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Speak Out
October 2015
Speech Pathology Australia
private practice survey
Private Practice Survey Results: 2015
In July,
we conducted a survey of members who work in private practice to gather information to support our advocacy
efforts in the current reviews and inquiries into primary health care and Medicare. Thank you to the 502 members working
in private practice who completed the survey. This is just a snapshot of the information, knowledge and expertise you
shared about working in private speech pathology practice in 2015.
Ronelle Hutchinson
Manager, Policy and Advocacy
Speech pathologists
who work in both public
and private spent on average 39% of their time in
private practice and 61% in public.
Most private practitioners work part time (58%) but
a significant proportion work full time hours (42%).
Only 14%
of private practitioners provide services
through tele-practice and another 29% would like to.
Where do we work?
NSW
8%
VIC
33%
QLD
29%
Tas
1%
SA
9%
NT
<1%
WA
17.3%
ACT
3%
Location
What type of services
do we provide?
What is our experience
in private practice?
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
<1 yr
7.5%
1–5 yrs
30%
6–10 yrs
23%
11–15 yrs
13.5%
16–20 yrs
8%
Over 20 yrs
18%
50%
of private practitioners
are sole practitioners.
69.7% working
only in private
practice
6.7% working in
not-for-profit practices/
organisations
23.5% working
in mixed public
and private
Mobile service
11.4%
Clinic only
22.4%
Mix of mobile and
clinic service
(59.6%)
Other (including
tele-practice)
(6.6%)
27%
of private
practitioners work
in regional, rural or
remote locations.
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