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The 2011-12 State Budget, delivered by Treasurer Jack Snelling today, provides some welcome news for health consumers with the health budget set to reach a record $4.7 billion. The Budget includes $133 million over four years in additional resources for providing health services and $498 million for capital projects in 2011-12. HCA, the peak body for health consumers in South Australia, welcomes the health budget. In particular, capital expenditure to upgrade and modernise facilities and…

The Health Consumers Alliance of South Australia (HCA), the peak body for health consumers, advocated for the establishment of an independent statutory health complaints authority for South Australia and welcomed the establishment of the office of the Health & Community Services Complaints Commissioner (HCSCC) in 2005. HCA also participated actively in the 2008 review of the Health and Community Services Complaints Act and advocated for the implementation of the review recommendations, including the establishment of…

The 2010-11 State budget, delivered yesterday, provides some welcome news for health consumers with the health budget set to reach a record $4.5 billion. The budget includes $884 million over four years for new initiatives and $424 million for capital projects in 2010-11. HCA, the peak body for health consumers in South Australia, welcomes the Health budget. In particular, new initiatives, such as, the four hour target for Emergency Departments and the additional 260,000 elective…