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APA physiotherapists are highly sought-after experts in their field-providing commentary and advice on everything from musculoskeletal health, sports injuries and chronic pain to occupational health and safety, child growth and development, pelvic health and chronic disease.
 
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Media

 
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Medicare taskforce urged to let patients see nurses, physiotherapists or counsellors instead of GPs

January 2023

Allied health groups say allowing people to see other practitioners in first instance would reduce load on doctors.

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Medicare ‘blended’ funding model raises temperatures

January 2023

The allied heath sector, including physiotherapists, podiatrists and dietitians, is pushing to be funded independently of GP clinics under a reformed Medicare, hitting out at doctors’ insistence they be the “gatekeepers” of team-based care and funding.

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The importance of addressing the allied health services crisis before there’s no turning back

December 2022

New research from Allied Health Professions Australia (AHPA) points to a worrying drop in allied health provision in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) across the country.

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Australian Physiotherapy Association wins top gong at Association Awards

November 2022

The Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) was named Association of the Year at the 2022 Association Awards held at the Sydney Masonic Centre earlier this week.