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27/09/2023

Applications soon open for TAC Small Grants for disability projects

Applications for grants for projects that improve the lives of TAC clients and people with disability open on 16 October.

News update

26/09/2023

A message from NDS CEO, Laurie Leigh: Challenging Times

NDS is committed to ensuring people with disability get the high quality and safe services they deserve, and to supporting providers to achieve best practice.

News update

26/09/2023

New NDS Divisional Chair for Tasmania announced

Nigel Hill, CEO of Multicap Tasmania, appointed to NDS Board.
Policy
Resources
Resources

PACE: Frequently asked questions

The NDIA has provided answers to questions raised in our recent member webinars on PACE and the upcoming rollout.

Resources

Victorian Mental Health Services

Department of Health and Aged Care website‘Supported Decision-Making in Victoria’The mental health navigation guide is for disability providers and workers and has been collated to guide navigation...

Resources

NDS Member Exclusive DRC Webinar: Client experience and meaningful engagement for design

This member exclusive webinar on Client experience and meaningful engagement for design, focuses on Yooralla’s experiences and how the lessons they learnt are being put into practice.
Events & Training
Scheduled Training

Purpose-full Quality and Safeguarding Workshop

Location: National (online)

Event start date: 28/09/2023

Simplify your quality management system while achieving better quality and safeguarding

Online Event

Medicine Safety: Disability Care Report - what does it mean for disability service providers?

Location: National (online)

Event start date: 28/09/2023

People with disability face many challenges and barriers to safe medicine use from prescribing to administration and medication management. How, as a sector, can we improve medicine safety and efficiency?

Online Event

Round table: Quality Use of Medications and Medication Standards in the Disability Sector

Location: National (online)

Event start date: 4/10/2023

The NDS Quality Use of Medications in the Disability Sector, a Round Table will bring together disability services providers and health professionals from across Australia for a forum to discuss medication...

Latest Policy

NDS Submission to the Review of the Portable Long Service Leave Scheme 2023

4/05/2023

NDS submission argues that the Portable Long Service Benefits scheme is not a cost efficient and effective strategy to address disability workforce challenges.

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Policy analysis and advocacy for the disability sector

Latest Policy

NDS Submission to the Review of the Portable Long Service Leave Scheme 2023