Primary Health Care Reform in Australia National Health and Hospital Reform Commission Professor Justin Beilby Univers

1. Primary Health Care Reform in AustraliaNational Health and Hospital Reform Commission Professor Justin Beilby University of Adelaide

2. Framework (1) National Health and Hospital Reform Commission background (2) Final Outputs (3) What actually evolved (4) Positive Developments for Primary Care

3. Background (1) Political background(2) Commissioners – Primary Care (2), State Health Politicians (2), Policy experts (4), Hospital (2), (3) Australia wide process with a real energy (4) Health care in crisis – quality and safety, hospital pressure, workforce morale, blame game, leadership confusion

4. Challenges • Fragmentation between Commonwealth and state funded services • Complexity of funding, governance and reporting arrangements • Poor coordination of service planning and delivery • System inadequacies including workforce shortages and maldistribution

5. The case for health reform was then and still remains compelling: • “While the Australian health system has many strengths, it is a system under growing pressure, particularly as the health needs of our population change. We face significant challenges, including large increases in demand for and expenditure on health care, unacceptable inequities in health outcomes and access to services, growing concerns about safety and quality, workforce shortages, and inefficiency. • Further, we have a fragmented health system with a complex division of funding responsibilities and performance accountabilities between different levels of government. It is ill-equipped to respond to these challenges. • We believe we can do better, and now is the time to start.” A Healthier Future for All Australians. Final Report page 13.

6. Australia’s health system

7. Medicare Local position.

8. A HEALTHIER FUTURE FOR ALL AUSTRALIANS Final Report of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission Taking responsibility Connecting care Facing inequities Driving quality performance Individual and collective action to build good health and wellbeing – by people, families, communities, health professionals, employers and governments Comprehensive care for people over their lifetime Recognise and tackle the causes and impacts of health inequities Better use of people, resources, and evolving knowledge Themes • Strengthen and integrate primary health care through: • Commonwealth responsible for all primary health care • New Comprehensive Primary Health Care Centres • Voluntary enrolment for young families and complex and chronic patients with primary health care services (including general practice) • Personal electronic health record • Invest in a healthy start to life from before conception through the early years • Reshape hospital roles for emergency and planned care and fund accordingly • Complete the ‘missing link’ of sub-acute services • Hospitals – National Access Guarantees and Targets • Expand choices for care and accommodation in aged care • Improved palliative care and advanced care planning Make real the universal entitlement to health services with targeting on the basis of health need National Indigenous Health Authority – expert purchasing to achieve better Indigenous health outcomes ‘Denticare Australia’ – restorative and preventive oral health care for all Australians Remote and rural health – equitable and flexible funding, innovative workforce models, telehealth, patient travel support Mental health – early intervention for young people, rapid response teams, sub-acute care, linked health and social services National reporting on progress in tackling health inequities Options for better governance of the health system National leadership for national functions such as health technology assessment Activity based funding with payments for performance and quality Better use of workforce capabilities - framework for competency based practice Improved clinical training infrastructure Permanent national body to promote, monitor and report on quality and safety Public reporting on access, efficiency and quality for public and private hospitals Build a culture of continuous improvement, research and innovation with clinical leadership Healthy Australia 2020 Goals National Health Promotion and Prevention Agency – education, evidence and research to make prevention a top priority Greater personal responsibility for improving health supported by policies that make healthy choices easier Health literacy in National Curriculum for all schools Better information about creating healthy local communities – ‘wellness footprints’ Workplace health promotion and wellness programs Key Reform Directions Principles People and family centred | Equity | Shared responsibility | Promoting wellness and strengthening prevention | Comprehensiveness | Value for money Providing for future generations | Recognise broader social and environmental influences shape our health | Taking the long term view | Quality and safety Transparency and accountability | Public voice and community engagement | A respectful, ethical system | Responsible spending A culture of reflective improvement and innovation

9. Primary Care (1) Fundamental building block for the Commission to deliver effective coordinated, team based community based care (2) General practice is vital (3) “health care home” – enrolment, bundled financial payments linked to good performance supplementing episodic payments for acute care (4) GP Super Clinics, Diabetes Care project, Medical Locals , PECHR

10. What evolved (1) Commonwealth withdraw taking full responsibility in Heads of Agreement – National Reform of February 2011 (2) Concerns from States re local responsiveness and flexibility of services (3) Activity based funding changes in Commonwealth contribution % (4) Establishment of National Organisations (5)Medicare Locals were established

11. Medicare Locals Network of influence Primary care reform engine

12. CAHML Geography

13. CAHML Snapshot 2013 • Population 520,000 • 12 LGAs, 26 SLAs • 220 GP practices • 830 GPs + 45 GP Registrars • 205 PNs • 400 + Allied Health Professionals • 98 RACF (5735 beds) • 9 public hospitals • 13 private hospitals • 156 pharmacies

14. Refined Priorities 2013-14 • Population Health Planning • Comprehensive Chronic Disease Management - COPD • After hours care • Mental Health • ATAPS, • PIR • NewAccess • Young people and mental health • Headspace • EPYC • Aboriginal health • Immunisation • eHealth • Consumer Engagement • Healthy weight • Aboriginal Communities • CALD Communities • Care of the Elderly – community based • health assessments of the elderly • Falls prevention • Oral health • Palliative Care • Preventative screening

15. High or very high distress (K-10)

16. Health Workforce Australia Planning and more planning!

17. Medical Workforce Modelling

18. Nursing Workforce Modelling

19. Questions