NDIS provider fined $1.9m over death of at-risk man who choked on a toasted sandwich

An NDIS provider has been ordered to pay the largest ever penalty of its kind over the death of an intellectually disabled man, who choked on a toasted sandwich because improperly trained staff failed to follow dietary advice. The man died in May 2020, three days after being fed by workers at a residential home operated by Valmar Support Services in the Canberra suburb of Richardson. The disability and aged care provider admitted its shortcomings after being pursued by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commissioner in the federal court. On Wednesday, Justice Elizabeth Raper “reluctantly” ordered the company pay a

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