepared by AMA NSW and AMA Victoria is here.

See AMA opinion.