Allied Health
"The New Zealand professional health and disability work force consists largely of three major groups: the medical professions, the nursing professions and the allied health professions.
The allied health professions each have a distinct, specialised body of knowledge and skills, and are actively working with people accessing health and disability services across a range of settings; working either independently, in private practice, or as part of the wider health team in public or private practice."
The Allied Health Services Sector Standard NZS 8171:2005 is "the result of collaboration between allied health professionals (representing societies, associations and providers from the public and private sector), a consumer representative, Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) and Standards New Zealand."
As ACC wanted to ensure consistency in terms of safety and quality, they contracted Standards New Zealand (SNZ) to develop a national standard for allied health services NZS 8171:2005. Two audit workbooks for physiotherapy and chiropractic services have been developed to be used by providers and auditing agencies like HDANZ to prepare for, and to audit against, Allied Health Sector Standards.
The Allied Health Standard is now operational and Allied Health services can be certified against this.
The onTrack Programme is available for Allied Health. So, if you are an Allied Health Professional such as a Physiotherapist or Chiropractor, for example, the self assessment tool has a set of questions that align with the evidence that supports your attainment of the Allied Health Services Sector Standards, NS 8171:2005.
Learn more about how onTrack works here
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