How to Get Community Nursing Funded in Your NDIS Plan
How to get NDIS community nursing funding — the evidence, the right budget, and the planning-meeting steps to secure nursing care at home.
Community nursing is funded by the NDIS when the need is disability-related and ongoing — but getting it into your plan takes the right evidence and the right framing. This guide walks through the reports you need, which budget it comes from, and exactly what to ask for at your planning meeting so your nursing care and worker oversight are both covered.
Start with the funding test
The evidence that unlocks funding
Which budget it comes from
What to ask for at your planning meeting
Making the funding stretch
If your funding falls short
Frequently asked questions
Does the NDIS fund community nursing?
Yes, when the nursing need is disability-related and ongoing, for example nurse care and oversight for continence, wound care, catheter or PEG management, or training and supervising your support workers. Acute or episodic medical care stays with the health system.
When does the NDIS pay for nursing versus the health system?
The NDIS funds nursing that flows from your disability and is part of everyday life. The health system covers acute, time-limited medical treatment, like nursing after surgery or during an illness. The test is whether the need is disability-related and ongoing, not a short-term medical episode.
What evidence do I need to get community nursing funded?
Usually a letter or report from a treating doctor or registered nurse setting out the disability-related nursing need, why it is ongoing, and what is involved. A nursing assessment and any task-specific care plan strengthen the case and help size the hours.
Which budget does community nursing come from?
Community nursing is generally funded from your Core budget as a support, and sometimes Capacity Building where it is about building capacity or setting up and training your team. Your planner or support coordinator can help make sure it is specified so it can actually be claimed.
What if I am told community nursing should be covered by health, not the NDIS?
Ask for the reason in writing and check the disability-versus-health test. If the need is a direct, ongoing result of your disability and part of daily life, it is usually the NDIS. A clear clinician letter framing it that way helps prevent you being bounced between systems.
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