The Disability Royal Commission and the regulation of disability service provision

* Accepted under the editorship of Professor Christine Bigby, Editor. There was no conflict of interest.

Abstract

The Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability made important recommendations about regulating disability service provision. These recommendations included those about: complaints; provider and worker registration; enforcement; resourcing of the regulator; and, quality auditing. This article analyses the Royal Commission’s findings, recommendations and commentary and places them in the broader context of regulatory theory, research and practice. The article’s concluding comments focus on the trade-offs inherent in regulatory resourcing and enforcement.

Keywords:

• Intellectual disabilities
• Royal Commission
• regulation
• quality
• safeguarding

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Notes

* Accepted under the editorship of Professor Christine Bigby, Editor. There was no conflict of interest.