Clinical insights
Plain-language, clinically reviewed guides to NSW workers compensation, motor accidents, NDIS, aged care and Medicare-funded allied health. Every article names its clinical reviewer, cites its sources, and links to next steps.
A step-by-step guide to reporting a workplace injury in NSW, seeing a doctor, lodging a claim with icare or your insurer, and starting SIRA-funded allied-health treatment.
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SIRA sets the rules and fees for allied-health treatment inside NSW workers-compensation and CTP claims. Here's how approvals, session limits and reviews work.
5 min read · Reviewed
The AHTR is the SIRA form allied-health providers use to request approval for treatment sessions under a workers-compensation or CTP claim.
4 min read · Reviewed
Physiotherapists, exercise physiologists and occupational therapists all support NDIS participants — but they target different goals. Here's how to choose.
6 min read · Reviewed
A Functional Capacity Assessment (FCA) documents what a participant can do across daily life — the evidence the NDIA uses to build or adjust a plan.
5 min read · Reviewed
Assistive Technology (AT) assessments justify equipment funding in an NDIS plan — from a shower stool to a powered wheelchair. Complexity levels drive what's needed.
5 min read · Reviewed
The Support at Home program started on 1 November 2025, replacing Home Care Packages and the Short-Term Restorative Care Programme. Here's how allied-health services fit within the new classification and pricing framework.
6 min read · Reviewed
The Restorative Care Pathway is a time-limited, goal-directed program within Support at Home for older people who can regain function with intensive allied-health input.
4 min read · Reviewed