NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

Submission 6: Professor Christine Bigby

Review of NDIS Practice Standards addressing violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation

Submission 7: Only About Quality

Functioning of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission from The Junction Works Limited

PsychologyPositive behaviour support

Submission 8: The Junction Works Limited

Supplementary submission 8.1

Experiences with NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission Implementation

Positive behaviour supportPlan management

Submission 9: Autism Spectrum Australia

Review of NDIS registration process impacting service delivery for people with brain injury

Occupational therapyPositive behaviour support

Submission 10: Brain Injury SA

Submission 11 — Office of the Public Advocate (Victoria) — NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

Positive behaviour supportShort term accommodationand 4 more...

Submission 11: Office of the Public Advocate (Victoria)

Recommendations for improving oversight and quality of services for people with Prader-Willi Syndrome

Eating disorders

Positive behaviour supportCommunity access supportand 3 more...

Submission 12: Prader-Willi Syndrome Australia Ltd

Victorian Disability Services Commissioner's oversight of NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission operations

Submission 13: Disability Services Commissioner

Concerns regarding NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission processes and pricing guide transparency

Support coordination

Submission 14: MHCC ACT

MS Australia submission to the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission inquiry

Blindness and low visionMultiple sclerosis

PhysiotherapyPsychologyPeer support

Submission 15: Multiple Sclerosis Australia

Operation of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

Submission 16: Purpose at Work

Concerns about NDIS provider complaints handling

Submission 17: Commonwealth Ombudsman

Improving safeguarding through proactive monitoring and coordinated approaches

Submission 18: AnglicareSA

Safeguarding people living with disability: building natural safeguards and community connections

Submission 19: JFA Purple Orange

Submission: Adequacy of NDIS Practice Standards and Code of Conduct for Psychosocial Disability Services

Supported independent living

Submission 20: Mental Health Coordinating Council

Impact of NDIS Pricing on Quality and Safety

Submission 21: Stride Mental Health

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission: Impact on occupational therapist registration and workforce participation

Occupational therapyCommunity access supportHome modifications

Submission 22: Occupational Therapy Australia

Tasmanian mental health providers' reporting and workforce challenges in NDIS

Positive behaviour supportIndependent advocacy

Submission 23: Mental Health Council of Tasmania (MHCT)

Social workers' assessment of NDIS provider registration and safeguarding

Supported independent livingIndependent advocacy

Submission 24: Australian Association of Social Workers

Feedback on NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission operation

AutismIntellectual disabilityand 3 more...

PhysiotherapySpeech pathologyand 7 more...

Submission 25: Speech Pathology Australia

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission response deficiencies impacting client safety

Acquired brain injury

Support coordinationIndependent advocacy

Submission 26: Leadership Plus Inc

Adequacy and effectiveness of NDIS Code of Conduct, provider registration, and emergency preparedness

Positive behaviour supportPersonal care supportand 6 more...

Submission 27: National Disability Services

Communication breakdowns and inadequate support for vulnerable NDIS participants

Intellectual disabilitySchizophrenia spectrum disordersand 2 more...

Positive behaviour supportSupport coordination

Submission 28: NSW Department of Communities and Justice

Unsatisfactory outcomes for clients experiencing abuse and neglect within NDIS group homes

Community access supportSupported independent livingSpecialist disability accommodation

Submission 29: Intellectual Disability Rights Service

Supplementary submission 29.1

Supported independent living

Doctor billing and funding for NDIS participants

Submission 30: Australian Medical Association

Variable responses to Reportable Incidents and Commission processes

Submission 31: Cara

Northern Territory Office of the Public Guardian Submission to NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission Inquiry

Submission 32: Northern Territory Office of the Public Guardian

NDIS Commission operations and safeguarding for people with intellectual disability

Support coordinationIndependent advocacy

Submission 33: VALID

Concerns regarding restrictive medication listing and sector disconnect in NDIS supports

Submission 34: Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP)

ADA Australia’s concerns regarding complaints processes for people with disability

Submission 35: Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia (ADA Australia)

Concerns about NDIS Practice Standards and Audit Process for People with Intellectual Disabilities

Tracheostomy and ventilation supportEnteral feeding supportPeer support

Submission 36: Mrs Jade McEwen

Improving quality and safety for participants with psychosocial disability

Submission 37: Mental Illness Fellowship Australia

Role of Accredited Exercise Physiologists and Scientists in the National Disability Insurance Scheme

PhysiotherapyOccupational therapyand 3 more...

Submission 38: Exercise & Sports Science Australia

Issues with NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission staffing and resourcing

EpilepsyAmputation or limb difference

Counselling

Submission 39: Community and Public Sector Union

Submission to the Inquiry into the NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Commission

Positive behaviour supportWalking aids

Submission 40: Leighton Jay, Jessica Quilty, Ann Drieberg

Timeliness in responding to complaint outcome and procedural fairness for Providers

Acquired brain injuryCerebral palsySpinal cord injury

Supported independent living

Submission 41: 121 Care Inc

Submission 42 — NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission — NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

Positive behaviour supportSpecialist disability accommodationand 3 more...

Submission 42: NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

Supplementary submission 42.1

Intellectual disabilityAcquired brain injurySpinal cord injury

PhysiotherapyOccupational therapyand 15 more...

