FOI 26-3164 – Review of CoHealth General Practice and related services

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The document is the March 2026 final report of the independent Review of cohealth General Practice and related services, commissioned by the Commonwealth and Victorian Governments after cohealth's September 2025 decision to close its Collingwood, Fitzroy and Kensington GP clinics. The Review, led by Stephen Duckett, John Furler and Jane Seeber with financial analysis by McGrathNicol, found the clinics were running at a loss, attributing this to weak governance and management alongside structural Medicare funding gaps, including limited weighting for complexity, incentives for shorter consultations, and no effective funding for multidisciplinary care. Twelve recommendations cover a Victorian show-cause process, a two-year Commonwealth extension, a Health Program Grant pilot under Part IV of the Health Insurance Act, MyMedicare-linked payments, and accountability to North Western Melbourne PHN. The report also notes the less than three-month gap between the closure announcement and the proposed closure date.