WEEK ONE

Question 1

List 5 national responsibilities

Answer 1

Medicare 
PBS
Funding 
Sets national policies 
Regulates medicines

Question 2

List 3 state responsibilities

Answer 2

Ambulance
Community health services
Public hospitals
Handles health complaints

Question 3

List 2 local responsibilities

Answer 3

Environmental related health services

Some health promotion delivery

Question 4

List 2 shared responsibilities

Answer 4

Education of health professionals

Improvements in quality and safety of healthcare

Question 5

What are the key government responsibilities in health

Answer 5

Leadership and Governance
Funding
Regulation

Question 6

COAG

Answer 6

COAG: an organisation in which the federal and state governments negotiate. They meet regularly to discuss how to distribute funding

Question 7

SCoH

Answer 7

A council for health under COAG
discuss how health funding is distributed between state and federal
Includes minsters for health (state, territory and NZ), federal minister for health and federal minister for veterans affairs

Question 8

March 2019 SCoH meeting examples

Answer 8

National medical workforce strategy

National Aboriginal and Torres strait islander health and medical workforce plan

Roadmaps to address high priority health issues for Aboriginal and Torres strait islanders

Australian national breast-feeding strategy

Professional insurance for privates practising midwives