Health and Ageing
Dementia — a national health priority
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 15.4 | 16.3 | 16.6 | 17.1 |
The Government will provide $70.5 million over five years (including $5.2 million in 2004-05) to make dementia a national health priority. This funding will facilitate research into dementia, including the development of innovative care and treatment programmes.
Complementary initiatives will expand early intervention services for people with dementia and encourage evidence-based prevention activities for people at risk, in addition to providing support to the primary care sector in the diagnosis and management of dementia.
This measure was announced on 26 September 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Dementia — A National Health Priority.
Dementia — Extended Aged Care at Home places
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 15.6 | 44.0 | 74.4 | 91.1 |
The Government will provide $225.1 million over four years for a further 2,000 Extended Aged Care at Home places specifically targeted at people with dementia, and to increase the number of hours of support available to recipients of these places. This represents a substantial increase in the number of Extended Aged Care at Home packages. Currently there are 2,728 packages that are being delivered to the community or have been previously announced. Additional funding will also be provided to Aged Care Assessment Teams for care planning and progressive reassessments to ensure appropriate care is provided to recipients of these places.
This measure was announced on 26 September 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Dementia — A National Health Priority.
Dementia — training for carers
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 4.1 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.2 |
The Government will provide $25.0 million over four years to provide dementia-specific training for up to 9,000 community and residential care workers, and up to 7,000 carers and community workers such as police and transport workers. This will help to ensure that carers and community workers provide appropriate care to people with dementia in residential care and in the community, building on the Carer Education and Workforce Training Project, for which the Government provided $1.3 million in 2004-05. The Project currently provides services to approximately 1,200 respite workers and family carers.
This measure was announced on 26 September 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Dementia — A National Health Priority.
Diabetes — support for research
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 5.0 | 10.4 | 10.8 | 7.6 |
The Government will provide $34.0 million over five years (including $0.3 million in 2004-05) to establish an Australian Centre of Excellence in the Research and Treatment of Juvenile Diabetes, and to expand the Lift for Life programme for older Australians with diabetes in regional Australia.
This measure was announced on 1 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Coalition Announces Support for Diabetes Research.
Fernlea House palliative care hospice
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | - | - | - | - |
The Government will provide $800,000 over two years to help establish a palliative care hospice at Fernlea House in the Dandenong Ranges area. Of this funding, $350,000 will be provided in 2004-05; and the remaining $450,000 will be provided from the 2005-06 Budget measure Strengthening Cancer Care — palliative care grants programme which is an element of the Government’s Strengthening Cancer Care election commitment, announced 4 October 2004.
Fernlea House provides bereavement support as well as holistic care for those with life-threatening illnesses such as cancer. It also provides respite for carers.
Gippsland Lakes Community Health — contribution
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 0.3 | 0.3 | - | - |
The Government will provide $500,000 over two years to Gippsland Lakes Community Health in Gippsland, Victoria. Gippsland Lakes Community Health offers a wide range of health and support programs, including medical and emergency services, health promotion programmes, child and maternal care and allied health services.
Investing in Stronger Regions — practice nurses in rural areas
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 2.2 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 5.4 |
| Health Insurance Commission | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Department of Veterans’ Affairs | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 2.4 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 5.6 |
| Related capital ($m) | ||||
| Health Insurance Commission | - | - | - | - |
The Government will provide $17.8 million (including $0.9 million of resourcing and $0.1 million of capital funding in 2004-05) over five years to fund a new Medicare item allowing practice nurses in rural areas to undertake a wider range of procedures, including pap smears and other preventive health checks for women. This measure commenced on 1 January 2005.
The measure will help to provide rural women with the same opportunity to choose a female practitioner as is available to women in metropolitan areas. The measure will also assist in reducing waiting times to see a GP in many rural communities.
This measure was announced on 24 September 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Investing in Stronger Regions.
Medical Bionics Centre
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | - | - | - | - |
The Government will provide $0.7 million in 2004-05 towards a new Medical Bionics Centre. The Centre will conduct research to help people with paraplegia recover from spinal cord injury, develop intelligent stents for coronary heart disease, develop brain implants to reverse epilepsy, and create a new generation of cochlear implants and hearing aids.
This measure was announced on 7 September 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Prime Minister Pledges Funding for Medical Bionics Centre.
Medicare — eligible Magnetic Resonance Imaging units for Dubbo and Gippsland
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| Department of Veterans’ Affairs | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Total | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
The Government will provide $13.0 million over five years (including $3.1 million in 2004-05) to allow Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) access to mobile Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) equipment in Gippsland and southern New South Wales through the use of a mobile MRI unit. In addition, the Government will provide MBS access for procedures performed by an MRI unit located in Dubbo.
