The evaluation assessed the appropriateness, effectiveness and sustainability of Australian Government-funded initiatives introduced since 2019 to reduce the number of younger people in residential aged care and lessons learned to inform future policy considerations. It found several factors helped reduce younger people entering residential aged care but not to zero.

The second interim evaluation report of the Medicare Urgent Care Clinics pilot program, based on program implementation from June 2023 to September 2025. This evaluation addresses the nine Measures of Success that were agreed by the Australian, and state and territory governments. Findings and improvement opportunities have been provided for each of the nine measures.

This report evaluates the implementation plan for the National Palliative Care Strategy released in 2018. It reviews progress on access, collaboration, advance care planning, data collection and provides recommendations for future improvement.

The report provides early insights into the operations of the Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (UCCs) pilot program, based on program implementation from 30 June 2023 to 30 September 2024. It found that 46% of patients would have sought care at an emergency department if the Medicare UCC was unavailable. The report identifies 14 improvement opportunities.

This report explores practical recommendations to inform the improved integration of virtual care into the broader Australian health system. It outlines the current challenges in capturing virtual care activity and cost data, and provides a roadmap for future action, identifying five key recommendations.