18/09/2025
🦴 Osteopaths & ACC: What the Data Reveals
New research shows that over half of osteopathic clients in NZ are ACC-funded, with newer practitioners relying on ACC support even more. Most commonly treated? Back, neck, and shoulder injuries.
✅ Highlights:
• Osteopaths play a vital role in NZ’s injury care system
• Continued ACC funding is key for equitable access & workforce sustainability
• First study to map this relationship at a national level
📊 Based on a nationwide survey of NZ osteopaths
🔍 Calls for further research into health system impacts
Really excited and happy on the publication of this important work. Cherished every aspect of the study. Berg thank you heaps for your contributions. Lloyd-Paine thanks for your leardership as the then ONZ president to get this going. Clive Standen and Paul Orrock thanks for all your inputs :)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1746068925000446
ACC New Zealand Osteopaths New Zealand
