DS NMDS Website
This website provides information and resources relevant to the collection of disability data from all service providers in Queensland that receive funding under the National Disability Agreement (NDA).
This includes services that are provided directly by the Department of Communities and all other government and non-government service providers that receive funding from the Department of Communities.
The Disability Services National Minimum Dataset (DS NMDS) which supports the NDA was renamed from 1 July 2009, replacing the Commonwealth State/Territory Disability Agreement (CSTDA) National Minimum Data Set.
The DS NMDS is:
- a set of nationally significant data items that are collected in all Australian jurisdictions (i.e. states, territories and Commonwealth)
- an agreed method of collection and transmission which facilitates the annual collation of nationally comparable data about services funded under the National Disability Agreement (NDA - formerly the Commonwealth/State-Territory Disability Agreement - CSTDA).
This site contains information and resources relevant to the collection of data from all service providers in Queensland that receive funding under the NDA (services that are provided directly by the Department of Communities and all other government and non-government service providers that receive funding from the Department of Communities).
Refer to Disability Services Act 2006 Section 8 for general legislative requirements.
National Disability Agreement
The NDA provides the national framework and key areas of reform for the provision of government support to services for people with disabilities. The NDA replaced the CSTDA from 1 January 2009.
Queensland’s Data Collection
As a partner to the NDA, the Department of Communities is responsible for coordinating the DS NMDS collection in Queensland. The collection of data occurs quarterly, with confidentialised records provided to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) after the end of each financial year (30 June).
The collection provides information about Queensland services, which can then be compared with similar aggregated data collected from NDA funded services in other Australian jurisdictions.
Data Services Team
The DS NMDS Team, Evidence, Reporting and Performance, Disability and Community Care Services manage this collection on behalf of the Department of Communities.
The team maintains the following information about the DS NMDS collection on the department’s website:
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