Under this measure, communities in these areas will have more convenient access to this clinically important diagnostic technology. Allowing access to a mobile MRI unit in these areas will also serve as a trial of this type of service in Australia.
This measure was announced on 5 and 7 October 2004, as part of the Government’s election commitments, by the Member for Gippsland and the Member for Parkes respectively.
Mental health — expansion of Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Initiative
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 8.4 | 10.5 | 10.7 | 10.9 |
The Government will provide $42.6 million over five years (including $2.2 million in 2004-05) for the continuation and expansion of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Initiative. This measure will allow the programme to address new issues such as the need for better integration of mental health, drug and alcohol abuse and suicide prevention activities, and provide additional support for general practitioners and their patients in rural and remote communities.
Priority will be given to expanding the Access to Allied Health Services component of the programme, which will enable more general practitioners to access the services of allied health professionals such as psychologists, social workers, mental health workers and occupational therapists on behalf of their patients.
This measure was announced on 29 September 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment, Mental Health.
Mental health — funding for beyondblue
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.6 |
The Government will provide $39.6 million over five years (including $6.0 million in 2004-05) for the continued support of beyondblue in changing community attitudes towards depression, supporting early intervention, and improving services for people with depression.
This funding will enable beyondblue to progress their key priorities, building on their school and youth depression activities and developing prevention programmes for men, the elderly and Indigenous Australians. It will also allow for the establishment of a national preventative postnatal depression screening and follow‑up programme for new mothers, and the continued targeting of workplace depression.
This measure was announced on 29 September 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Mental Health.
Mental health — youth mental health
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 15.5 | 15.8 | 16.1 | 16.4 |
The Government will provide $69.0 million over five years (including $5.1 million in 2004-05) to address the issue of mental health and addiction in young people. The measure will provide support for general practitioners in the detection, early intervention and ongoing management of young people with mental health problems.
This measure will also enable general practitioners to access advice and services for their young patients from psychiatrists and other allied health professionals through an expansion of existing arrangements under the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Initiative.
This measure was announced on 29 September 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Mental Health.
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme — price reduction for new brand listings
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Veterans’ Affairs | -10.3 | -20.2 | -22.2 | -24.2 |
| Department of Health and Ageing | -129.1 | -251.6 | -276.8 | -302.1 |
| Total | -139.4 | -271.8 | -299.0 | -326.3 |
| Related capital ($m) | ||||
| Department of Health and Ageing | 0.2 | - | - | - |
The Government will require a price reduction of at least 12.5 per cent when the first new brand of an existing listed medicine is added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). Flow-on price reductions will apply to other brands of the same medicine and products in related price reference groups. The price reduction will apply for listings after 1 April 2005 and will occur only once within any related group of drugs.
The measure supports affordability of the PBS by reducing the cost to government of subsidised medicines. Savings are estimated to be $1.0 billion over five years (which are net of amounts to implement the measure, including $0.3 million in increased expense and $0.1 million in increased capital in 2004-05).
This measure was announced on 1 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment, Recognising Senior Australians — Their Needs and Their Carers.
Round the Clock Medicare — After-hours Primary Care Programme
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | - | - | - | - |
The Government will provide $58.2 million over four years to continue funding for a number of after-hours general practitioner services.
This measure involves funding of $18.0 million in 2005-06, $13.1 million in 2006-07, $13.4 million in 2007-08 and $13.6 million in 2008-09. Provision for this funding has already been included in the forward estimates.
This measure was announced on 26 September 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Round the Clock Medicare – Investing in GP After Hours Services.
Round the Clock Medicare — grants for after-hours GP services
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 5.2 | 10.8 | 11.7 | 11.9 |
The Government will provide $39.7 million over four years to help improve access to after-hours general practitioner (GP) services.
Funding will be provided for up to 30 recurrent operating subsidies to a maximum of $200,000 per year for new or recently-established after-hours GP clinics and medical deputising services. Funding will also be used to create up to 100 competitive recurrent grants of up to $50,000 per year, renewable every two years, available to local practices, medical deputising services and cooperatives of GPs that are operating a rostered after-hours service, whether surgery-based or a call out service.
This measure was announced on 26 September 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Round the Clock Medicare: Investing in After-Hours GP Services.
