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HCCA Response to ACT Budget 2024-25
Published: 2024
The 2024-25 ACT Budget was released on Tuesday 25 June 2024 by Andrew Barr MLA, Chief Minister and Treasurer of the ACT.
Overall, the ACT Government has delivered a budget that seeks to meet increasing demand for many health and hospital services through continuing and new commitments to infrastructure and service development. It includes measures relevant to many of HCCA’s current priorities including funding for improvements to:
- access to outpatients’ services
- support for consumers from multicultural communities care of older people, and
- digital health.
The Budget offers us a valuable opportunity to understand the achievements (or failures) of current measures addressing these key areas. There are some specific services where we continue to not meet targets or fall below community need and expectations in the ACT.
The Budget papers can be found here: Home – Budget 2024-25 (act.gov.au). Details for the Health Directorate and Canberra Health Service are contained in Budget Statements C.
HCCA provided a submission to Government on our priorities for investment in the 2024-25 Budget. You can read our full submission on our website.
In our response we set out our priorities and provide analysis of how the Budget has responded to these.