Program · Outcome 1: Better equip Australia to meet current and future health needs of all Australians through the delivery of evidence-based health policies; improved access to comprehensive and coordinated health care; ensuring sustainable funding for health services, research and technologies; and protecting the health and safety of the Australian community
Program 1.7: Primary Care Practice Incentives and Medical Indemnity
Provide incentive payments to eligible general practices through the Practice Incentives Program (PIP) to incentivise, promote and support general practices to deliver quality care, strengthen practice capacity, and enhance patient access and health outcomes.
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements, PDF page 79 reported
+$21m (+3.2%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
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Published lines
Each row is one line of the program’s expense table in the 2026-27 Portfolio Budget Statements – Program Expense Line Items, as published.
| Line | Kind | 2025-26 estimated actual |
2026-27 Budget estimate |
Change | Treatment | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary annual services | administered | $509m | $521m | +$13m +2.5% | reported | 2.1.1 Outcome 1, row 701 |
| Medical Indemnity Act 2002 | administered | $136m | $143m | +$7.7m +5.7% | reported | 2.1.1 Outcome 1, row 702 |
| Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Act 2010 | administered | $5.8m | $6.6m | +$782k +13.5% | reported | 2.1.1 Outcome 1, row 703 |