Second Interim Report

24 June 2015

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Membership of the Committee	(PDF 23KB)
Terms of Reference	(PDF 11KB)
Acronyms and abbreviations	(PDF 11KB)
Executive Summary	(PDF 49KB)
Budget 2015-16: ongoing impact of the indexation freeze Unprecedented response from GPs Cost-effective healthcare Healthcare sector responses Fiscally driven Other areas of concern Committee's second interim report
Chapter 1 - Introduction	(PDF 32KB)
Chapter 2 - Importance of General Practice and Primary Healthcare	(PDF 356KB)
Introduction Effectiveness of general practice in healthcare Risks to general practice and primary healthcare Committee observations
Chapter 3 - Government healthcare policy and sector responses	(PDF 150KB)
Introduction May 2014: the 2014-15 Budget December 2014: short consultation times, $5 co-payment and indexation freeze January 2015: short consultation times dropped March 2015: $5 co-payment dropped, non-indexation retained Health Minister's consultations continue Committee observations
Chapter 4 - 2015-16 Budget	(PDF 159KB)
Introduction Medicare Benefits Schedule review Flexible Funds E-Health After-hours Care Removal of the Medicare Healthy Kids Check Committee observations
Chapter 5 - Related issues	(PDF 64KB)
General Practice training Workforce matching Patient transport Paramedics Committee observations
Appendix 1 - Witnesses who appeared before the committee	(PDF 72KB)
Appendix 2 - Submissions received by the committee	(PDF 24KB)
Appendix 3 - Additional information and answers to questions on notice	(PDF 26KB)
Additional Documents Answers to Questions on Notice

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Second Interim Report

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