Prescriber education

The following assistive technology (AT) education sessions are available to EnableNSW eligible prescribers. All sessions are facilitated by EnableNSW Clinical Advisors in partnership with suppliers and clinical educators.

If you are unable to attend a session which you have booked, please let us know as soon as possible so we can offer your place to other interested prescribers.

Registrations

For Face to Face and virtual sessions, please email your booking/waiting list request to HSNSW-EAPVisits@health.nsw.gov.au specifying which session you are interested in attending and further information will be provided.

EnableNSW Face to Face and Online Sessions

Beds, Mattresses and Pressure Care

This session provides an overview of the EnableNSW Funding Criteria and reviews the range of beds and mattresses available through the EnableNSW Equipment Allocation Program (EAP) and available on the NSW Government Contract.  It will include a practical component to review the stock options available.

Participants will learn:

• To identify pressure injury stages and gain an understanding of different pressure risk assessment scales
• The different features of the beds and mattresses available
• What to consider when prescribing beds, bed accessories and mattresses, including considerations around pressure management and safety.

Power Wheelchairs and Scooter

This session provides an overview of the EnableNSW Funding Criteria and reviews the range of power wheelchairs and scooters available through the EnableNSW Equipment Allocation Program (EAP) and/or on the NSW Government Contract. It includes a practical component to trial the different stock options.

Participants will learn:

• The specifications and features of the power wheelchairs and scooters available
• What to consider when prescribing power wheelchairs and scooters

Power Assist Equipment

This session provides an overview of the EnableNSW Funding Criteria and reviews the range of power assist equipment available through the NSW Government Contract. It provides a practical component to trial some of the options available through the NSW Government contract.

Participants will learn:

• The specifications and features of the power assist equipment available
• What to consider when prescribing power assist equipment

Bariatric Self-Care and Mobility Equipment

This session provides an overview of the bariatric self-care and mobility equipment available through EnableNSW.

Participants will learn:

• What to consider when prescribing bariatric self-care and mobility equipment including body anthropometrics, safe working loads (SWLs)
• The different specifications and features of stock / contract bariatric equipment including wheelchairs, beds and mattresses, pressure cushions, bathing and toileting equipment, and transfer aids

Self-Care and Transfer Equipment

This session provides an overview of the EnableNSW Funding Criteria and reviews the range of bathing, showering, and toileting and transfer equipment available through the EnableNSW Equipment Allocation Program (EAP) and on the NSW Government Contract. A focus on contract power lift chairs as transfer equipment will be included.

Participants will learn:

• The specifications and features of the self-care and transfer equipment available
• What to consider when prescribing self-care and transfer equipment

Manual Wheelchairs and Pressure Cushions

This session provides an overview of the EnableNSW Funding Criteria and reviews the range of manual wheelchairs and pressure cushions available through the EnableNSW Equipment Allocation Program (EAP) and on the NSW Government Contract.

Participants will learn:

• The specifications and features of the manual wheelchairs and pressure cushions available
• What to consider when prescribing manual wheelchairs and pressure cushions

Prescribing Footwear and Orthoses

This session provides an overview of the information prescribers need gather to include in a prescription and subsequent request for funding.  Participants are advised to watch the online Enable 101 session 1 and 2 prior to attending this session and also attend the medical grade footwear prefabricated, custom made and modifications session.

Participants will learn:

• What to look for during assessment of the person and their circumstances
• Issues in prescribing such as aligning needs and wants, managing expectations and correction vs accommodation
• Prescribing for frequently encountered foot problems, and
• Tips for assessing efficacy of footwear and orthoses

Medical Grade Footwear – prefabricated, custom made and modifications

This session provides an overview of prefabricated medical grade footwear and custom made footwear.  Participants are advised to watch the online Enable 101 session 1 and 2 and prior to attending this session and also attend the Prescriber footwear and Orthoses session

Participants will learn

• Types of shoe fit
• Anatomy of a shoe
• Shapes of footwear
• Alignment of the foot in the shoe
• Fitting, follow up and review, and
• Who they can refer to

Home Respiratory Program

This session provides an overview of the EnableNSW Home Respiratory Program including equipment and consumables provided, funding criteria, prescriber eligibility and highlight important information required for equipment requests.

These sessions are broken down into five streams where the requirements, supporting documentation and justification for the following equipment requests will be discussed:

HRP Stream 1: Adult

• Oxygen

HRP Stream 2: Paediatric

• Oxygen

HRP Stream 3: Adult

• CPAP
• Nocturnal Bilevel Ventilation
• Continuous (Life-Support) Ventilation

HRP Stream 4: Paediatric

• CPAP
• Nocturnal Bilevel Ventilation
• Continuous (Life-Support) Ventilation

HRP Stream 5: Adult & Paediatric

• Mechanical In-exsufflation
• Suction units
• Heated Humidifiers (invasive and continuous ventilation)
• Tracheostomy
• Ventilator Circuits and accessories

These sessions are an excellent forum to ask questions related to the EnableNSW Home Respiratory Program.

Voice Prosthesis, Laryngectomy Consumables and Electrolarynx

This session provides an overview of the EnableNSW funding criteria and equipment request forms for laryngectomy consumables, voice prosthesis and electrolarynx equipment.

Participants will learn:

• funding criteria, prescriber eligibility and highlight important information required for equipment requests

Home Enteral Nutrition Program

This session provides an overview of the EnableNSW Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) Program including equipment and consumables provided, funding criteria, prescriber eligibility and highlights important information required for equipment requests.

Participants will learn:

• How to complete the relevant forms including meeting the requirements of the corresponding funding criteria
• Inclusions and exclusions for the EnableNSW HEN Program

Differences between standard and non-standard allocations, and specific additional clinical information that is required for non-standard allocations