The peak body for Indigenous-led health organisations in Victoria has called for practical, community-led investments to improve Aboriginal health and wellbeing while reducing long-term pressure on the health system ahead of the upcoming state election.

The Victorian election, to be held in November, will see Labor attempt to secure a fourth term in government.

However, recent polling has indicated the possibility of a hung parliament, with the resurgence of the far-right One Nation party contributing to the uncertainty.

While the Labor government last year signed the country's first Treaty with First Peoples, the Coalition has vowed to dismantle the First Peoples' Assembly within 100 days if elected.

In its pre-election platform, the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) proposed a series of practical, evidence-based investments that it says would improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal Victorians while easing long-term pressure on the state budget.

VACCHO CEO, Dr Jill Gallagher, said the proposals focus on prevention and early intervention, helping Aboriginal people access care in Community rather than through hospitals and crisis services.

She argued the measures would support Victoria's commitments under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap.

"Our state election platform provides effective, low-cost prevention strategies for dental and oral health," Dr Gallagher said, "and there are also policy changes that can be incorporated into existing legislation that can have [a] significant impact on the lives of Aboriginal Victorians".

Key recommendations

-Renewing funding for the Urgent Care Pathways initiative ($35.5 million over four years).

-Expanding Urgent Care Pathways to 14 additional Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations ($45 million over four years).

-Investing $18.3 million over five years to expand Aboriginal dental and oral health services.

-Investing $36.2 million over four years to establish two Healing Centres focused on mental health and wellbeing.

-Creating a $20 million annual Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Infrastructure Fund.

-Reforming prison healthcare by transferring responsibility to public health providers, implementing an ACCO-led model of care for Aboriginal people in custody, and delivering recommendations from the coronial inquest into the death of Veronica Nelson.

-Embedding the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into Victoria's human rights framework.

-Legislating cultural safety requirements across Victoria's health legislation.

Dr Gallagher called on whichever party forms government after November to consider the recommendations to strengthen the health and wellbeing outcomes of Aboriginal communities.

"The next Victorian Government has an opportunity to make meaningful, lasting change for the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal Victorians and VACCHO is providing the roadmap on how to do it," she said.