Speech pathologists in private practice in Australia: defamation risk alert: don't ignore comments on your social media posts!
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Speech pathologists in private practice in Australia: defamation risk alert – don’t ignore comments on your social media posts!

Whether it’s on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, a blog, or another platform too trendy for us to know about yet, most speech pathologists in private practice publish or share content. Recently, a single judge of the New South Wales Supreme Court ruled that operators of public commercial Facebook pages are “publishers” of comments made by…

NDIS Providers: New Complaints Management and Resolution System – Policy Template now available!
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NDIS Providers: New Complaints Management and Resolution System – Policy Template now available!

We’ve had quite a few requests for this one! So, last week, we sat down with the National Disability Insurance Scheme (Complaints Management and Resolution) Rules 2018 and drafted a policy template designed to help you meet its requirements. Having such a policy is a condition of registration – and something NDIS providers can expect to be…

Health Care Complaints Commission: 13 tips for speech pathologists
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Australian speech pathologists: 13 things you should know about health care complaints and the Health Care Complaints Commission

As healthcare workers, we share the responsibility to ensure we are delivering health services in a professional, safe, and ethical manner. This week, we attended a very practical workshop hosted by Tony Kofkin and his colleagues from the Health Care Complaints Commission NSW (the ‘Commission’) to better understand the role of the Commission and its…

Speech pathologists in private practice: do you know about these free resources?
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Speech pathologists in private practice: do you know about these free resources?

As a profession, speech pathologists are generous to a fault. I’ve discovered that most speech pathologists (including very senior academics and over-worked clinicians) are delighted to share their knowledge with those of us in private practice. The key challenge is connecting the dots: carving out the time to find and filter the research, and to…

Speech pathologists in private practice: How to learn new skills rapidly
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Speech pathologists in private practice: How to learn new skills rapidly

By nature and necessity, speech pathologists in private practice are life-long learners. Not only do we have to stay on top of research to keep our clinical skills up to date, we have to learn finance, marketing, technology, compliance, and other business skills, too. Learning is essential to providing quality care to clients and for…

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