Overview
Mission Australia welcomes the Productivity Commission’s Delivering quality care more efficiently interim report and its recognition that productivity isn't just about getting more products and services, but better ones; increasing quality in the care sector will boost outcomes and effectiveness. We strongly endorse the three draft reform areas in the Interim Report being recommended to government following incorporation of the advice and specific recommendations we have made in this submission. We recommend:
- Making government spending more productive by investing in prevention and early intervention
- Mandating collaborative commissioning as the default approach to procuring services, backed by robust, fit-for-purpose outcomes frameworks with adequate funding to support both government commissioning agencies and their commissioned partner organisations to adopt outcome-focused approaches
- Harmonising regulations without compromising quality or safety to release productivity gains