A landmark report in Australian healthcare was handed down this week with the release of the recommendations from the independent Primary Health Reform Steering Group on the federal government’s primary healthcare plan for the next 10 years.

The report is very much influenced by the Department of Health’s voluntary patient registration (VPR) model, which seems to have taken over as preferred policy from ideas like Health Care Homes and patient-centred medical homes. (It’s interesting that GPs who have in the past railed against the idea of capitation seem to be quite keen on VPR, but that’s a discussion for another day.)