Open Consultations
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Request for Revalidated Service proposed changes - Mar 2024
This form is to be completed if you wish to complete a request for a Revalidated Service for a client with the Australian Government Hearing Services Program. Supporting Evidence is now required to be submitted with your request. Below is a checklist of documents you may be...
Closes 15 May 2024
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Minimum Stockholding Requirements consultation
The Australian Government entered into Strategic Agreements with Medicines Australia (MA) and the Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association (GBMA) in July 2022. These Agreements included the Medicines Security Supply Guarantee (MSSG) designed to improve supply chain security for older,...
Closes 17 May 2024
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Train-the-Trainer Sessions - Feedback
Share your views with us on the IAT Train-the-Trainer Session.
Closes 24 May 2024
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Scope of Practice Review - Issues Paper 2 Public Submissions
This survey framework seeks your views on Issues Paper #2 of the Scope of Practice Review. Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce, Scope of Practice Review is being conducted in four phases between September 2023 and October 2024. Professor Mark Cormack is leading this...
Closes 26 May 2024
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National Rural & Remote Nursing Generalist Framework 2023-2027: Stakeholder Survey 2024
Welcome to the National Rural and Remote Nursing Generalist Framework 2023-2027: Stakeholder Survey 2024. The National Rural and Remote Nursing Generalist Framework 2023-2027 (the Framework) was launched by the Assistant Minister for Rural and Regional Health, the Hon. Emma McBride, in March...
Closes 31 May 2024
Closed Consultations
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Survey of Persons Impacted by Incontinence
The Department of Health and Aged Care (the Department) has engaged Healthcare Management Advisors (HMA) in collaboration with the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI) to: ‘research incontinence in Australia and conduct an independent evaluation of Government funded continence...
Closed 30 April 2024
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Review of after hours primary care policies and programs
The Australian Department of Health and Aged Care is undertaking a review of after hours primary care policies and programs. The Review will consider the need for primary care after hours services, the current state of after hours service provision and successful models of primary care after hours...
Closed 20 April 2024
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Quality Use of Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Pathology (QUDTP) Program - Stakeholder Forum
The Department of Health and Aged Care is seeking to engage stakeholders regarding the Quality Use of Diagnostics, Therapeutics and Pathology (QUDTP) Program . The QUDTP provides funding to improve the way medicines and medical tests are prescribed and used. As...
Closed 16 April 2024
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Public Consultation - Review of the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 - Impact Analysis
In November 2019 , the Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation (Forum) endorsed an ambitious plan to reform the Bi-national Food Regulation System to ensure it remains strong, robust and agile into the future. A key element underpinning the reform agenda is...
Closed 10 April 2024
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Consultation on the Condition for surgical guides and biomodels on the Prescribed List
On 13 November 2023, a con dition for reimbursement was placed on 37 billing codes for surgical guides and biomodels listed in Part A of Schedule 1 to the Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products) Rules (No. 2) 2023 (the condition). The condition is...
Closed 25 March 2024
We Asked, You Said, We Did
Here are some of the issues we have consulted on and their outcomes. See all outcomes
We asked
The Intellectual Disability Capability Framework drafting group asked for feedback about the draft Intellectual Disability Health Capability Framework in an open consultation from 3 -27 October 2023. We asked for feedback about the overall draft framework and asked for specific feedback about the following areas of the draft framework document:
- learning outcomes
- implementation guidelines
- capacity assessment tools
- terms and language.
This was the second consultation for this project (the first open consultation asked for feedback about the core capabilities).
You said
Thirty-three submissions to the open consultation were received from a range of stakeholders including individuals, health services, peak bodies, education providers, First Nations organisations and groups representing and serving those with intellectual disabilities. A breakdown of responses is as follows:
- 9 responses from individuals/consumers
- 17 responses from organisations
- 7 responses from section/teams within an organisation
The results showed that overall, 91% of respondents agreed that the learning outcomes were appropriate, and 67% agreed that the learning outcomes were measurable. In relation to implementation guidelines, 58% of respondents agreed that the implementation guidance for accreditation authorities was appropriate, and 70% of respondents agreed that the implementation guidance for education providers was appropriate. 67% of respondents agreed that the assessment tools were useful, and 85% of respondents agreed that the language used in the framework was appropriate.
Free text comments identified areas for amendments or emphasis in the draft Framework. Main areas that were identified include:
- strengthening guidance around integrating intellectual disability into crowded curricula and accreditation standards.
- the need to provide students with the appropriate placements to prepare them to meet the needs of people with intellectual disability.
- disability awareness training for educators.
- the need to acknowledge self-regulating health professions within the framework.
- suggestions to simplify the capacity assessment tools.
- proposed changes to terminology and areas for emphasis in learning outcomes.
Feedback also identified areas that will be considered in the next phase of the project, including resource development, evaluation strategies and communities of practice. This feedback has been recorded and will be used in the next phase of the project.
We did
All submissions were reviewed, and amendments have been made as appropriate. The following significant changes were made:
- strengthened guidance about how educational institutions and accreditation authorities can integrate intellectual disability into curricula and standards. Flexible implementation options were provided and examples of ways that learning outcomes can be integrated into existing curricula were added.
- emphasised the need for appropriate placements to prepare students to meet the needs of people with intellectual disability and provided alternatives if no intellectual disability specific services.
- emphasised importance of disability awareness training for educators.
- acknowledged self-regulating health professions within the Framework.
- amended capacity assessment tools and made them modifiable, so they could be further revised to suit the needs of each organisation.
- updated terminology and glossary definitions as suggested. For example, diagnostic overshadowing was updated to a more contemporary definition.
- Added a new learning outcome to emphasise the need to limit diagnostic overshadowing. The new learning outcomes is: “Limit diagnostic overshadowing by evaluating when presentations are attributable to health and/or mental health concerns rather than intellectual disability”.
Next steps:
The next stage of the Intellectual Disability Health Curriculum Development Project, led by a team at UNSW Sydney, aims to curate and develop intellectual disability health resources to support the integration of the Framework into accreditation standards and health professional pre-registration education curricula. The project began in June 2023 and will run for two years, with resources released throughout this time. This phase involves significant consultation and co-design with people with intellectual disability, and consultation with key stakeholders including support networks of people with intellectual disability, accreditation authorities, and the higher education sector. The objectives of this next stage are to:
- scope potential barriers and facilitators to implementation in accreditation standards and create a plan to support integration
- curate a list of existing foundational knowledge and teaching resources and provide guidance around their use
- identify and develop additional priority resources and tools to support education providers to implement the Framework. One such tool will support education providers to include people with intellectual disability and their support networks in the design and delivery of curriculum content.
We appreciate all the interest and expertise shared throughout the consultation phase and thank all stakeholders who prepared a submission.
We asked
We asked you for your experiences, views and perspectives of health practitioners working to full scope of practice in primary care.
You said
We received 686 online submissions from people representing a wide range of professions and roles in primary care.
We did
The review analysts will now highlight the trends and key issues form the submissions. Together with the literature review, this will paint a comprehensive picture of the current state of scope of practice in primary care, to inform the next stages of the review.
We asked
We asked the Australian community and key stakeholders to provide their views on what they wanted to see in the new pandemic instrument and amended International Health Regulations (2005) to inform Australia's engagement in negotiations.
You said
A total of 4,521 submissions were received from individuals and a range of stakeholder groups, including academic and research institutes; non-government and community organisations; peak bodies and unions; and private sector institutions.
We did
We have considered submissions received and identified key themes. A report containing a summary of the key themes and a Government response is available here.