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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Ian Kirkwood

Hunter charities Life Without Barriers and Lifestyle Solutions at heart of NDIS Commission report

A new report by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission has found a need for 'specific regulation' to cover group homes after examining seven major providers. File picture by Leanne Pickett

HUNTER-BASED disability services Life Without Barriers and Lifestyle Solutions are two of the seven service providers whose operations were examined in an NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission inquiry into supported accommodation released on Monday.

The report says the commission investigated about 7000 "reportable incidents" and complaints about "supports in group homes" from the seven chosen Supported Independent Living (SIL) providers over a four-year period between July 1, 2018, and September 30, 2022.

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