Health, ageing & disabilityStatutory authority
Hospitals and Health Services Commission
HHSC
1973 – 1978
Statutory commission that advised the Whitlam Government on hospital and health services planning and administered programs such as the Community Health Program.
How it came into existence
Set up in 1973 under the Hospitals and Health Services Commission Act 1973, following an interim committee appointed in December 1972 and chaired by Dr Sidney Sax.
Legislation: Hospitals and Health Services Commission Act 1973
How it ended
Abolished in 1978 by the Fraser Government, with its functions returned to the Department of Health.
- Hospital and health services planning
- Community Health Program
Main functions
- Planning of hospital and health services
- Administration of the Community Health Program
- Advice on hospital financing and development
- Health services research and workforce planning
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Health.
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Sources
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