Outgoing minister says combination of more medium-term housing and dedicated staff has dropped average discharge rate to a record low of 20 days
Bill Shorten in June. The outgoing minister says faster discharge rates of NDIS participants will have ‘positive repercussions through our hospital system’.Bill Shorten in June. The outgoing minister says faster discharge rates of NDIS participants will have ‘positive repercussions through our hospital system’.
It meant patients who effectively did not need to be in hospital were taking up beds needed for other patients at a cost to the public health system of about $2,500 a night. Bill Shorten, the minister in charge of the disability insurance scheme, said the reduction in average wait times from the 2022 peak was a “massive improvement for the welfare and wellbeing of people on the NDIS”.
The disability agency now employs a team of roughly 200 planners and hospital liaison officers whose primary job is to help NDIS participants transition into the community.There were 2,721 NDIS participants in hospitals nationwide as of 9 December.
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