Round the Clock Medicare — investing in after-hours GP services
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 94.5 | 107.0 | 121.6 | 133.5 |
| Department of Veterans’ Affairs | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| Health Insurance Commission | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
| Total | 97.8 | 110.2 | 124.7 | 136.4 |
| Related capital ($m) | ||||
| Health Insurance Commission | - | - | - | - |
The Government will provide funding of $516.0 million over five years (including $46.9 million in resourcing and $0.1 million in capital funding in 2004-05) to extend the reach of after-hours GP services. From 1 January 2005, a $10 loading to Medicare rebates will be available for GP services delivered after‑hours. In addition, certain non-vocationally registered GPs will be eligible for higher Medicare rebates and the $10 loading.
The Government has also extended the Strengthening Medicare $7.65 bulk billing incentive item to medical practitioners providing out-of-surgery after-hours services (for example, Medical Deputising Services and members of GP after-hours cooperatives) in an eligible area, even if the practitioner is not based in an eligible area.
This measure will also invest in after-hours GP infrastructure by providing start-up funding and recurrent grants for newly established after-hours clinics in applicable locations. In addition, for GP cooperatives and established services in outer suburban and regional areas, operating incentives will be provided.
The Government will provide $70,000 towards computer system changes that the Health Insurance Commission needs to make for processing the additional $10 loading.
This measure was announced on 26 September 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Around the Clock Medicare — investing in after hours GP services.
Royal Darwin Hospital — Equipped, Prepared and Ready
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 19.7 | 13.3 | 13.7 | 13.8 |
The Government provided funding of $65.8 million over five years (including $5.4 million in 2004‑05) to enable the Royal Darwin Hospital to function as a National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre. The funding will enhance the capacity of the Royal Darwin Hospital to respond to a major incident. This measure includes funds for infrastructure, staffing and coordination.
Subsequent to the announcement of this measure in the 2004-05 MYEFO, there has been a small change in the profile of this funding to $2.3 million in 2004-05, $21.7 million in 2005-06, $13.6 million in 2006-07, $14.0 million in 2007-08 and $14.2 million in 2008-09.
This measure was announced on 20 September 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Royal Darwin Hospital — Equipped, Prepared and Ready.
Senior Australians — increasing rural and regional respite services
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 1.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 |
The Government will provide $9.3 million over four years for an additional supplement of $20.45 per day for Multipurpose Services that provide respite services for older Australians and their carers living in rural and remote areas.
This measure was announced on 1 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Recognising Senior Australians — their needs and their carers.
Senior Australians — overnight cottage respite
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 8.8 | 17.0 | 17.3 | 17.8 |
The Government will provide $61.0 million over four years to enable Commonwealth Carer Respite Centres to purchase additional overnight respite in community homes, particularly in areas where respite options are limited.
This funding will also allow for the development of specific standards of care and reporting requirements for community respite houses to ensure older people in respite are receiving the quality of care they need.
This measure was announced on 1 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Recognising Senior Australians — their needs and their carers.
Senior Australians — residential respite funding increase
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 5.9 | 8.4 | 13.5 | 13.9 |
The Government will provide $41.8 million over four years through the National Respite for Carers Programme to provide an extra $28 per respite resident per day to aged care providers who dedicate at least 70 per cent of their respite allocations for respite care.
As a result of this measure, the number of high-care residential respite days per year will double from 384,000 days to 768,000 days over the next three years.
This measure was announced on 1 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Recognising Senior Australians — their needs and their carers.
Senior Australians — respite to assist employed carers
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 13.5 | 26.7 | 27.3 | 28.0 |
The Government will provide $95.5 million over four years to increase access of carers in paid employment and carers re-entering the workforce to respite services during working hours. This will involve increasing the funding to Commonwealth Carer Respite Centres and enabling day respite centres for older Australians to extend their hours of operation.
This measure will enable up to 5,000 carers in paid employment and carers re-entering the workforce to access 480 extra hours of respite during working hours each year.
This measure was announced on 1 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Recognising Senior Australians — their needs and their carers.
Strengthening Cancer Care — bowel cancer screening
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 2.6 | 14.6 | 16.4 | -2.0 |
| Related capital ($m) | ||||
| Department of Health and Ageing | 1.5 | 2.5 | - | - |
The Government will provide $43.4 million over three years (including $4.0 million in capital funding), to phase in a nationally-coordinated, population-based bowel cancer screening programme. This funding includes $7.8 million over four years transferred from the 2004-05 Budget measure Preventative Health — Bowel Cancer Screening, for which provision has already been made in the forward estimates.
This measure builds on the findings of the recent Bowel Cancer Screening Pilot. Bowel cancer can be treated successfully if detected in its early stages, and this screening programme will help improve rates of early detection and reduce the number of Australians who die each year of bowel cancer.
