Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Health Services Act 1988 - SECT 11A

Principal function of the Secretary

11A. Principal function of the Secretary

To ensure that the objectives of this Act are met, the Secretary may-

   (a)  advise the Minister on the operation of this Act;

   (b)  develop policies and plans with respect to health services provided by
        health care agencies;

   (c)  fund or purchase health services and monitor, evaluate and review
        publicly funded or purchased health services;

   (d)  encourage safety and improvement in the quality of health services
        provided by health care agencies and health service establishments;

   (e)  in consultation with health care agencies, develop criteria or
        measures that enable comparisons to be made between the performance of
        health care agencies providing similar services;

   (f)  collect and analyse data to enable the Secretary to perform the
        Secretary's functions under this or any other Act;

   (g)  do anything else that the Secretary considers appropriate.

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