Consumer Participation

There are many ways consumers can participate in health decision-making, from working with health practitioners to improve your own health to contributing to the development and management of health services as a consumer representative.

The Consumers' Health Forum of Australia is the leading national organisation providing a voice for all health consumers.

Follow the links below to find information on consumer participation, including submissions by consumer organisations on health issues. The HealthInsite Consultation topic page has links to information on consultation processes, including calls for submissions and requests for feedback.

Reviewed April 2008

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Title:	Media release. New measures give public a voice on potential PBS medicines
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	From today, consumers will be able to comment on medicines being considered for listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
Date:	Sep 2008

Title:	Safety and quality must involve consumers
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is already contributing to the reform process through its workplan's nine programs. The Commission works with consumers as a major stakeholder in improving safety and quality in health care.
Date:	Jul 2008

Title:	E-health is a valuable tool
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	As the e-health movement continues to gain momentum across Australia, consumers are playing a greater part in driving the e-health direction to meet consumer needs.
Date:	Jul 2008

Title:	What consumers want from reform
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	The need for reform in health care is not new. What is new is the urgent imperative for reform. Consumers have an opportunity to join the reform discussions as the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission makes its deliberations and recommendations.
Date:	Jul 2008

Title:	Implementing private health reforms: Consumers have a say - Discussion session with the Health Consumers' Council WA - Perth, April 2008
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	CHF and the Health Consumers Council WA held a free consumer discussion session on consumer issues to do with reforms to private health insurance on Wednesday 30 April 2008 in Perth, Western Australia.
Date:	Apr 2008

Title:	Implementing private health reforms: Consumers have a say - Discussion session with Kidney Health Australia - Melbourne, April 2008
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	CHF and Kidney Health Australia held a free consumer discussion session on hospital substitute care under both the public and private health systems on Friday 18 April 2008 in Melbourne, Victoria.
Date:	Apr 2008

Title:	Health Voices helps consumers shape health in Australia
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	The first issue of Health Voices seeks to raise some of the ethical issues that exist in Australia today for health consumers.
Date:	Apr 2008

Title:	Consumer participation in research
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	Many health consumers and health professionals think about ethics in terms of ethics committees and clinical trials. However, it is also important to look at the role of health consumers in research, and the CHF role.
Date:	Apr 2008

Title:	Implementing private health reforms: Consumers have a say - Discussion session with Heart Support Australia, Ipswich and West Moreton Branch - Ipswich, Qld, March 2008
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	CHF and Heart Support Australia, Ipswich and West Moreton Branch, held a free consumer discussion session on prostheses and informed financial consent arrangements under private health insurance on Tuesday 4 March 2008 in Ipswich, Queensland.
Date:	Mar 2008

Title:	Safety and quality: It's all about communication - Perth community workshop
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	In February 2008, CHF held a community workshop in Perth, as part of the 2007-08 Safety and Quality Project 'It's all about communication'. The aim of the project is to engage health consumers across Australia in safety and quality improvements in health care being introduced by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
Date:	Feb 2008

Title:	Safety and quality: It's all about communication - Broome community workshop
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	In February 2008, CHF held a community workshop in Broome, as part of the 2007-08 Safety and Quality Project 'Its all about communication'. The aim of the project is to engage health consumers across Australia in safety and quality improvements in health care being introduced by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
Date:	Feb 2008

Title:	New health technologies and medical devices consumer representatives workshop report
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	CHF held this workshop for consumer representatives and interested members to increase awareness of and consider issues around approval, funding and monitoring processes of new technologies such as medical devices and prostheses.
Date:	Dec 2007

Title:	Deciding on treatment
Publisher:	The Cancer Council Victoria
Description:	Suggestions for who to consult and how to decide between cancer treatment options.
Date:	Jul 2007

Title:	Safety and Quality Project 2007-08: It's all about communication - Consumer Representatives Workshop Adelaide
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	CHF held a Safety and Quality consumer representatives workshop for a wide range of health care consumer organisations in Adelaide on 28 June 2007.
Date:	Jun 2007

Title:	Patient-centred health care
Publisher:	National Asthma Council Australia (NAC)
Description:	The National Asthma Council Australia convened the Patient-Centred Health Care Workshop in November 2005 to bring together stakeholder groups in chronic disease.
Date:	Jun 2007

Title:	Patient-centred health care in primary care: an overview
Publisher:	National Asthma Council Australia (NAC)
Description:	This discussion paper deals with some of the practical ways in which primary care services including general practice, allied health services and community pharmacy can incorporate principles of patient-centred care.
Date:	Jun 2007

Title:	Interventions before consultations for helping patients address their information needs
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Patients often report that they want more information from their healthcare providers or that the information they do receive does not address their needs. Generally, the amount of information given is small. People have differing needs for information,...
Date:	May 2007

Title:	Portrait of a consumer representative - Anne McKenzie
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	A consumer representative discusses her keen interest in issues relating to the quality use of medicines and how they have affected her life and career.
Date:	Apr 2007

Title:	E-health - a consumer's view
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	There are benefits and drawbacks with the development and implementation of e-health systems, but with consumer involvement, concerns can be addressed.
Date:	Apr 2007

Title:	Submission on Developing a Consumer Health Council for Queensland
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	CHF made a submission to the discussion paper "Developing a Consumer Health Council for Queensland" - engaging Queensland consumers in health care.
Date:	Oct 2006

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