Disability Information and Advisory Services and Needs Assessment and Service Coordination Review – A Proposed Design and Framework

This report is the result of the Ministry of Health's independent review, undertaken by Sapere Research Group, of disability information advisory services (DIAS) and needs assessment service coordination (NASC) functions. The report will help inform the work the Ministry is doing over the next few years to transform the disability support system. It identifies how the interface between disabled people and support services can be improved to better support people to have a good life.

This is the final conclusion and recommendation paper in the independent review of the framework for DIAS and NASC for disability support services. This paper has Sapere’s options and analysis of the potential impacts for a revision of the framework.