Nadine Hinchliff Therapy Services

20/01/2026

It has been a few weeks now since an event that has changed our families life forever. I have had time to sit and reflect on events and firstly let me say a big thankyou to all of you who have sent love and support. It has made a huge impact on us and I appreciate all of you for thinking of us during this time. In particular the Nanango State High Family who rallied around and has provided food and support in so many other ways. I would also like to extend a huge thankyou to Trent and Stacey Collins and Peter, Drew, Bec and Jake Jackson who worked behind the scenes to support us and provide a location and food for the wake, for which they covered the costs. It ensured that it really was a celebration of life rather than the mourning of a death and for that I am eternally grateful.

A truly disappointing factor is the South Burnett Times profiting from our loss without consultation or permission and continuing to post articles using any means possible except from the family ourselves. There was a reason that we said no to an interview and they didn’t respect that and printed articles anyway. They didn’t even have the courtesy to give us copies of the articles; we still would have had to pay to read them. Human nature is sometimes a disappointment.

I would also like to confirm that Nadine Hinchliff Therapy Services will still be open for business. We have had to delay the start date a little, but the 27th of January will be our first day back in the office. To current clients and families I appreciate your continuing support of our service and we may have a slightly different method of service delivery but we will try and accommodate as many of you as we can. I am also making this announcement to discourage any other organisations from trying to poach our staff.

Again, thankyou everyone for your love and support and I wish good health and happiness for you and your families.

Kim.

01/07/2025

Please be prepared to be told we can only see you in the rooms or via telehealth, as a small business these type of losses are not something we can absorb.

30/06/2025

Fun how the NDIA executives are paid $800 000+ per annum but they want to force those of us at the coal face to work for less - therapists haven't had an increase in rates for more than 6 years despite the acknowledged cost of living increases (and we didn't determine our worth in the first place)

27/06/2025

When you actually point out what they are suggesting it just seems ridiculous - why should we be any less valuable than other professionals

26/06/2025

Providers can't keep absorbing the costs - the rhetoric is just more therapist bashing

24/06/2025

NDIS changes will break local providers

25/04/2025

Dawn service at Nanango - the young and the old. Hoping our young men will not have to face more than peace keeping though.

Thank you to all veterans but especially those we are privileged to care for.

Lest we forget

12/03/2025

13/11/2024

“Occupational therapy is a quiet rebellion against the reductionist view of health, insisting that well-being is not merely the absence of illness, but the presence of meaning, purpose and agency in every moment of life.”
~ 𝑅𝒽𝒾𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓃 𝒞𝓇𝒾𝓈𝓅𝑒

10/09/2024

We are loving our new lycra swing! Finally found a way to suspend that didn’t involve significant construction work.

09/09/2024

So privileged to be part of this amazing group and learning experience.

04/06/2024

Contrary to what you might be hearing in the media today - the vast majority of NDIS providers and in particular Occupational Therapists like us are working tirelessly to ensure that our participants are being delivered quality services. Don’t forget that NOT all of us (in fact very few of your registered health professionals) are doing the wrong thing. Consider thanking your OT for the great work they do today.

This is NDIS justification for what is going on.

https://www.ndis.gov.au/news/10124-protecting-ndis-taking-action-further-tackle-scheme-growth

Interestingly, in contrast to Channel 9 claim that 90 percent of providers are committing fraud, the above article says the opposite, that the vast majority of providers do the right thing.

The main push of the article is plan managers and support coordinators have been told off for encouraging participants to spend their plan funds too quickly, then apply for more. There was a minor acknowledgement that this may be based on changed circumstances but mostly NDIS thinks this is unjustified.

But then it seems NDIS thinks providing funding that meets very basic needs is unjustified!