Saturday, June 26, 2010

Inquiry into services provided or funded by the Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care

Nell Brown has emailed Members re this enquiry (see attached) and she is keen for us to think about what "other matters" we believe should be presented to the Standing Committee.

TERMS OF REFERENCE1.
That the Standing Committee on Social Issues inquire into and report on the
quality, effectiveness and delivery of services provided or funded by the
Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (ADHC), and in particular:
(a) the historical and current level of funding and extent of unmet need,
(b) variations in service delivery, waiting lists and program quality between:
(i) services provided, or funded, by ADHC,
(ii) ADHC Regional Areas,
(c) flexibility in client funding arrangements and client focused service delivery,
(d) compliance with Disability Service Standards,
(e) adequacy of complaint handling, grievance mechanisms and ADHC funded
advocacy services,
(f) internal and external program evaluation including program auditing and
achievement of program performance indicators review, and
(g) any other matters.

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