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This statement is for health professionals, third party funders and policy makers. It gives an overview of osteopathic practice and its place within Australia’s health, aged care and disability systems.
This statement has been developed by Osteopathy Australia in alignment with the Osteopathic Service Descriptors, the Osteopathy Board of Australia, Capabilities for Osteopathic Practice, the Ahpra Code of Conduct for Registered Health Practitioners [3] and the World Health Organisation’s Benchmarks for Training in Osteopathy [4]. The statement is further influenced by broader health policies, legislation, regulation and health workforce debate.
Osteopaths are committed to high quality patient centred healthcare. As the scientific understanding of health and disease evolves, this Statement will require on-going revision
The statement outlines:
We recently responded to the open consultation on developing professional capabilities. The consultation gave us the opportunity to comment on the period in which documents are reviewed to ensure their currency, the way in which Ahpra conducts consultation processes and the opportunity for shared professional capabilities across all healthcare professions.
On 24 September 2024, we attended a workshop on your behalf that involved looking at transferring NDIS pricing arrangements from the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) to the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA).
Read our summary of our latest submission to the NSW pre-budget consultation process.