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The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) proposed a number of refinements to the regulation of therapeutic goods. Osteopathy Australia's recommendations included: that the TGA should require plagiocephaly helmets be subject to inclusion on the ARTG as a medium risk medical device for redirecting the growth of a baby, infant or young child’s skull; and that the TGA should exclude clinical foot orthoses from ARTG registration and ARTG registration exemption applications.
See: TGA therapeutic devices regulation: Osteopathy Australia submission 2021
We addressed a letter to the Nick Morgan, Assistant Secretary Home Support and Hearing Branch and various of his Departmental colleagues following up our letter from November 2024, which highlighted 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.
AHPA is seeking feedback from allied health professionals on their experiences supporting patients with long COVID or repeated COVID infections
Read more about our most recent meeting with the department and following on from our submission to the open consultation on the Residential Aged Care Service List.