Summary

Scope of consultation

There are many different services and supports available to disabled people. These are delivered by a number of different government agencies – some through DSS administered by a dedicated business unit within the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) and others through health, education and welfare agencies and Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC). This consultation is intended to focus on DSS. These are accessed after an assessment from a Needs Assessment and Service Co-ordination (NASC) organisation, or an Enabling Good Lives (EGL) site.

Have your say

This consultation will inform recommendations to the Government about how to stablise the DSS system.  Those recommendations will lay the foundations to strengthen the system so that it is sustainable, consistent, transparent and fair.

Appendix 1 provides full details on the ways you can provide feedback on this consultation, as well as how your information will be used and released, and contact details for enquiries.

How to use this document

This discussion document explains why we are consulting with you and outlines options. We ask you some questions about each option which you can answer as part of your submission. You can choose which questions you answer, you don’t have to answer them all.

Next steps

A summary of engagement will be published on the DSS website external. All responses will be anonymised, but a list of submitters may be provided. Please clearly indicate in your submission if you do not wish your name, or any other personal information, to be included in any summary of submissions that MSD may publish.