APA 2025 Federal Election

APA 2025 Federal Election

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State your name and where you live.

Outline the problem

  • Millions of Australians are missing out on timely physiotherapy care, leading to unnecessary surgeries, prolonged pain, and avoidable disability.
  • The current system is inefficient: Physiotherapists are highly trained but are underutilised due to outdated referral pathways and funding restrictions.
  • Physiotherapy can deliver major cost savings, reducing hospitalisations, GP visits, and opioid reliance while improving patient outcomes and workforce participation.
  • A national commitment is needed to embed physiotherapy in primary care ...

State your name and where you live.

Outline the problem

  • Millions of Australians are missing out on timely physiotherapy care, leading to unnecessary surgeries, prolonged pain, and avoidable disability.
  • The current system is inefficient: Physiotherapists are highly trained but are underutilised due to outdated referral pathways and funding restrictions.
  • Physiotherapy can deliver major cost savings, reducing hospitalisations, GP visits, and opioid reliance while improving patient outcomes and workforce participation.
  • A national commitment is needed to embed physiotherapy in primary care, aged care, disability services, and workforce planning.

Share the solution

  • Embedding physiotherapy within the healthcare system will improve patient outcomes, enhance quality of life, and drive long-term cost savings across Medicare, aged care, rural healthcare, and the NDIS.

The APA’s election statement champions First Contact Physiotherapy to tackle the chronic disease burden. We recommend five priority areas:

  1. Direct access pathways—allow patients to access funded physiotherapy directly and enable physiotherapists to refer patients to specialists and for imaging
  2. New musculoskeletal pathways—invest in programs that support treatment and recovery for major musculoskeletal conditions and pain
  3. Early intervention for prevention—keep people well and out of hospital through more proactive care to manage health issues before they escalate
  4. More fairness in healthcare—address growing health disparities to ensure that all Australians, especially priority populations, have access to high-quality healthcare
  5. Future workforce—provide strategies for managing future challenges, including workforce planning, needs-based approaches and technological integration.

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