APA NDIS Campaign

APA NDIS Campaign

The Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) is appalled by the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s (NDIS) decision to lower price limits for physiotherapy supports, which ignores five years of price freezes and ongoing pressures of rising operational costs.

This decision will diminish access to critical care for many of Australia’s most vulnerable people, creating unsustainable pressure on physiotherapists providing support under the NDIS. 

The APA is working with other allied health organisation around Australia to implore the government to reconsider this decision and avoid creating a workforce crisis that will severely impact the availability of services to NDIS participants.  

The APA urges the NDIA to reverse this decision and engage in meaningful consultation.

 

The Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) is appalled by the National Disability Insurance Scheme’s (NDIS) decision to lower price limits for physiotherapy supports, which ignores five years of price freezes and ongoing pressures of rising operational costs.

This decision will diminish access to critical care for many of Australia’s most vulnerable people, creating unsustainable pressure on physiotherapists providing support under the NDIS. 

The APA is working with other allied health organisation around Australia to implore the government to reconsider this decision and avoid creating a workforce crisis that will severely impact the availability of services to NDIS participants.  

The APA urges the NDIA to reverse this decision and engage in meaningful consultation.

 

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Introduce yourself

  • State your name and where you live.

  • Provide a short one- to two-sentence background about your experience as an NDIS participant or physiotherapist.

Outline the problem in your own words

  • NDIS participants are already losing access to critical physiotherapy care because the newly implemented pricing limits have created an unviable practice model.

  • Physiotherapists were already struggling to deliver safe, person-centred care under frozen pricing—these changes have pushed services to the brink.

  • Physiotherapy is not optional or a ...

Introduce yourself

  • State your name and where you live.

  • Provide a short one- to two-sentence background about your experience as an NDIS participant or physiotherapist.

Outline the problem in your own words

  • NDIS participants are already losing access to critical physiotherapy care because the newly implemented pricing limits have created an unviable practice model.

  • Physiotherapists were already struggling to deliver safe, person-centred care under frozen pricing—these changes have pushed services to the brink.

  • Physiotherapy is not optional or a cost-cutting line item. It is essential to helping people with disability maintain independence, manage health conditions and avoid hospitalisation. Physiotherapy supports mobility, dignity and quality of life—and reduces the need for more expensive care later.

  • Rural and regional physiotherapists have been especially hard hit by the removal of regional loadings. Without that support, many local practices face closure due to inadequate funding.

  • As a result, people with disability across Australia—particularly those in rural and regional communities—are already facing a significant decline in their health and wellbeing.

  • Public health systems, already overstretched, are feeling the consequences. NDIS participants who can no longer access physiotherapy are turning to emergency departments, placing additional pressure on acute care services.

  • Physiotherapists are being forced into impossible decisions: absorb financial losses, reduce services, or exit the NDIS sector altogether.

  • For NDIS participants, this is not just a policy failure—it is a human rights crisis. The new pricing model is preventing them from accessing the essential care they need to live fulfilling lives.

Share the solution

  • The NDIA must reverse the pricing decision immediately.

  • Future pricing and funding decisions must be made in genuine consultation with physiotherapists to ensure fair and sustainable care for participants and a viable workforce.

Close with gratitude

  • Thank the person for their time and for listening to the voices of people with disability and those who support them.

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