The Health Policy and Funding Guidelines 2024-2025 set out the operational and service delivery policy changes, obligations and standards for government-funded healthcare organisations. It aims to support a world-class healthcare system that helps all Victorians stay healthy and safe.
Health Policy and Funding Guidelines 2024-2025
The Policy and funding guidelines represent the system-wide terms and conditions for government-funded healthcare organisations.
It includes, but is not limited to:
- health services and hospitals
- community service organisations
- other funded organisations such as Ambulance Victoria.
The guidelines:
- are relevant to all funded organisations
- reflect the Department of Health's role as the system steward
- provide operational and service delivery policy changes, and outline contractual, statutory, and other duties and requirements
- underpin the department’s individual contracts with funded organisations (including, but not limited to, the Statement of Priorities)
- detail the budgetary landscape, including funding and pricing arrangements as well as funded activity and targets
- consist of the following two separate, although interconnected, publications.
Policy guide
The Policy guide provides detailed information on various operational and service delivery policy items.
This includes:
- the conditions within funded organisations operate
- obligations, standards and requirements to which funded organisations are expected to adhere.
Search for Department of Families, Fairness and Housing and Department of Health activity search
Activity descriptions contain detailed information for each Department of Families, Fairness and Housing and Department of Health activity funded through a service agreement.
Refer to Department of Families, Fairness and Housing and Department of Health activity search.
For all DFFH related Policies and Procedures, refer to the Service Agreement Requirements document.
If you require further information relating to the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing activity descriptions, please email the Monitoring Framework Helpdesk.
Further information
If your query is in relation to the Health Policy and Funding Guidelines, email accountability@health.vic.gov.au.