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A quick summary of our thoughts on the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1)

The team attended an information session led by senior provider engagement at the NDIS. The session focused on support roles within the NDIS, NDIA decision making and funding, using the MyPlace provider portal, the transition to the new PACE system, processes and record keeping.

The DSC Annual National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Conference provided a platform for robust discussions, insights, and updates crucial to shaping the future of disability support services in Australia.

We attended a meeting with the Aged Care Taskforce on the Aged Care Taskforce Final Report.

In this submission, we focus on ensuring that allied health professionals, particularly osteopaths, are considered as part of the broader fall prevention team. This includes the suggestion to remove the reference to individual professions that may assist in fall prevention strategies and create an overarching inclusive statement involving all musculoskeletal allied health professionals.

In this submission, we focus on how the Scope of Practice Review should aim to achieve affordable and universal access to best-practice health services and value for the consumer and health system. Osteopathy Australia advocates for every Australian to have access to high-quality healthcare and support, regardless of where they live. Australians also deserve to have access to funded osteopathy. This will drive better health outcomes, improve the utilisation of our healthcare resources, and help overcome the inefficiencies in primary care. There is a significant opportunity within osteopathy to leverage existing skillsets and scope of practice to address system inefficiencies and reduce the burden on other health practitioners.

Read our submission to Ahpra in consultation on the non-surgical cosmetic guidelines for practitioners who perform and advertise in this space.

In this submission, we focus on how the current health workforce distribution levers are ineffective and not inclusive of allied health professionals or the wider health workforce.

In this submission, we focus on ensuring that allied health professionals, particularly osteopaths, are considered part of the broader multidisciplinary team.

Explore the recent update to the NDIS Code of Conduct on pricing standards for goods and services, crucial for service providers catering to NDIS participants.

We provided feedback to the NDIA on their draft Agency Strategy, focusing on key areas for improvement and emphasising the need for measurable outcomes to enhance disability support.

We made key recommendations to Treasury NSW for the improvement of the delivery of effective Primary Health Care (PHC), and specifically osteopathic care.