Building a 21st Century - Primary Health Care System - Australia’s First National Primary Health Care Strategy
Scope of the Strategy
The Strategy takes a broad view of comprehensive primary health care, extending beyond the ‘general practice’ focus of traditional Australian Government responsibility. It includes consideration of services which until now have been predominantly the responsibility of the states and territories, and those services entirely delivered through private providers, including those supported by private health insurance.
Future work under the Strategy will encompass those services identified for transfer to the Australian Government under the NHHN Agreement, including any further services to be transferred by agreement with the states and territories.
Recognising the growing importance and complexity of community-based care, the Strategy also acknowledges the important role of medical specialists, and the need for integration of primary health care with ambulatory specialist care, as well as with other health sectors, including acute care, aged care and Indigenous health services.
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