02. A Budget that builds on the State's success

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April 2021, reaching a balance of $14.7 billion. The NSW Government plans to grow the NGF to over $90.0 billion by 2030-31 as part of its fiscal repair efforts, thereby boosting the NGFs debt offset capacity and fostering a more resilient State balance sheet now and in the future.
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1. KEEPING NSW SAFE WHILE ACCELERATING OUR RECOVERY

INVESTING IN OUR WORLDCLASS HEALTH SYSTEM

Since March 2020, the NSW Government has committed more than $4.0 billion to help the healthcare system to increase its capacity and ensure it is well placed to manage the ongoing impacts of COVID-19. NSW Health has expanded the vaccination clinic footprint across the state to ensure vaccines are accessible to eligible people across the state, providing outreach to locations in rural and regional areas.

A major boost to the vaccine rollout in NSW has been the opening of the mass vaccination centre at Sydney Olympic Park, which can administer up to 30,000 vaccinations per week. A new centre at Newcastle, to open in July, will complement the existing network of clinics across the State.

 

COVID-19 HEALTH RESPONSE

  • $340.0 million for personal protective equipment and associated warehousing costs to keep our frontline health workers safe
  • $261.3 million for COVID-19 vaccine distribution
  • $200.0 million for pop-up clinics, testing and contact tracing
  • $145.4 million for returning travellers in quarantine requiring medical assistance
  • $80.0 million to continue additional elective surgery; and
  • $30.0 million for enhanced cleaning within health facilities.

HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE

$3.1 billion will be invested in 2021-22 to continue and commence around 110 health capital projects across 18 metropolitan hospitals, 28 regional hospitals and other health facilities. Major works currently underway include:

  •  $835.0 million for the John Hunter Health and Innovation Precinct
  •  $740.0 million for the Liverpool Health and Academic Precinct; and
  •  $673.3 million for the Tweed Hospital and Integrated Ambulatory Services Redevelopment.

MENTAL HEALTH

  • $109.5 million over four years to develop 25 Safeguards - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Crisis Teams across NSW to provide support services to children and adolescents with moderate to severe mental health issues and their families/carers
  • $36.4 million over four years for 57 mental health Response and Recovery Specialists across regional and rural NSW to provide assertive outreach support for communities, and coordination with local services at the time of a disaster or crisis and during the ongoing recovery phase; and
  • $25.8 million to continue funding the co-responder program, PACER, involving Police, Ambulance and Clinical Early Response teams working collaboratively when responding to mental health situations.
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DIGITAL HEALTH

The NSW Government has increased investment in digital health initiatives to over $500.0 million over the next four years, including:

  • $141.0 million to commence implementing a Single Digital Patient Record to enhance care coordination across hospital and other settings
  • $37.3 million for Real Time Prescription Monitoring to track medicines associated with a high risk of causing harm, dependence or misuse
  • $25.3 million to fast track electronic prescribing to support the home delivery of medicines
  • completion of the latest expansion of Virtual Care and Telehealth to safely connect patients with health professionals to deliver care when and where it is needed; and
  • $21.7 million investment (Commonwealth and NSW Government) in the NSW Telestroke Service to provide 24/7 access to specialist clinical advice for acute ischaemic stroke patients in regional and rural NSW.

REGIONAL HEALTH

$900.0 million will be invested in health capital works across regional NSW. This includes:

  • $80.0 million for Moree Hospital
  • $53.0 million for Gunnedah Hospital
  • $45.0 million for Muswellbrook Hospital Stage 3; and
  • $30.0 million for Wentworth Hospital.

HEALTH SERVICES

  • $82.8 million over four years to continue strengthening palliative care services, including improving community-based care, enhanced palliative care services and enhancements to the specialist palliative care workforce in regional and rural NSW
  • $34.0 million over four years for NSW Ambulance to convert 246 paramedics to Intensive Care Paramedics, of which 203 will be in regional NSW; and
  • $8.6 million over four years to support community care for people with neurodegenerative disorders, such as
  • Parkinson’s disease.
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