Access to Health Services

Follow the links below to information on access to health services and consumers' rights to access.

You might also find relevant information in Australian government media releases at the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing's Media Centre.

Reviewed November 2007

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Title:	CHF e-Health industry and consumer workshop: 'What's next in e-health' Workshop Report
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	The Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) held an e-health industry and consumer workshop, 'What's next in e-health' in central Sydney on 27 November 2007. During the workshop, participants discussed e-health success stories and sticking points and identified practical steps for making e-health work for consumers.
Date:	Apr 2008

Title:	Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	The Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care (BOIMHC) program improves community access to quality primary mental health care.
Date:	Feb 2008

Title:	Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	The Diagnostic and Technology Branch of the Department of Health and Ageing is responsible for managing public funding of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) services in Australia
Date:	Jan 2008

Title:	Safety and quality: it's all about communication - Mackay community workshops
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	In December 2007, CHF held community workshops in Mackay, Queensland, 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:	Dec 2007

Title:	Mental health policy for the veteran community: index and introduction
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:	A strategic policy framework for the future planning and delivery of mental health services to the veteran community.

Title:	Implementing private health reforms: consumers have a say - discussion session with Multiple Sclerosis Society NSW/Vic - Sydney November 2007
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	CHF has undertaken a series of engagements around Australia in partnership with CHF member organisations as part of the '2007-08 Implementing Private Health Reforms: Consumers have a say' project. The project aims to ensure health consumer involvement in the implementation of Australian Government private health insurance reforms which took effect from April 2007.
Date:	Nov 2007

Title:	Implementing private health reforms: consumers have a say - discussion session with Multiple Sclerosis Society NSW/Vic - Melbourne November 2007
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	CHF has undertaken a series of engagements around Australia in partnership with CHF member organisations as part of the '2007-08 Implementing Private Health Reforms: Consumers have a say' project. The project aims to ensure health consumer involvement in the implementation of Australian Government private health insurance reforms which took effect from April 2007.
Date:	Nov 2007

Title:	Infertility and reproductive technology: Student factsheet
Publisher:	Women's Health Queensland Wide Inc
Description:	Advances in reproductive technology have changed the way women can have children, and even definitions of motherhood and fatherhood. The success rate is low and the treatments can be both financially and emotionally draining.
Date:	Oct 2007

Title:	Evidence v access - joint replacement registry success
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	The National Joint Replacement Registry provides the evidence clinicians need to make informed decisions that have led to a better revision rate that has saved consumers - and the health care system - pain, time and money.
Date:	Oct 2007

Title:	Radiation Oncology Inquiry
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	The Inquiry Committee, chaired by Professor Peter Baume, was set up to examine radiation therapy for cancer in Australia and develop a national plan to promote patient access to these services. The Inquiry focused on patient access to radiotherapy, the roles of radiation oncologists, radiation therapists and medical physicists in the delivery of radiation therapy, including equipment and funding arrangements. The report, titled A vision for radiotherapy, was presented to Senator Patterson on 18 June 2002.
Date:	Sep 2007

Title:	Submission to the Exposure Draft of the Human Services (Enhanced Service Delivery) Bill 2007
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	Submission to the Exposure Draft of the Human Services (Enhance Service Delivery) Bill 2007, consumers' expectations of the access card.
Date:	Aug 2007

Title:	Primary Care Services - challenges for better consumer use
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	Consumers' access to primary health care is guided and constrained by many factors. Six factors offer particular challenges to policy and decision makers. Does Australia need to reassess the structure of its health care system and what role should consumers play?
Date:	Jul 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:	Western Sydney E-health Consumer Discussion Session Report
Publisher:	Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:	CHF and the Council of Social Service NSW (NCOSS) held an e-health consumer discussion session in Western Sydney on Wednesday 30 May 2007.
Date:	May 2007

Title:	Better access to psychiatrists, psychologists and general practitioners through the MBS
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	This initiative provides better access to mental health care by GPs, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and other appropriately trained allied mental health professionals. It will encourage team-based mental health care in the community.
Date:	Apr 2007

Title:	Second discussion paper: Improving access to Consumer Medicines Information (CMI) and Product Information (PI)
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	The purpose of this Second Discussion Paper is to seek stakeholder views on some revised options including the TGA's preferred option. The closing date for submissions is 30 March 2007.
Date:	Feb 2007

Title:	Advance provision of emergency contraception for pregnancy prevention (full review)
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Emergency contraception is an increased dose of the hormones found in ordinary birth control pills. This medication can prevent unwanted pregnancy if taken soon after unprotected sex. Getting a prescription for emergency contraception can be difficult...
Date:	Jan 2007

Title:	Australian health system: how it works
Publisher:	myDr
Description:	The healthcare system in Australia is a complex mix of Commonwealth and State government funded services and services funded by private insurance.
Date:	Dec 2006

Title:	Evaluating the Access to Allied Psychological Services component of the Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care Program: Eighth interim evaluation report
Publisher:	Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:	This report examines the extent to which the Access to Allied Psychological Services projects are achieving positive outcomes, and explores the association between different models of service delivery and varying levels of consumer outcomes.
Date:	Jun 2006

Title:	Palliative care medicines working group
Publisher:	CareSearch
Description:	As part of the National Palliative Care Program, a Palliative Medicines Working Group has been established. This group is looking at efficient access to and quality use of medications at the end stages of a person's life.
Date:	Apr 2006

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