Partnerships are essential for reform of the primary health care system in Australia according
to discussion papers produced in 2008 by the reform initiatives. Building on the foundation …

Background: Allied health (AH) workforce shortages in remote and rural Australia contribute
to poorer health outcomes for residents in those areas. This gap in health workforce has …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to summarise the initial experiences of Australia's
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). It highlights some of the main challenges …

Objective: Rural physiotherapists may need to extend their skills to address the lack of allied
health service provision in rural areas but will do so based on their perceived self-efficacy …

University of Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom consumers. The extreme
view was that speech-language therapists were faced with a potential loss of demand (and …

Background: There is limited literature specific to manual handling practices among informal
carers, with most literature relating to nurses and paid carers. This study aimed to identify the …

The tree change phenomenon started around Australia from about 2003 and continues to
this day, even into places like the Western Plains area of New South Wales. Relocating from …

Objective: To describe the design and implementation of a Diploma of Community Services
in Katherine (NT) by RMIT University in collaboration with Sunrise Health Service Aboriginal …

The aim of this article is to provide a description of the establishment of an innovative
approach to improving speech pathology services and community inclusion of people with …