Screening will continue to be phased in and the results will be evaluated fully prior to the 2008‑09 Budget, with our aim to extend this screening if successful on clinical grounds to all Australians over 55 and Indigenous Australians over 45. A re-profiling of funding from 2008-09 into prior years creates a saving against the forward estimates in 2008-09.
This measure was announced on 4 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Strengthening Cancer Care.
Strengthening Cancer Care — Breast Cancer Network Australia
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
The Government will provide $1.0 million over four years to support the development of the Breast Cancer Network Australia, which will assist with the further development and dissemination of resources to help women newly diagnosed with breast cancer.
This funding will encourage support networks to help people with cancer during and after treatment.
This measure was announced on 4 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Strengthening Cancer Care.
Strengthening Cancer Care — Camp Quality and Make-a-Wish Foundation
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | - | - | - | - |
The Government will provide $2.0 million in 2004-05 to assist Camp Quality and the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
Camp Quality is a non-profit organisation dedicated to improving the lives of children with cancer, through ongoing recreational and educational programmes.
The Make-a-Wish Foundation is a non-profit organisation that aims to fulfil the wishes to children under 18 years of age with a life-threatening illness.
This measure was announced on 4 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Strengthening Cancer Care.
Strengthening Cancer Care — Cancer Australia
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 4.3 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
The Government will provide $13.7 million over five years (including $1.3 million in 2004-05) to establish Cancer Australia, an agency that will bring together cancer organisations and the patient community.
This measure addresses a recommendation by the National Cancer Control Initiative, to institute a National Task Force on Cancer to ensure that the entire spectrum of cancer care services throughout Australia is evidence-based and consumer-focused.
This measure was announced on 4 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Strengthening Cancer Care.
Strengthening Cancer Care — cancer research
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
The Government will provide $17.6 million over four years to establish a dedicated cancer research budget to develop and deliver a research programme that will be guided by Cancer Australia, in conjunction with the National Health and Medical Research Council.
The initial priorities for this funding will include screening programmes; early detection of breast and ovarian cancers; the application of emerging new treatments and technologies, particularly for bowel and prostate cancer; and improvements in cancer outcomes through better coordination of care and a multi-disciplinary approach.
This measure was announced on 4 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Strengthening Cancer Care.
Strengthening Cancer Care — Cancer Support Networks
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
The Government will provide $3.0 million over five years (including $0.6 million in 2004-05) to support the development of cancer support networks. Small grants of up to $90,000 will be available for support groups in the areas of lung, bowel, ovarian and other cancers.
The networks will be linked to Cancer Australia, to provide information and advice regarding quality improvement programmes on prevention and treatment.
This measure was announced on 4 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Strengthening Cancer Care.
Strengthening Cancer Care — clinical trials
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 5.8 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
The Government will provide $21.7 million over four years to build on Australia’s capacity to conduct clinical trials for cancer patients. This investment will be managed by Cancer Australia, the new cancer agency that is to provide national leadership in cancer control, in conjunction with the National Health and Medical Research Council.
Clinical trials give the medical profession the opportunity to compare the benefits of different treatments in a practical, real-world situation. These varied treatments may include different medications, surgical procedures, radiotherapy, new technology, counselling and palliative care.
This measure was announced on 4 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Strengthening Cancer Care.
Strengthening Cancer Care — mentoring for regional hospitals and cancer professionals
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
The Government will provide $14.1 million over four years to assist regional hospitals, providers and support networks to develop and implement cancer care mentoring.
This measure will establish a mentoring system linking major urban hospitals in each state and territory with a number of regional and bush nursing hospitals in regional centres. It will encourage specialists and other leading health professionals from centres of excellence (such as the Peter McCallum Cancer Institute) to spend more time in rural and regional areas and to be available to confer with regional colleagues.
This measure was announced on 4 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Strengthening Cancer Care.
Strengthening Cancer Care — National Breast Cancer Centre
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
The Government will provide an additional $4.0 million over five years (including $0.8 million in 2004-05) to the National Breast Cancer Centre, to support improved quality of care, raise awareness about early detection, and identify improved approaches to the early detection and management of breast cancer.
This measure was announced on 4 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Strengthening Cancer Care.
Strengthening Cancer Care — National Research Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 0.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
The Government will provide $5.5 million over four years as start-up funding for a National Research Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases.
The Centre will conduct research to prevent asbestos-related cancer and find cures, guided by the National Health and Medical Research Council.
This measure was announced on 4 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Strengthening Cancer Care.
