Report: The association’s meeting with the Department of Health and Aged Care
Read more about our most recent meeting with the department about the aged care service list.
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Submission: the NDIS Act (Bill No.2)
Overview of the submission
The submission called for feedback on three main areas:
- Changes to the penalty framework and introducing statutory requirements
- Safeguarding measures, and
- Information gathering.
Our feedback
Our feedback indicated that there should be less focus on fraudulent providers and more focus on what good practice looks like or the benefits NDIS participants receive from the care provided by osteopaths for example. NDIS participants consistently voice the positive, tangible changes they observe following osteopathic treatment, yet the NDIS Commission still does not recognise osteopathy as an evidence-based profession despite osteopaths being university-qualified allied health practitioners registered under the National Law as allied health professionals.
We reiterated that osteopaths hold evidence-based university qualifications (with over 70% of Australian osteopaths holding a Master's qualification (AQF 9)). We also voiced concerns about the statutory timeframe for providing documentation.
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