Supplementary submission 42.2

Supplementary submission 42.3

Personal care supportSpecialist disability accommodationIndependent advocacy

Lack of transparency and focus on outcome for complainant

Support coordinationMedication management support

Submission 43: Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service Inc.

Concerns regarding NDIS engagement with medical professionals and restrictive practices framework

Bipolar disorder

Submission 44: Dr Jennifer Torr

Concerns regarding NQSC effectiveness and resource adequacy

Submission 45: Physical Disability Australia

Observations and recommendations regarding the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

Submission 46: Louise Butler and Kai Sinor

Improving quality and safety through worker support and training in the NDIS sector

Independent advocacyPeer support

Submission 47: Australian Services Union

Submission to Inquiry into NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission by Queenslanders with Disability Network

Submission 48: Queenslanders with Disability Network Ltd (QDN)

NDIS Commission oversight and protection for First Peoples with disability

Submission 49: First Peoples Disability Network (Australia)

Concerns with safeguarding arrangements for children and young people with disability

In-home supportSpecialist disability accommodationand 2 more...

Submission 50: Children and Young People with Disability Australia

Submission 51 — Summer Foundation — NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

Submission 51: Summer Foundation

Concerns regarding Commission oversight of disability provider quality and data sharing

PhysiotherapyOccupational therapyand 8 more...

Submission 52: ACT Govermment

Recommendations for improving physiotherapy provider support within the NDIS

Physiotherapy

Submission 53: Australian Physiotherapy Association

Feedback on NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission Operation

Submission 54: Allied Health Professions Australia

Severely autistic son's daily distress and challenges with restrictive practices

AutismAnxiety disordersSpeech, language and communication needs

Psychology

Submission 55

Recommendations for improving NDIS safeguarding and support worker registration

Intellectual disabilitySpinal cord injury

Occupational therapyCounsellingand 4 more...

Submission 56: Spinal Cord Injuries Australia

Advocacy for improvements to the NDIS complaints system

Speech pathologyGroup and centre-based activitiesand 3 more...

Submission 57: Family Advocacy

Violence, abuse, exploitation and neglect experienced by a woman with an intellectual disability

PsychologyPositive behaviour supportSupport coordination

Submission 58

Systemic improvements for safeguarding vulnerable NDIS participants

Supplementary submission 59.1

Submission 59: Public Advocate Queensland

Supplementary submission 59.2

Supplementary submission 60.1

Creation of a national independent protection mechanism for all people with disability

Submission 60: People with Disability Australia

Personal care supportWheelchairsand 2 more...

Supplementary submission 60.2

Positive behaviour supportSupport coordination

Queensland Government's transition to the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

Submission 61: Queensland Department of Communities, Disability Services and Seniors

Concerns about NDIS Commission’s understanding of autistic clinical needs

Submission 62: Autism Aspergers Advocacy Australia (A4)

Neglect in NDIS: The case of Ann Marie Smith

Submission 63: Every Australian Counts

Advocacy for participant rights and safeguards during COVID-19

Community access supportSupported independent livingand 4 more...

Submission 64: Queensland Advocacy Incorporated

Supplementary submission 64.1

AutismIntellectual disability

Positive behaviour supportAugmentative and alternative communication devicesIndependent advocacy

Supplementary submission 64.2

Positive behaviour supportSpecialist disability accommodationIndependent advocacy

Supplementary submission 64.3

AutismFetal alcohol spectrum disorderand 5 more...

PsychologyCommunity access supportand 6 more...

Supplementary submission 64.4

Community access supportIn-home supportand 3 more...

Supplementary submission 64.5

Supplementary submission 64.6

Intellectual disabilityHearing loss and deafnessBlindness and low vision

PhysiotherapyPsychologyand 7 more...

Concerns over safeguarding oversight and workforce practices in disability services

Blindness and low vision

Speech pathologyHoists and transfer equipmentand 2 more...

Submission 65: Advocacy for Inclusion

Allied health workforce shortages impacting NDIS service access and quality

Community access support

Submission 66: Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health

Tasmanian Government response to NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission Inquiry

Submission 67: Tasmanian Government

Supplementary submission 67.1

Experiences of distress and neglect in New South Wales NDIS support services

PsychologyPlan management

Submission 68: Ms Georgi Hadden

Supplementary submission 68.1

Psychology

Concerns regarding NDIS client interactions and provider competency

Submission 69: Mr Adam Johnston

Concerns regarding NDIS funding and support for son L

Positive behaviour supportSupport coordination

Submission 70: Mr Kevin Danher

Submission on Review of NDIS Quality & Safeguards Commission

AutismIntellectual disabilityand 5 more...

AutismIntellectual disability

Submission 71: Australian Federation of Disability Organisations

Prescribing psychotropic medications for neurodiverse children

Supplementary submission 72.1

Submission 72: Neurodevelopmental and Behavioural Society of Australasia (NBPSA)

Supplementary submission 72.2

AutismFetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Safeguarding Gaps and Recommendations for the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

Submission 73: South Australian Public Advocate

Supplementary submission 73.1

Personal care supportCommunity access supportand 10 more...

Supplementary submission 73.2

Personal care supportSupport coordinationLocal area coordination

Difficulties accessing mental health supports and NDIS Quality and Safeguards response during COVID-19

AutismSchizophrenia spectrum disorders

Submission 74

Supplementary submission 74.1

Protecting people with disability in the forensic and criminal justice systems