Strengthening Cancer Care — palliative care grants programme
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.9 |
The Government will provide $23.1 million over four years to fund a local palliative care grants programme.
The programme will provide grants through a competitive tendering process to help local groups, aged care providers and church and charitable hospices to provide better support to cancer patients and their families. Grants will be available in four streams: purchase of equipment and fit-out; support for pastoral care and counselling staff and training; step-down or transition to home services; and care planning by medical practitioners and allied health professionals. These grants will improve access to appropriate palliative care services in the local community, and encourage communities and organisations to implement their own local visions in caring for their members.
This measure was announced on 4 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Strengthening Cancer Care.
Strengthening Cancer Care — professional development for cancer professionals
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 3.3 | - | - | - |
The Government will provide $3.3 million in 2005-06 to improve professional development for cancer professionals, counsellors and general practitioners.
This measure will focus on developing professional education modules in the latest treatments for priority cancers including breast, bowel and prostate cancer, and providing advice and counselling to people with cancer and their families.
This measure was announced on 4 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Strengthening Cancer Care.
Strengthening Cancer Care — quitting smoking during pregnancy
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | - |
The Government will provide $4.3 million over three years to encourage doctors, health workers and midwives to give advice to pregnant women — particularly Indigenous women — about the damage caused by smoking, and to assist these women to quit smoking and not commence again after giving birth. The initiative will also provide an opportunity to educate partners or family members on their role in supporting a pregnant woman who wants to stop smoking.
This measure was announced on 4 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Strengthening Cancer Care.
Strengthening Cancer Care — radiation therapy internships and undergraduate places
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| Department of Education, Science and Training | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Total | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| Related revenue ($m) | ||||
| Department of Education, Science and Training | .. | .. | .. | .. |
The Government will provide $14.9 million over five years (including $1.4 million in 2004-05) to fund undergraduate radiation therapy places and additional radiation therapy workforce measures.
The Department of Education, Science and Training will be provided with a total of $6.0 million over five years, including $0.5 million in 2004-05, to fund 37 new undergraduate radiation therapy places each year. This will create 101 places by 2008, distributed across the national higher education sector.
To complement this initiative, the Department of Health and Ageing will be provided with a total of $8.9 million over five years, including $0.8 million in 2004-05, to fund necessary additional workforce measures for the radiation therapy oncology sector. This includes subsidising clinical placements, providing incentives for the private sector to offer postgraduate radiation therapy training places, and providing additional training places for medical physicists responsible for the safe operation of radiotherapy equipment.
Amounts loaned under the Higher Education Loans Programme (HELP) are treated as financial assets and therefore do not impact on the fiscal balance. Payments by students of the indexation component of their HELP loan are treated as interest revenue. These payments will impact on the fiscal balance from 2005-06.
This measure was announced on 4 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Strengthening Cancer Care.
Strengthening Cancer Care — Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | - | - | - | - |
The Government will provide $10.0 million in 2004-05 to the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne to enable the completion of a world-class children’s cancer centre.
This measure was announced on 4 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Strengthening Cancer Care.
Strengthening Cancer Care — skin cancer national awareness campaign
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 0.6 | 4.9 | - | - |
The Government will provide $5.5 million over two years to deliver a national mass-media skin cancer awareness campaign. The campaign will involve advertisements on television and in suburban and regional press, magazines, and non-English speaking and Indigenous press. Supporting materials will also be produced in various languages to complement the campaign.
This campaign will encourage personal action to prevent unnecessary exposure to ultra-violet rays, and help increase the early diagnosis of skin cancer.
This measure was announced on 4 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Strengthening Cancer Care.
Strengthening Cancer Care — Sydney Children’s Hospital Magnetic Resonance Imaging unit — Medicare Benefits Schedule eligibility
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 |
The Government will provide $5.1 million over four years to provide assistance to the Sydney Children’s Hospital by giving access to recurrent Medicare funding for the hospital’s Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) facilities.
This initiative builds on the extension of similar Medicare-funded MRI facilities to three other children’s hospitals in 2003.
This measure was announced on 4 October 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Strengthening Cancer Care.
Westmead Hospital — new positron emission tomography scanner
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Health and Ageing | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
The Government will provide $8.7 million over five years (including $4.1 million in 2004-05) to fund the installation of, and provide annual grants towards running costs for a new positron emission tomography scanner at Westmead Hospital. The Government will work with the NSW Government to install the new machine at an appropriate site on the Westmead campus.
This measure was announced on 19 September 2004 as part of the Government’s election commitment Supporting Western Sydney.