Report No. 18, 57th Parliament - Inquiry into the provision of primary, allied and private health care, aged care and NDIS care services and its impact on the Queensland public health system

Committee’s report

The committee tabled its report on 8 April 2022. 

View: Report
View: Interim Government Response
View: Government Response
View: Parliamentary debate of the Report - transcript
12/05/22 - (Pages 1162-1172) & 26/05/2022 (Pages 1453 - 1460)
The debate can be viewed by clicking on the movie icon within the transcripts.

 

terms of reference

On 17 November 2021 the Legislative Assembly agreed to a motion that the Health and Environment Committee inquire and report on the provision of primary, allied and private health care, aged care and NDIS care services and its impact on the Queensland public health system.

That the Health and Environment Committee inquire into and report to the Legislative Assembly by 31 March 2022 on

1.

the provision of:

a. primary and allied health care;
b. aged and NDIS care;
c. the private health care system;

and any impacts the availability and accessibility of these services have on the Queensland public health system

2.

in conducting this inquiry, the Health and Environment Committee should consider:

a. the current state of those services (outlined in 1) in Queensland;
b. bulk billing policies, including the Commonwealth Government's Medicare rebate freeze;
c. the Commonwealth Government's definition of the Commonwealth Distribution Priority Areas; and
d. the availability of medical training places at Queensland universities, compared to other jurisdictions

Call for submissions 

Submissions closed on Thursday, 23 December 2021. 

Public hearings

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Timeline

Submissions closed:Thursday, 23 December 2021
Public briefing:Monday, 29 November 2021 - Program - Broadcast - Transcript 
Public hearing(s):Wednesday, 8 December 2021 - Brisbane - Program - Broadcast - Transcript 
 Thursday, 9 December 2021 - Bribie Island - Program - Transcript 
 Monday, 7 February 2022 - Cairns - Program - Transcript
 Tuesday, 8 February 2022 - Mossman - Program - Transcript
 Wednesday, 9 February 2022 - Townsville - Program - Transcript
 Thursday, 10 February 2022 - Logan - Program - Transcript
 Thursday, 10 February 2022 - Gold Coast - Program - Transcript
 Friday, 11 February 2022 - Brisbane - Program - Broadcast - Transcript
 Monday, 21 February 2022 - Brisbane - Program - Broadcast - Transcript 
 Wednesday, 2 March 2022 - Bundaberg - Program - Transcript
 Thursday, 3 March 2022 - Rockhampton - Program  - Transcript
 Friday, 4 March 2022 - Longreach - Program - Transcript
Report due date:8 April 2022
 

 

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