Assessing Fitness to Drive
- Publication no: AP-R675-22
- ISBN: 978-1-922700-50-6
- Published: 13 July 2022
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This report describes the proposed Strategy for implementation of Assessing Fitness to Drive for consideration by the Austroads Board.
It has been developed based on the Implementation Framework endorsed by the Austroads Board in 2021, together with stakeholder inputs and expert consideration of the identified barriers and opportunities. Strategy development has also been undertaken in parallel with the design and development of launch activities for the new edition of the standards.
Stakeholders have shown support for the Implementation Framework, which highlights health professional and consumer information/education as priorities for implementation, together with platforms and systems that facilitate these activities and the effective conduct of fitness to drive assessments and reporting.
Stakeholders consulted to date are engaged with the issue and enthusiastic to partner to achieve the desired outcomes. They see the value of structures to support continued engagement and coordination efforts nationally.
The Strategy therefore proposes an initial 2-year focus on:
- Establishing structures to enable ongoing engagement with stakeholders
- Establishing an Austroads resource to manage stakeholder partnerships and communications, including the new web content and outreach communication
- Progressing collaborative initiatives to deliver appropriate education and information for health professionals and consumers.
- Summary
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Purpose
- 1.2 Scope
- 1.3 Methodology
- 1.4 Implementation Framework
- 2. Consultation Findings
- 2.1 Support for the Austroads approach (Implementation Framework)
- 2.2 Implementation barriers
- 2.3 Current implementation initiatives/channels
- 2.4 Interfacing programs and projects
- 2.5 Implementation priorities
- 3. Proposed Strategy (FY 22/23 – 23/24)
- 4. Roles and Responsibilities
- References
- Appendix A Austroads Implementation Framework
- A.1 Introduction
- A.1.1 Rationale
- A.1.2 Purpose
- A.1.3 Scope
- A.2 Background – Guideline Implementation
- A.3 Roles and Responsibilities
- A.3.1 National Transport Commission (NTC)
- A.3.2 Austroads
- A.3.3 Driver Licensing Authorities
- A.3.4 Health professionals
- A.3.5 Industry bodies
- A.3.6 Consumers
- A.3.7 Academia
- A.3.8 Other potential stakeholders
- A.4 Implementation Framework
- A.5 Phased Implementation Approach
- A.5.1 Phase 1 – Publication and short-term communicationA.5.2 Phase 2: Detailed strategy development and costing
- A.1 Introduction
- Appendix B Terms of reference Implementation Advisory Group
- B.1 Introduction
- B.2 Project Scope
- B.3 Role of Advisory Group
- B.4 Membership and Administration of the Advisory Group
- B.5 Working Groups
- B.6 Confidentiality
- B.7 Membership and Administration of the Advisory Group
- Appendix C Stakeholders and their Involvement