Health Purchasing Victoria is an Australian public authority established in 2001 by an amendment to the
Victorian
Victorian or Victorians may refer to:
19th century
* Victorian era, British history during Queen Victoria's 19th-century reign
** Victorian architecture
** Victorian house
** Victorian decorative arts
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''Health Services Act'' 1988, and has a responsibility to facilitate reform of the
procurement system for Victorian hospitals and health services.
It is an independent
statutory authority
A statutory body or statutory authority is a body set up by law (statute) that is authorised to implement certain legislation on behalf of the relevant country or state, sometimes by being Primary and secondary legislation, empowered or deleg ...
responsible to the Minister of Health.
Public hospitals and health services in the state of Victoria have a differing legal status to their counterparts in all other
Australian States. In Victoria, "public" hospitals and health services, that is, primary, secondary and tertiary health care centres funded predominantly by government grants, are separate legal entities. For this reason, the
Victorian State Government enacted legislation to create an entity that has the ability to enter into collective commercial contracts for goods and services on best value terms on behalf of public hospitals and health services.
References
External links
Official HPV website
Medical and health organisations based in Victoria (state)
Government agencies of Victoria (state)
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