Complaints about the National Disability Insurance Scheme have soared by about 700 per cent in the past year. Reports to the Commonwealth Ombudsman jumped from 62 in 2015-16 to 429 last financial year, amid the NDIS’ troubled nationwide rollout.
Disability groups say the increasing number of complaints about the national disability insurance scheme reflects a “planning process in crisis”. The number of complaints about the NDIS made to the commonwealth ombudsman increased from 62 in 2015-16 to 429 last financial year, the ABC reported on Saturday morning.
An attempt by the National Disability Insurance Agency to appeal a ruling that the agency must fully fund supports accepted as “reasonable and necessary” under the National Disability Insurance Scheme, has been dismissed by the Federal Court.
The introduction of the NDIS in July 2016 presented significant challenges and opportunities for disability service providers. The shift away from block government funding for standardised services to consumer-directed care has already prompted some organisations to make radical changes to service design, workforce planning and risk management practices.
The report found that the current NDIS pricing arrangements, set by the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), failed to “recognise the time required to deliver quality services to NDIS participants… resulting in lower quality support and increased risks for participants”.
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A single mother has called for a re-think of the National Disability Insurance Scheme after she was left without enough support to properly care for her severely disabled son.
Tammie Lansley feels she may be forced to relinquish care of her son Nathan to the government — because the government won’t offer her the support she needs to look after him.
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Given the National Disability Insurance Scheme has support across the political spectrum there is a reluctance to heavily criticise it despite a parliamentary inquiry which is revealing that the system is beset by major problems.
Despite, or perhaps because of, the limited knowledge of disability by policy makers, politicians, and journalists seven years ago, NDIS was seized upon as a “solution” to the systemic dysfunction in disability services.
The National Disability Insurance Scheme is not living up to expectations and may even be exacerbating the inequities it was designed to solve, according to a new report.
At the end o 2016, Every Australia Counts community were invited to share their experiences of the NDIS in a survey. Thousands of people responded and this report card is based on the feedback received The results are a mixed bag – and there’s certainly room to do better. You let us know about what’s working with … Continued
The paper details recommendations on the way forward for the scheme. It commends the NDIS as the right reform for Australia, but warns that the scale and complexity of implementation is placing great pressure on stakeholders. NDS identifies the main pressures on the NDIS to be its speed; funding issues; the function of systems; and … Continued
The Victorian government is looking to divest a number of disability services to the non-government sector in the next step of the roll out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) has denied a terminally ill mother help to keep communicating with her family.