Primary Health Care Reform

The successful canditates for the first round of Medicare Locals cover urban, rural and regional areas throughout Australia. The new Medicare Locals are:

NSW:
Western Sydney
Hunter Urban
New England
Murrumbidgee		 Tasmania
ACT		 QLD:
Metro North
Metro South
West Moreton/Oxley
Townsville/Mackay
Gold Coast
SA:
Central Adelaide
Country North
 WA:
North Metro
Country South West
 VIC:
Inner East Melbourne Medicare Local
Barwon Medicare Local
Inner North West Melbourne Medicare Local
Northern Melbourne Medicare Local
  

Medicare Local Transition Resources

Transition resources are available to organisations interested in submitting an application to become a Medicare Local through two distinct websites.

website 

AGPN Website
www.agpn.com.au/medicarelocaltransition

AGPN Transition Forum
www.medicarelocaltransition.com.au

AGPN Website

Information, products and services can be accessed under 'Transition' on the AGPN Website at: www.agpn.com.au/medicarelocaltransition. These web pages contain resources on governance, partnerships and engagement, population health, organisational development, change management and support in developing ITA applications. 

AGPN Transition Forum

Registered members can also participate in online forums at: www.medicarelocaltransition.com.au. These forums are in Q&A format and focus on key issuessuch as legal and governance, human resources and the ITA process. To register for the AGPN Transition Forums please contact Jane bacot-kilpatrick  stating your name, position, email address and organisation.

Contact us

Please contact the AGPN National Transition Team at transition@agpn.com.au or alternatively contact your local general practice network for further information.

The Department of Health and Ageing's website yourHealth contains information on national health reform, including Medicare Local boundaries and guidelines.

AGPN summary response to proposed Medicare Local boundaries

This brief submission comments on the high-order principles that should prevail in finalising boundaries, the overall number of proposed Medicare Locals and the implications of these for the manner in which Medicare Locals are structured and organised in their communities. We do not comment on each Medicare Local region, only where there is a recommended change in boundary that is of a substantive nature or where there are impacts that we believe the Government should be aware.

AGPN submission: Medicare Local Boundaries.
AGPN response to Medicare Locals second stage consultation.

AGPN submission: Medicare Locals discussion paper on Governance and Functions

The announcement of Medicare Locals (MLA) - Australia's version of Primary Health Care Organisations - is an opportunity to put in place a regional infrastructure that, provided it is funded and empowered appropriately, will be fundamental to implementing service improvements and better health outcomes for the community.
The Network has consequently embraced this direction and believes that GPNs provide the best suited infrastructure on which to develop these new organisations.

Medicare Locals – Proposed Boundaries
The Federal Government has released its report into the proposed boundaries for Medicare Locals. Go to this link for the report and to view the proposed maps. click here

AGPN's response to the discussion is available here.

AGPN 2010 Federal Election Manifesto

AGPN’s 2010 federal election manifesto, titled Healthy Families, Healthy Communities: Local Solutions includes a series of Fact Sheets and call to action, focusing on the priority health issues, including national health reform, families, mental health and chronic disease.

Manifesto is available here.