Submission: NSW SIRA early intervention standard
Osteopathy Australia's response to NSW SIRA's proposed early intervention standard
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Osteopathy Australia has recently formally responded to the ABS’s Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO) comprehensive review.
ANZSCO provides a standardised collection, analysis, and dissemination of occupation data for Australia and New Zealand. Significantly, osteopaths are currently grouped together at a unit level with chiropractors which we have argued for separation. As this grouping is no longer significant, nor does it benefit either profession in representation, definition or in workforce planning strategies.
The key recommendations of our submission included:
Osteopathy Australia's response to NSW SIRA's proposed early intervention standard
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