Thursday, 28 August 2025

Western Victoria Region

Sarah MANSFIELD (Western Victoria) (12:55): (1796) My question is for the Minister for Health. Bellarine Community Health provides critical supports for my constituents in the Bellarine to keep them healthy at home, included in the community and out of hospital. This financial year the unit prices paid for home and community care (HACC) and community health increased. However, crucially, the number of funded hours decreased. So they are receiving the same amount of funding overall but are able to provide fewer services with it. Funding also is not properly indexed, which means that funding for Bellarine Community Health is effectively being cut. Minister, can you provide the modelling used to determine the 2025–26 HACC and community health unit prices and funded hours for Bellarine Community Health that explain these cuts?