❓ Mr. Cook requests details on the allocation of funds under the Indigenous Australians Health Programme Multiple Schedule Funding Agreement. The Minister provides a breakdown of program names, regions, and objectives.
AnsweredQoN 5664Legislative Assembly
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I refer to Budget Paper 2, Volume 1 in the 2016-17 State Budget, page 318, under the 'Indigenous Australians Health Programme Multiple Schedule Funding Agreement', the spending changes section of the budget indicates this was successful in obtaining an Indigenous Australiand Health Programme Multiple Schedule Funding Agreement: (a) can the Minister provide more detail on what the money will be used for, where and when, etc.?
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Answered
20 September 2016
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
35 days
(a) The Indigenous Australians Health Programme (IAHP) Multiple Schedule Funding Agreement 2015-18 provides consolidated funding to the WA Country Health Service (WACHS) for child and maternal health programs. The IAHP aims to contribute to closing the gap in life expectancy within a generation and halve the gap in mortality rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children under five within a decade.
Primary Health Care services under the IAHP are guided by the Programme Guidelines for the Indigenous Australians' Health Programme . These cover the activities of primary health care including child and maternal health services.
Activities provided by the programs across WACHS comprise of clinical services and population health programmes. Refer to [see tabled paper no.] for a full list.
The programs funded under the IAHP (1 July 2015 – 30 June 2018) are as follows:
Program Name
WACHS Region
Gascoyne Sexual Health
Midwest
Great Southern Sexual Health
Great Southern
North East Kimberley Primary Health Care Access Program
Kimberley
West Kimberley Sexual Health
Kimberley
Wheatbelt Aboriginal Health Service Primary Health Care
Wheatbelt
Fitzroy Crossing Healthy for Life
Kimberley
Great Southern Healthy for Life
Great Southern
Carnarvon New Directions
Midwest
Geraldton New Directions
Midwest
Wheatbelt Aboriginal Health Service New Directions
Wheatbelt
Primary Health Care services under the IAHP are guided by the Programme Guidelines for the Indigenous Australians' Health Programme . These cover the activities of primary health care including child and maternal health services.
Activities provided by the programs across WACHS comprise of clinical services and population health programmes. Refer to [see tabled paper no.] for a full list.
The programs funded under the IAHP (1 July 2015 – 30 June 2018) are as follows:
Program Name
WACHS Region
Gascoyne Sexual Health
Midwest
Great Southern Sexual Health
Great Southern
North East Kimberley Primary Health Care Access Program
Kimberley
West Kimberley Sexual Health
Kimberley
Wheatbelt Aboriginal Health Service Primary Health Care
Wheatbelt
Fitzroy Crossing Healthy for Life
Kimberley
Great Southern Healthy for Life
Great Southern
Carnarvon New Directions
Midwest
Geraldton New Directions
Midwest
Wheatbelt Aboriginal Health Service New Directions
Wheatbelt
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