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ACC Announcement Highlights Healthcare Affordability Issue

Posted 12 October 2009 - 9:26am by newsdesk

Southern Cross Healthcare National Office

ACC’s announcement today about its liability increasing by $4.8 billion highlights a worrying issue for all healthcare funders in New Zealand, according to Southern Cross Healthcare Group.

ACC’s Great Leap Backwards

Posted 8 October 2009 - 10:07am by newsdesk

Access Support Services

It has been reported today that ACC intends engaging private firms to carry out case management of long-term claimants receiving weekly compensation. This appears to be part of ACC’s new ‘tough love’ policy that Access Support Services first revealed in our media release dated 2 September 2009. A copy of ACC’s strategy document, released under the Official Information Act, is available at the Access Support Services website.

Conference told of gruesome injury statistics

Posted 12 October 2009 - 9:15am by newsdesk

Injury Prevention Network of Aotearoa New Zealand Inc

Kiwis’ reputation for being laid-back ‘do-it-yourselfers’ comes with an atrocious personal injury cost, a conference in Auckland was told today.

Flawed rehab assumptions driving millions in ACC spending

Posted 5 October 2009 - 3:11pm by newsdesk

AUT University

Failure to prioritise active rehabilitation for people with long-term and complex disability in an effort to rationalise spending could be costing New Zealand hundreds of millions of dollars.

Government Turns Its Back on Hearing Impaired And Eldery with ACC Changes

Posted 20 October 2009 - 8:55am by newsdesk

New Zealand Audiological Society

The New Zealand Audiological Society is accusing the Government of turning its back on thousands of people whose hearing has been damaged at work with its planned ACC changes.

GPs’ College welcomes evidence-based care guidelines

Posted 4 November 2009 - 9:25am by office

The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners

The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners has welcomed moves by ACC to follow evidence-based care guidelines for sensitive claims clients.

Negative experiences put some Māori off using health services

Posted 27 March 2009 - 7:52am by office

Health Research Council of New Zealand

According to the findings of our survey, a significant proportion of Māori have such negative experiences of health services that they say they are less likely to access medical care when they need it.

NZMA Concern at ACC Funding Situation

Posted 12 October 2009 - 9:24am by newsdesk

New Zealand Medical Association

The NZMA today expressed grave concern over the serious funding situation announced by ACC this afternoon.

Physio patients pay as ACC cuts costs

Posted 18 August 2009 - 9:59am by newsdesk

New Zealand Society of Physiotherapists

The New Zealand Society of Physiotherapists is disappointed that ACC is reducing the amount of money it contributes towards treating accident victims.

Physiotherapy continues for injured New Zealanders

Posted 31 July 2009 - 9:44am by newsdesk

New Zealand Society of Physiotherapists

Physiotherapists continue to treat injured New Zealanders and will still be doing so after November, stated Jonathan Warren, President of the New Zealand Society of Physiotherapists.

Shock As ACC Cans Internationally Acclaimed Falls Prevention Programme

Posted 4 November 2009 - 9:12am by office

NZAG (NZ Association of Gerontology) National Office

The New Zealand Association of Gerontology (NZAG) is shocked at ACC’s proposal to cease funding the Otago Exercise Programme for Falls Prevention (OEP). It joins with the Australian and New Zealand Society of Geriatric Medicine in calling for an explanation from ACC and Government Ministers.

Strategy to Campaign against Proposed Changes to Counselling for Sexual Abuse

Posted 24 August 2009 - 1:02pm by newsdesk

New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (Inc.)

Enclosed within is an Open Letter to the Minister of ACC Dr. Nick Smith.

Wrong call from ACC on elderly falls programme

Posted 19 October 2009 - 8:46am by newsdesk

New Zealand Society of Physiotherapists

Physiotherapists are dismayed that ACC has cancelled a programme that is just starting to deliver major economic and social gains after a 15-year investment by ACC.