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New reports to help strengthen Medicarec

14 Oct 2024

Read the findings for the:

Review of General Practice Incentives, which made recommendations to ensure funding systems are effective and support patient-centred and multidisciplinary care.
Review of After Hours Primary Care Programs and Policy, which identified 5 opportunities for improvement, including:
- making after-hours care more accessible and affordable for patients
- improving quality and safety
- better integrating after-hours care into our urgent care system to reduce pressure on emergency departments
- ensuring the financial viability of after-hours primary care providers
- supporting after-hours primary care in regional, rural and remote areas.
Working Better for Medicare Review, which made 26 recommendations, including proposing changes to workforce distribution levers.