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Welcome to No: 51 of THE PDCN BULLETIN. This Bulletin goes out to PDCN members and others who wish to receive it regularly by email. Internet links are included throughout the bulletin for further reading. Please forward this bulletin to anyone you know would welcome it.

For the information of Members, Below are recent developments on key issues.

Important move to improve quality of care at GP visits

Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes welcomed the proposal of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) to ensure better access to medical care for people with a disability by making it mandatory for general practice surgeries to have height adjustable examination beds in order to meet industry standards.

To read the full media release, please click here.

For the PDCN Release, please click here.

To find out more about height adjustable examination beds, please click here.

To visit the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners website, please click here.

For a copy of the draft update of the 4th edition of the Standards for General Practices, please click here

Human Rights for People with Disability- Australian Shadow Report Consultation.

The purpose of the Consultation is to provide an outline of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its Optional Protocol, to encourage discussion in relation to the rights, needs, potential and abilities of persons with disabilities to work towards promoting full implementation of the rights enshrined in the CRPD and to identify the key issues surrounding the full recognition and protection of these rights. In identifying the issues, Section 2 of the Consultation Material provides the information as to the obligations and indicators associated with specific rights enshrined in the CRPD to inform an assessment of the current status of the rights of persons with disabilities in Australia.

Don’t miss the chance to have your say.

For more information from Disability Rights Now, please click here.

To participate in the survey, please click here.

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