Health budget overview

Saving and spending in the health Budget: Better Access and pathology slashed, more for mental health overall, children’s health checks, bowel screening and after-hours care.

- SAVING: $307 million over 4 years Cuts to Better Access program

- SAVING: $118.7 million over 4 years Cuts to allied health treatment under Better Access

- $11 million over 5 years Health and wellbeing checks for 3-year-olds

- $222.4 million over 5 years Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre expansion

- $14.4 million over 5 years Establishment of a single mental health online portal

- $197.3 million over 5 years Establishment of 30 new headspace sites, and additional funding to existing sites

- $32 million over 5 years Establishment of a National Mental Health Commission

- $40.7 million over 4 years Prevenar vaccine and catch-up immunisation program

- $138.7 million over 4 years National Bowel Cancer Screening Program

- $49.9 million over 2 years Continuation of incentives to improve after-hours care

- $45.1 million over 4 years Medicare Locals and after-hours care

- $75.5 million over 2 years Diagnostic imaging reforms: GPs gain access to MBS rebates for MRI

- SAVING: $419 million over 4 years Cuts to pathology sector

- $1.2 million over 1 year To safely dispose of expired stock within the National Medical Stockpile

- $4.0 million over 3 years Cancer Australia and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia to deliver a support program for men with prostate cancer