Australian Social Policy

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Australian Social Policy
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Introduction
The focus of the following paper is to describe about the policy that the Australian
government has taken about certain areas they have to take care of. The Government has the
responsibility of taking care of all the people living in the country. Especially, the government
has the responsibility of taking care of the health issues of the common Australians. The health
issues in every country os treated issues so the healthcare has been chosen in this paper to be
highlighted positively. The health issues have been developing in almost all the countries
because of the poor conditions in health and hygienic issues. The different policies regarding
healthcare will be scrutinized in this paper and a proper analysis would be made in order to bring
out all the positive and negative points. The Australian Government has also made some policies
that would indeed benefit the marginalized and vulnerable people in the country known as the
Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people. As they belong to the indigenous culture, they need
the help of the government to have better healthcare facilities. It is to be noted that healthcare is
provided by both the government and private organizations in the country. The impact of these
policies will be analyzed with the mission of rendering these policies. The way of implementing
these policies would be discussed and the organizations that will execute these policies would be
highlighted here as well.
Overview of the policy
The health policies taken up by the Australian government would be discussed in this
section. The healthcare system is provided in Australia by both the private and the government
organizations. The Government looks after the national health policy and they also take care of
the operational procedures of the hospital (Australia.gov.au, 2018). The different state
governments make the operations by themselves and this helps them to understand the

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difficulties that arise while running the organizations. The Government has introduced a publicly
funded healthcare system named Medicare (Australia.gov.au, 2018). This system can exist
together with the private health system of the country as well.
Primary health and well being of the people
The Government is responsible for providing the necessary facilities for the health and
well-being of the common people of the country. All the states and the territories have the
responsibility of providing these health facilities to the people. They have to serve the common
people in the public hospitals and communities in different states and territories. They also look
after the public health, ambulance services, services for the dental problems of the public and all
the mental health programs as well. They also work very hard to make the links between the state
and territory health services (Australia.gov.au, 2018).
Australian Safety and Quality in Healthcare Commission
This Government body looks after all the issues in the healthcare sector that can arise for
the negligence of the workers. They see to the improvements in the national periphery of the
health facilities. They ensure the fact of keeping up to the national safety and clinical standards.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
The Government bodies are responsible for looking after all the safety of the healthcare
system. There is a national agency for the health and welfare statistics and information in the
country. They provide the best quality services in healthcare, notes all the issues and challenges
in the system, the problems in budget and expenditure, quality of the hospitals in the public
territory. The national agency has the task of ensuring the solutions to the problems like mental
health and ageing, disability of the older people, protecting the children and many others.

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Medical services in the country
The medical services in the country are properly looked after by the Government. They
have many wings that look after the several issues in the healthcare sector.
Australian Digital Health Strategy
The Australian Digital Health Strategy requires the help seekers to get free consultation
from the doctors on several issues. The patients can consult with the doctors online and get best
advices in a safe and secure way. This modern policy was developed to match the present needs
of the stakeholders.
Background of implementing this policy
This policy has been implemented in the country to cater to the needs of the modern
scenario. It has been noted that many people are unable to consult with the doctors physically as
they do not get the ample time to visit them (Aph.gov.au, 2018). The patients can register here
and get the best suggestions from the qualified doctors to bring a remedy to their problems. This
would be very much beneficial from the clinical and economical benefits as well. The patients
can share their medical records with the doctors as it is completely secure platform. They will get
the best solutions in this case.
Medicare policy
Medicare policy is considered to be one of the best policies in the Australian healthcare
background. The Medicare benefits are provided to all the common people in the country that
would be very much effective as well. The important things that the Medicare policy gives are
the different kinds of medical services for free to the needy people or at a lower cost. This