Labor finally unveils its primary care policy
A permanently funded commission would use the failure of Health Care Homes to guide future reforms, says Catherine King
Labor has finally unveiled its long-awaited plan to fix primary care: by establishing a health reform commission.
In a speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday, shadow health minister Catherine King said primary care reform would be a top priority of a Labor government, along with boosting funding for public hospital outpatient clinics.
She announced that if Labor were elected this year, it would create a permanently funded Australian Health Reform Commission to develop long-term health policy.
Commissioners would be appointed for terms of at least five years and charged with developing and overseeing “a long-term health reform agenda that transcends our election cycles”, she said.
