Participant Service Guarantee

The Participant Service Charter includes timeframes for our processes – set out under the Participant Service Guarantee.

The Participant Service Guarantee sets clear timeframes for key NDIS processes.

The NDIA must make decisions about access, plan approvals, plan reviews and nominee changes within these timeframes. This gives participants, families and carers greater certainty about how long processes will take.

Each quarter, the Agency reports against Participant Service Guarantee timeframes in the Quarterly Report.

The tables below shows the timeframes for each of the key NDIS processes, which has been pulled from the latest Quarterly Report. 

Use the ‘Print this Page’ function to download a PDF or print a copy of the current status of the Participant Service Guarantee timeframes.

Getting started with the NDIS

What we will do The most days it will take us Performance at March 2023 quarter (most current data)
Explain a decision 28 days 99%
Decide who can use the NDIS 21 days 96%
Give people time to prepare information if we ask for it 90 days 96%
Make a decision about who can use the NDIS after we've been given more information 14 days 96%

Getting a plan

What we will do The most days it will take us Performance at March 2023 quarter (most current data)
Start making your plan 21 days 94%
Approve a plan 56 days 93%
Approve a plan for a child under 7 years 90 days 98%
Make a time to have a meeting to start your plan if you want to As soon as we can Reporting will start in second half of 2023
Have a meeting to start your plan if you want to 28 days 100%
Give you a copy of your approved plan 7 days Reporting will start in the second half of 2023

Changing a plan

What we will do The most days it will take us Performance at March 2023 quarter (most current data)
Start setting up a plan reassessment 56 days before the review date 68%*
Decide whether to do a plan reassessment, if you ask us to 21 days 79%
Do a plan reassessment we have agreed to 28 days 67%
Make small changes to a plan 28 days 93%
Make big changes to a plan 50 days 97%
Give you a copy of the plan after it has changed 7 days
Reporting will start in the second half of 2023
Review our decisions if we need to 60 days 94%
Put changes into place when the Administrative Appeals Tribunal asks us to 28 days 98%
Cancel a participant-requested nominee 14 days 100%
Cancel a CEO-initiated nominee 14 days 100%

*Note: The NDIA's new participant check-in process ensures that every scheduled review begins with a contact from the planner or partner to discuss review options well before and scheduled review date. Plans are extended automatically if they have not been reviewed before expiry so participants have continuity of support. That is, participants do not stop receiving supports.

Making a complaint

What we will do The most days it will take us Performance at March 2023 quarter (most current data)
Tell you that we have received your complaint 1 day Not reported.
Get in touch after we receive your complaint 2 days Not reported.
Fix your complaint if we can 21 days 94%
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23 May 2023
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