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NDIS Funding Review Sparks Concerns over Access to Physiotherapy Services

  • Starting July 1, 2025, the NDIA will introduce revisions to the cost structure for therapy services, adjustments to travel-related payments, and updates to rural area funding, impacting NDIS participants across the country.
  • These changes follow an annual review aimed at aligning prices with mainstream rates, as some therapy prices exceeded equivalents by up to 68%.
  • The revised pricing cuts physiotherapy rates by $10 per hour to $183.99, halves travel reimbursements, and removes loadings for some rural areas, risking reduced service viability.
  • Affected providers warn that travel reductions make servicing remote communities unsustainable, as noted by Caitlin Breheny: "We can't travel to communities three, four or five hours away."
  • These changes could increase workforce shortages and access gaps in regional areas, prompting calls for NDIA consultation and government efforts to find pricing solutions.
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'Without the people that help us now, it's going to make it really hard'

Rural families fear impact as NDIS cuts threaten crucial in-home and community-based disability services.

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Ricardo Raul Benedetti broke the news in on Monday, June 23, 2025.
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