Accessibility and affordability of specialist sleep services in Australia Survey

The Australian Government's House Standing Committee on Health, Disability and Aged Care has invited ASA to comment on its current inquiry into access to and affordability of specialist services in Australia. The Clinical Committee is inviting comments and feedback from members on the terms of reference for this inquiry.

Parliamentary inquiries gather intelligence across a broad range of stakeholders about a current policy topic the government is considering. The Health Minister has indicated that specialist accessibility and affordability is a major current policy consideration for the government and so it's important that the sleep specialty is included. There are likely going to be many similar issues across different specialties, but we will primarily be addressing the sleep specialty in our submission. The inquiry will also be seeking recommendations about how to solve the problems we raise that are occurring within the sleep specialty.

Please complete this short survey to provide input to our submission. The survey will be open until close of business on Friday 24 July 2026.

1. What state and region do you currently work in?

2. What problems in relation to access and availability of specialist sleep services are you seeing in your practice and your region?

3. How well are the referral pathways working?

4. What issues have patients raised with you or your practice in relation to out of pocket costs?

5. What impact are out of pocket costs, waiting lists, distance and waiting times having on your patients?

6. What suggestions or recommendations would you make to design a better system?

Thanks very much for your help!