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The National Health Funding Body (NHFB) participates in the annual Australian Public Service (APS) employee census. Results for this year are contained in the NHFB Highlights Report.

For more information on the NHFB 2024 Employee Census Action Plan, download it here:

The National Health Funding Body (NHFB) is wholly committed to upholding the Commonwealth Child Safe Framework to support keeping children safe in any circumstance.

In August 2011, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) agreed to major changes in how public hospitals were to be funded by Commonwealth, State and Territory governments, including the move from block grants to an ‘activity-based’ funding system (ABF). 

The NHFB Corporate Plan 2024-25 sets our direction for the next four years and covers the activities we will undertake to achieve our purpose.  

The Strategic direction 2024-2028 highlights our five key objectives, our values and our behaviours as we strive to achieve our vision of improving transparency of public hospital funding in Australia.

Clause B102 of the National Health Reform Agreement requires the Administrator to publish details of Commonwealth, State and Territory compliance with the data requirements specified in the Administrator's Data Plan.

This document is the Administrator's policy for publishing details of Commonwealth, State and Territory compliance with the data requirements of the Administrator's Three Year Data Plan.

This document sets out the The Administrator's determination of the minimum level of data required from jurisdictions and includes:

To comply with section 15(3) of the Public Service Act 1999 (the Act), the National Health Funding Body (NHFB) has established procedures for determining whether a current, or former, NHFB employee has breached the Australian Public Service (APS) Code of Conduct. We have also established procedures for determining sanctions.

Clause B102 of the National Health Reform Agreement requires the Administrator to publish details of Commonwealth, State and Territory compliance with the data requirements specified in the Administrator's Data Plan.