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Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes, today welcomed the launch of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) 4^th edition of the Standards for General Practices which include a requirement for general practice surgeries to have height adjustable examination beds.

“I want to congratulate the RACGP for taking this initiative,” said Commissioner Innes. “Over the years my office has received many distressing accounts of the experiences of patients with disability and older Australians trying to use fixed height beds, some having to be examined on the floor or whilst in their wheelchairs, some not receiving important screening examinations at all.”

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