On 4 August 2021, the Senate referred an inquiry into the provision of general practitioner and related primary health services to outer metropolitan, rural, and regional Australians to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by the last sitting day in March 2022. On 8 February 2022, the Senate extended the reporting date to 30 June 2022.

Further detail about the scope of the inquiry is provided in the terms of reference.