MSD Disability Support Services (DSS)
UPDATE: Recent Needs Assessment and Reviews Survey
The MSD Disability Support Services (DSS) public consultation to shape future disability funding and service models is now closed. Thank you to everyone who participated.
The Needs Assessment and Reviews survey is now closed. Thank you to all who took part, we’ll share our report on it soon.
The MSD Disability Support Services (DSS) public consultation briefing material included a proposal for carers to have their own assessment and supports. It is the first time that a government consultation raised this as an option and it aligned with our strategic goal of carers being seen as a unique population with their own rights and needs. We think that it’s important to stop the habit of government treating family carers as an afterthought. You do matter. Your mostly unpaid Mahi Aroha has an annual value of at least $17.6 billion.
Our society would crumble without you. NZ must sustain and value and recognise you.
Carers NZ will keep this page updated as more information comes. If you have any questions, contact us at centre@carers.net.nz or join our Facebook page.
