Podiatry Scope of Practice

APodA's Podiatry Scope of Practice Decision Tree - Empowering Podiatrists to Assess Their Own Professional Scope of Practice (2023)

TeleHealth Consultations Guide for Podiatrists (2020)

Podiatry Guidelines in Residential Aged Care Homes (2019)

Teleheatlh By Allied Health Practitioners During The COVID-19 Pandemic - April (2021)

Stepping Up - Podiatry 2030 Report (2022)

National Podiatry Workforce Summit Report (2022)

Australian Allied Health Leadership Alliance Position Paper on Allied Health Assistants

Use of extracorporeal shock wave therapy for children's foot, ankle and leg concerns position paper.

Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme - Inquiry on Independent Assessments - 2021

Draft Recommendations From the Primary Health Reform Steering Group - 2021

Medicare Benefits Schedule Review Allied Health Reference Group

Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety - 2020

Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) Review Taskforce - Wound Management Working Group (WMWG) - 2020

APodA 2023-2024 Pre-Budget Submission - 2023

NSQHS Response - Sustainable Healthcare Module - 2023

AHPA - Draft Data Strategy - 2023

National Disability Insurance Agency 2022-23 Annual Pricing Review - 2023

Draft version of the (updated) National Guideline for the Assessment and Diagnosis of Autism in Australia - 2023

Public Consultation: Feedback on the New Version of the Provider Management Plan - 2023

A new model for regulating aged care - Consultation Paper No.2 Details of the proposed new model - 2023

Initial Data and Digital Government

The Data and Digital Government Strategy sets the vision to 2030 for how the Australian Government intends to utilise data and digital to improve the entire spectrum of its activities. It will accelerate the Government’s uptake of and guide its investment in data and digital technologies.

There are options to either complete a survey or submit an individual submission.

To complete the survey, visit the ‘Initial Data and Digital Government Survey’ link below. You can use the same link to upload your individual submission in Step 3. The opportunity for feedback via survey or submission closes Tuesday, 25 July 2023 at 5pm AEST.

Link: https://www.dataanddigital.gov.au/have-your-say

Data & Digital Government Strategy - HERE

NDIS role of pricing and payment approaches in improving participant outcomes and scheme sustainability

The NDIS would also like to hear from you on:

• how can we make it easier to navigate the NDIS market?
• how the market approach can be improved to better support participant outcomes and scheme sustainability?

You can have your say using this web form. You do not need to respond to each of the focus areas identified in this paper individually or at all. You can respond in a way that best suits you.

Consultation is open until 31 July 2023.

National Health and Climate Strategy

The APodA invite members to provide valuable input to this critical strategy - Please complete the following Survey (HERE) or email the Advocacy Team (Att: Steven) Advocacy@podiatry.org.au

The Australian Government is developing Australia’s first National Health and Climate Strategy to ensure the nation’s health system can meet the needs of Australians in the face of a changing climate.

Inquiry into the prevention, diagnosis and management of all forms of diabetes, and obesity and its effects on the Australian population

The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care and Sport has commenced a new inquiry into the prevention, diagnosis and management of all forms of diabetes and obesity and its effects on the Australian population, including prevention, diagnosis and management.

The APodA invite Members to offer feedback by way of a Survey or by emailing the Advocacy Team - Advocacy@podiatry.org.au

ABS Standard Classification of Occupation

Governments use ANZSCO to shape policy, count and identify skills and occupations in need now and going forward. It’s used to identify skills in demand and what funding support goes to build certain workforces (or not). It is used to determine immigration and visa settings, educational programming and funding etc. In short, it matters.

This consultation round includes allied and other health professions.

The Advocacy Team invite comment via way of Email - Advocacy@podiatry.org.au

National Health and Climate Strategy

The APodA invite members to provide valuable input to this critical strategy - Please complete the following Survey (HERE) or email the Advocacy Team (Att: Steven) Advocacy@podiatry.org.au

The Australian Government is developing Australia’s first National Health and Climate Strategy to ensure the nation’s health system can meet the needs of Australians in the face of a changing climate.

The Goal of the Strategy

The strategy will develop actions to:

• reduce the carbon footprint of the health system
• ensure the health system is well prepared for the impacts of climate change
• increase connections between climate policy and public health policy.

Have your say

Open for feedback - The consultation paper outlines the proposed objectives and principles of the strategy. Further details can be found HERE.

APodA EOI - Seeking Expressions of Interest from members to participate and represent the profession in areas associated with Digital Health.

If you are interested in Digital Health, have a background in digital transformation or have been involved in Digital Health-related projects we'd like to hear from you.

APodA EOI - Seeking Expressions of Interest from members to participate and represent the profession in areas associated with Disability.

If you are interested in or presently work with NDIS participants if so we'd like to hear from you.

APodA EOI - Seeking Expressions of Interest from members to participate and represent the profession in areas associated with Aged Care.

If you are interested in or presently work with Older patients (RACF, In-home or Community), we'd like to hear from you.