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Priority reform:Priority Reform OnePriority Reform TwoPriority Reform ThreePriority Reform Four
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Outcome:Outcome 01Outcome 14
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Action Status:Underway
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Indicators:Increased access to quality disability supports, aged care and veterans' services in select remote locations and First Nations communities. Improved policy settings across the care and support system facilitate more integrated service systems which are viable and sustainable, and offer a range of services.
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Responsible Ministers:Minister for Aged CareMinister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme
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Delivery end date:June 2027
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Is this Indigenous specific?:No
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Resourcing:$27 million
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Agency:Department of Health and Aged CareDepartment of Social ServicesNational Disability Insurance Agency
$27 million ($19.6 million for the Department of Health and Aged Care (the department) has been committed from the 2023-24 Budget for integrated care and commissioning (ICC) trials. The ICC trials will take place in up to 10 locations in regional, rural and remote areas where there are care and support supply gap shortages and other areas where access to culturally appropriate services can be improved for First Nations communities. The ICC project aims to bring together agencies and resources across health, aged care, disability, and veterans’ care sectors to understand and address local care and support service availability issues. Through engagement with service providers and communities, it will identify and leverage enablers for improving service availability through collaborative, place-based and innovative approaches (supporting Royal Commission recommendation 48). It will also help to inform longer-term strategies for a more equitable care and support economy.