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Allied Health Aged Care Workforce Model

May 28, 2024

Allied Health Aged Care Workforce Model New model finds 25,000 allied health workers needed to...

Submissions

DATE	TITLE
Aug 2023	Universities ACCORD Interim Report ACDHS
Aug 2023	Senate Standing Committee on Education and Employment ACDHS
Mar 2023	ACDHS Accord Submission
Dec 2022	NDIS Review
Dec 2022	The Australian Cancer Plan
Dec 2022	EMPLOYMENT WHITE PAPER TERMS OF REFERENCE
Nov 2022	Revised Aged Care Quality Standards
Nov 2022	In-Home Aged Care
Nov 2022	HOR Inquiry into Long COVID
Oct 2022	PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION: 5-YEAR PRODUCTIVITY INQUIRY
Sept 2022	Aged Care On-site pharmacist measure
June 2022	Submission to Shergold Review COVID19
April 2022	INDIRECT EMPLOYMENT IN AGED CARE
Nov 2021	PHC Draft Plan
Oct 2021	ACDHS Submission to the Primary Health Reform Steering Group
July 2021	Primary Health Reform Steering Group draft recommendations on the Government’s Primary Health Care 10 Year Plan
Nov 2020	Royal Commission into Aged Care Response to Counsel Assisting Final Submission
June 2020	Senate Inquiry COVID19
Feb 2020	Royal Commission into Aged Care System
Nov 2019	Response to Mandatory Notifications for Health Students
Aug 2019	Response to the Discussion Paper for Consultation_Rural Allied Health Quality, Access and Distribution
June 2018	Response to the Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) Accreditation Standards Review
May 2018	Response to AHPRA review of accreditation arrangements - assignment of accreditation functions
Oct 2017	October 2017 ACDHS response to Draft Report_Independent Review of Accreditation Systems
May 2017	Response to Stakeholder Consultation: Proposed reforms to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
May 2017	Submission to the Independent Review of Accreditation Systems within the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for Health Professionals
Sept 2016	Submission to Department of Education and Training commissioned mapping of professional accreditation in the context of higher education regulatory and standards frameworks
2016	Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education and Employment Inquiry into innovation and creativity: workforce for the new economy
2015	Response to Private Health Insurance Consultations 2015-2016
July 2014	Response to Review of the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (NRAS)
May 2014	Response to the HWA Allied Health Professions Rural and Remote Generalist Project Closed Consultation
2014	Response to the Senate Inquiry into the Health Workforce Australia (Abolition) Bill 2014
2013	Response to the Review of the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme
March 2011	Submission to Higher Education Base Funding Review Panel
2009	Submission and comment on the discussion paper Health Education and Training: Clinical placements across Australia: capturing data and understanding demand and capacity
2008	Submission to the Review of Australian Higher Education
2008	Submission to National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission
July 2005	Submission to Productivity Commission Health Workforce Study
2004	Submission to the Practitioner Regulation Subcommittee of the Health Workforce Principal Committee
Sept 2002	Submission to The Crossroads Review of Higher Education

Key Documents

TITLE
ACDHS strategic plan 2024–2026
Australian Government Response to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee report: Future of Australia's Aged Care Sector Workforce
Medical Deans of Australia and New Zealand (MDANZ) Clinical Placement Project Report: Medical Student Clinical Placements as Sites of Learning and Contribution
ACDHS strategic plan 2018-2021
Professional Accreditation – Mapping the Territory: Final Report February 2017
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Curriculum Framework
Cultural Responsiveness in Action: An IAHA Framework
Universities Australia Indigenous Strategy 2017-2020
Australian Government Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Performance Framework 2017 Report
Australian Government Implementation Plan for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan 2013-2023
Independent Accreditation Systems Review
Victorian Aboriginal Health Education Summit 2017
National Health and Medical Research Council: Peer Review Consultation - Summary Report
"Securing an Interprofessional Future for Australian Health Education and Practice (SIF Project)" Round Table Outcomes Report
Higher Education Standards Panel: Advice on Professional Accreditation
Evaluation of the NDIS - Final Report
Evaluation of the NDIS - Appendix to Final Report

Position Papers, Research Updates and Projects

DATE	TITLE
Jan 2024	Addressing the availability of practical placements in Allied Health Education
Mar 2023	AAHLA Position Paper on Allied Health Assistants
Oct 2019	1031 ANZSRC Review Draft Codes
June 2019	ACDHS submission to Medicare Benefits Schedule Review June 2019
Nov 2018	ACDHS position statement Allied Health Rural Generalist
Nov 2018	ACDHS position statement National Disability Insurance Scheme

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