WAIT TIMES: YOUR SAY FROM THE SOURCE SURVEY

“We waited over a year for a speech therapist… By the time we were able to access one, we had lost the funding to do it.”

“Waiting lists in regional areas are long and it is getting harder for larger transdisciplinary services to attract therapists with the ongoing costs meaning the hourly rate is much lower than if therapists go out on their own. Individual therapists are not monitored in the same way to ensure high quality services are always provided.”

“Families are often at the grief phase of their journey, and with long waiting lists are left feeling both unsupported and overwhelmed.”

“Still waiting for some – been three years.”

“I have changed services so many times due to providers changing hours, days of work etc. Paying for more assessments every time we have to change.”