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S8E08 - Fuel, Funding and Future Risk: Navigating Cost Pressure in OT Practice
Why rising fuel costs are changing service delivery...
Fuel costs directly impact how Occupational Therapy is delivered. Home, school and community visits all rely on travel, and when those costs increase quickly, the...
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S8E07 - The Hidden Load Many OTs Carry
The Occupational Therapy sector is navigating a period of significant change. Reforms to the NDIS planning system, growing uncertainty around early childhood supports and the proposed Thriving Kids framework are...
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S8E06 - When Illness Disrupts the Diary: How OTs Manage Sick Leave in Practice
When sickness hits, how OTs and business owners keep care moving
Nasty bugs, surprise migraines, sick kids, even the occasional adult case of chickenpox ā illness has a way of arriving exactly when the diary is full....
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S8E05 - Assessing Need Or Navigating Policy? The Reality of OT Practice in the NDIS
When assessment tools and NDIS policy donāt line up
As NDIS reforms gather pace, OTs are being pulled in two directions at once. On one side, weāre being told to simplify, reduce āextraā evidence and focus on...
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S8E04 - When OT practice ownership gets real
In this weekās episode, Sarah and Alyce go off-script (in the best way) and unpack the realities of practice ownership and employment in OT - from unexpected knock-backs and ārejectionā moments, to the high-stakes...
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S8E03 - Building a Calmer OT Practice: Delegation, Hiring and Reducing Cognitive Load
When the work piles up, your brain does the weirdest things
Thereās a particular kind of overload that shows up after a big push. You sit down, finally pause, and realise your brain hasnāt caught up with your body....
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S8 E02 ā When Policy Shifts Hit Practice: An OT Perspective On Whatās Next
Featuring honorary member: Muriel Cummins!
The disability landscape is changing fastAcross the NDIS, early childhood and broader disability policy, reform is moving quickly and in multiple directions at once. For...
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S8E01 ā New Year, New Pressures: What the Pricing Consultation Means for OTs
Many OT teams are feeling the same mix right now ā strong referral demand alongside shifting rules and inconsistent NDIA decision making. Itās hard to plan services, hard to train early career clinicians and hard to...
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S7E10 - Sarah, Nikki & Alyce signing off for 2025
The āslow crawlā quite a few of us are feeling End-of-year fatigue looks different depending on your role. For some clinicians, cancellations start rolling in and caseloads thin out. For others, itās the opposite ā...
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S7E09 - Fairness at Risk: How New Planning Reforms Could Reshape Everyday OT Practice
As the year winds down, many OTs are crawling toward the finish line rather than gliding over it. Last-minute calls for urgent functional assessments, section 100 reports and crisis planning keep landing on already...
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S7E08 - Inconsistency, Delays and Risk: The NDIS Reality Check
As the year comes to a close, many OTs are feeling stretched. Illness, client demand, school schedules and end-of-year fatigue all shape the workload long before the NDIS is even factored in. When you add shifting...
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S7E07 - Crunch Time Again: Inside the New Pricing Analysis and Disability Sector Report
Navigating sector uncertainty and what OTs need to know right nowThe disability sector continues to shift rapidly, with new reports, pricing discussions and workforce pressures influencing how providers operate. For...
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