Report: Aged Care Taskforce Report and Recommendations meeting
We attended a meeting with the Aged Care Taskforce on the Aged Care Taskforce Final Report.
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Submission: rural and remote area HELP debt incentives: letter to Minister
In December 2021, the Federal Government announced it would provide an incentive for eligible doctors and nurse practitioners to practice in rural, remote or very remote areas of Australia, by eliminating all or part of their Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP) debt. Osteopathy Australia CEO wrote to the Minister for Regional Health arguing that osteopaths and other allied health practitioners should also be included in this scheme to boost the rural and regional health workforce.
See: Rural and remote area HELP debt incentives: Letter to Minister
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We addressed a letter to the Minister for Aged Care, the Minister for Health, and the Chief Allied Health Officer, highlighting the omission of osteopathy from the 'allied health and therapy' service type in the Aged Care Bill 2024 and related service lists. Read more here.
Report: The association’s meeting with the Department of Health and Aged Care and ANZACTA
Read more about our most recent meeting with the department and ANZACTA following on from our letter about the aged care service list.