Response to Strategic Review of Health Provider Regulation within NSW SIRA Personal Injury Schemes

The APS was pleased to provide feedback responding to the independent strategic review of health provider regulation within the NSW State Insurance Regulatory Authority (SIRA) personal injury schemes. The APS endorsed review findings that there is significant duplication of allied health provider regulation within the SIRA personal injury schemes, in particular the need for psychologists to obtain approval to become an approved allied health provider. 

In this submission, we supported the simplification of health provider regulation processes and recommended that the removal of the requirement for psychologists to obtain SIRA approval would contribute to the reduction of unnecessary regulatory burden and facilitate access to psychological services for injured people in NSW. 

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