In their final report, the NDIS Review recommended mandatory, universal registration for all providers of NDIS services.

We know that members have concerns about the registration process, so Speech Pathology Australia organised two Virtual Town Hall events to give members an opportunity to contribute to the Association's submission to the NDIS Registration Taskforce, which will be submitted at the end of April 2024.

The two online events involved different panel speakers, each bringing a unique point of view to the discussion, and a Q&A with questions from the attendees answered in real time. We encourage members to view both recordings.

If members have any case studies regarding the NDIS auditing process that they would like to share with the policy team to assist in advocacy around this issue they can email policy@speechpathologyaustralia.org.au

Panelists

Jen Morris - Speech pathologist and NDIS participant
Jen Morris is a community representative working in the health and disability sectors, who also lives with disability. She has 14 years of experience bringing the views and voice of the community and service users to decision-making tables in the research, education, policy, governance, regulation and safe-guarding in the health and disability sector. She is a member of the SPA Ethics Board.

Dr Trish Bradd - Chair, SPA Ethics Board
Dr Trish Bradd is the Director, Patient Safety at the NSW Clinical Excellence Commission, a leadership and strategic role that leads and directs the NSW Patient Safety Program and provides strategic oversight for patient safety and clinical governance across the NSW Health system. Trish is a Fellow of Speech Pathology Australia, current Chair of the SPA Ethics Board and Past SPA National President. Trish has a PhD in health leadership from the University of Technology Sydney where she is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the School of Public Health.

Erin Mills - Speech pathologist and NDIS participant
Erin Mills (she/her) is a Speech Pathologist based on Butchulla Land in Hervey Bay QLD. Erin works for a Private Practice across a mixed caseload supporting people with disabilities accessing the NDIS. Erin is a wheelchair user and NDIS participant herself who is passionate about supporting people with disabilities in Allied Health professions. 

Associate Professor Libby Callaway, ARATA
Libby Callaway is the current Strategic Executive Advisor of the Australian Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Association (ARATA), the national peak body for assistive technology stakeholders - including a membership of both people who use and people who advise on assistive technology. She is also an Associate Professor at Monash University and registered Occupational Therapist who has worked for over 30 years in the field of neurological disability. Libby regularly collaborates with speech pathologists in research, education and clinical practice.

Erin West - Panel facilitator and Senior Policy Officer
Erin is a Senior Policy Officer at Speech Pathology Australia with a clinical background as a speech pathologist working with children with disability. She was formerly the NDIS and Practice Advisor for SPA, and as part of her role with the Association she has been heavily involved in advocacy around the NDIS since 2017.

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