Funding of $107 million over four years is being provided for individualised support for people with a disability, their families and carers. Up to 720 additional individual support packages will be available to provide essential care and support services for people with a disability, their families and carers. Individual support packages provide Victorians with a disability choice about the types of support they access and greater control over their own lives. A number of these packages will be available to meet demand for students with a disability currently exiting the school system, and those exiting the Futures for Young Adults program. This will ensure that young people with high ongoing needs are provided with the assistance they require. The Government is also providing $4 million in additional subsidies for aids and equipment for people living with a disability to enhance their quality of life and build independent living skills. Delivering health services New funding A funding pool of $421 million over four years is being provided to drive efficiencies in elective surgery. This follows a successful pilot in the Budget and will encourage the most efficient use of facilities to see more patients treated sooner. The Government will further develop Services Connect, Victoria’s integrated human services system, by extending activity at the existing Services Connect trials sites in Dandenong and Barwon. Services Connect will deliver support to those most in need in the community, ensuring service delivery is client centred and more efficient. Extra funding of $772 million over four years will enhance the capacity of health services across Victoria to meet and manage growth in demand for essential hospital services. Support will target services such as emergency inpatient bed capacity, outpatient services, renal dialysis, chemotherapy and radiotherapy services, as well as cost-effective substitutes for acute care. This funding also includes additional critical care capacity in intensive care units, as well as additional maternity and neonatal service care funding. Access to lifesaving treatment for disease and stroke will be improved by a $22 million program with a targeted focus on rural and regional Victoria. This will reduce readmission and disease progression rates by better managing and supporting people with chronic heart failure and introducing new models of care to enhance rehabilitation. Culturally appropriate service options for Aboriginal Victorians will be expanded to ensure that they receive access to appropriate health care. Investment of $62 million will build pathways to support increased use of mainstream services by Aboriginal Victorians, and help to better respond to their needs. Current Government action The Government is providing $300 million to launch the National Disability Insurance Scheme, to help improve the of Victorians with a disability.
Funding of $107 million over four years is being provided for individualised support for people with a disability, their families and carers. Up to 720 additional individual support packages will be available to provide essential care and support services for people with a disability, their families and carers. Individual support packages provide Victorians with a disability choice about the types of support they access and greater control over their own lives. A number of these packages will be available to meet demand for students with a disability currently exiting the school system, and those exiting the Futures for Young Adults program. This will ensure that young people with high ongoing needs are provided with the assistance they require. The Government is also providing $4 million in additional subsidies for aids and equipment for people living with a disability to enhance their quality of life and build independent living skills. Delivering health services New funding A funding pool of $421 million over four years is being provided to drive efficiencies in elective surgery. This follows a successful pilot in the Budget and will encourage the most efficient use of facilities to see more patients treated sooner. The Government will further develop Services Connect, Victoria’s integrated human services system, by extending activity at the existing Services Connect trials sites in Dandenong and Barwon. Services Connect will deliver support to those most in need in the community, ensuring service delivery is client centred and more efficient. Extra funding of $772 million over four years will enhance the capacity of health services across Victoria to meet and manage growth in demand for essential hospital services. Support will target services such as emergency inpatient bed capacity, outpatient services, renal dialysis, chemotherapy and radiotherapy services, as well as cost-effective substitutes for acute care. This funding also includes additional critical care capacity in intensive care units, as well as additional maternity and neonatal service care funding. Access to lifesaving treatment for disease and stroke will be improved by a $22 million program with a targeted focus on rural and regional Victoria. This will reduce readmission and disease progression rates by better managing and supporting people with chronic heart failure and introducing new models of care to enhance rehabilitation. Culturally appropriate service options for Aboriginal Victorians will be expanded to ensure that they receive access to appropriate health care. Investment of $62 million will build pathways to support increased use of mainstream services by Aboriginal Victorians, and help to better respond to their needs. Current Government action The Government is providing $300 million to launch the National Disability Insurance Scheme, to help improve the of Victorians with a disability.