Page 4462 - Week 10 - Thursday, 22 September 2011

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(i) The budget for this scheme is rolled into the operating budget of the Acute Support Nutrition Department. As such it is not possible to provide the exact budget allocation for the scheme for this financial year and beyond. The total budget for this Nutrition cost centre is -

2011-12	$2.316m
2012-13	To be determined
2013-14	To be determined
2014-15	To be determined

This budget covers the whole of the Nutrition cost centre which includes, but is not solely used for the Home Enteral Nutrition Scheme.

(ii) The subsidies are available to all eligible ACT residents; it is not capped to a specific number each year.

(iii) The number of clients utilising the ACT Government Home Enteral Nutrition Scheme has reduced since 2007 – 2008. (From 75 to 36) Table 1. This is due to a change in the market regarding these products. Pharmaceutical companies commenced selling products at a contract rate to clients who were eligible. In addition the companies would provide a free loan pump to deliver the enteral feed. As such this was an attractive option for many consumers of the ACT scheme and the number on the ACT scheme reduced.

(iv) July 1995

(v) Information not available.

(vi) Information not available.

(h) Home Haemodialysis Rebate

This is managed by the Community Services Directorate.

(i) Interstate Patient Travel Assistance Scheme

(i)

2011-12	$492,500
2012-13	$504,812
2013-14	$517,433
2014-15	$530,369

(ii) Approximately 1500 claims.

(iii) CPI only has been factored into the budget. No anticipated growth in number of subsidies is expected.

(iv) The scheme was introduced federally on 1 October 1978 and passed to the state and territory on 1 January 1987

(v) Information not available.

(vi) Information not available.

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