❓ Hon Adele Farina questions a funding reduction to Rural Health Services in Budget Paper No. 2, seeking clarification on the reasons and potential impact on service delivery. The answer explains the changes as accounting adjustments and shifts in project cash flow timing, asserting no impact on overall funding or service delivery.
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I refer to Budget Paper No. 2, Volume 1 at page 128, "Spending Changes", line item Rural Health Services, and ask why has there been a funding reduction to Rural Health Services, and how will the funding cut impact service delivery?
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Answered
16 September 2014
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Response time
35 days
The line item Rural Health Services comprises adjustments to the 2013‑14 and 2014‑15 allocations for three (3) separate projects:
2013‑14
2014‑15
$''000
$'000
Remote Indigenous health clinics
100
-50
Rural Generalist Pathways
56
-40
Rural In Reach
-63
63
TOTAL RURAL HEALTH SERVICES
93
-27
Changes relating to the Remote Indigenous Health Clinics project represent transfers between the capital and recurrent budgets in line with accounting treatments for expenditures as prescribed by Accounting Standards.
Adjustments to the Rural Generalist Pathways and Rural In Reach projects reflect changes in the timing of cash flows between 2012‑13, 2013‑14 and 2014‑15 based on the achievement of project deliverables and milestones.
These adjustments do not change total funding over the life of the projects and will not impact on health service delivery.
2013‑14
2014‑15
$''000
$'000
Remote Indigenous health clinics
100
-50
Rural Generalist Pathways
56
-40
Rural In Reach
-63
63
TOTAL RURAL HEALTH SERVICES
93
-27
Changes relating to the Remote Indigenous Health Clinics project represent transfers between the capital and recurrent budgets in line with accounting treatments for expenditures as prescribed by Accounting Standards.
Adjustments to the Rural Generalist Pathways and Rural In Reach projects reflect changes in the timing of cash flows between 2012‑13, 2013‑14 and 2014‑15 based on the achievement of project deliverables and milestones.
These adjustments do not change total funding over the life of the projects and will not impact on health service delivery.
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