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 May 2009

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Title:   Caring together: the health action plan for NSW
Publisher:   NSW Department of Health
Description:   Caring Together: The Health Action Plan for NSW is the first stage of the NSW Government's response to the Garling Inquiry's findings and recommendations. It includes measures that will be put in place immediately to help improve not just clinical care, but the environment in which that care is delivered, and the compassion and sensitivity with which it is delivered.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Forum
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   These short opinion pieces have been submitted by members and friends of CHF. They look at consumer representation, caring in the CALD community, rural sustainability and step-up/step-down facilities.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Submission on the National Primary Health Care Strategy discussion paper
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   CHF response to Discussion Paper prepared by the Australian Government to inform development of a National Primary Health Care Strategy.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Shaping the health workforce project - information paper, February 2009
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   CHF requests your input to this information paper, which outlines the background to the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme and the CHF Shaping Health Workforce Project. The paper discusses the aims and proposed activities of the project and the Scheme, including upcoming community positions on national boards. The papers asks a number of questions to seek your ideas.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   National Registration and Accreditation Scheme: Submission on other matters for inclusion in Bill B
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   CHF has made a submission to the Practitioner Regulation Subcommittee on other matters for inclusion in Bill B.
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Submission to the Preventative Health Taskforce
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   CHF submission to the National Preventative Health Taskforce on the discussion paper, 'Australia: the Healthiest Country by 2020'.
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Safety and Quality Project 2007-08: it's all about communication - Final Project Report
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   The final report of the Safety and Quality 2007-08 Project: It's all about communication, summarises the significant headway CHF has made in increasing awareness and involvement of consumer networks in the work of the Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Health Care, the funders of the project.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   CHF begins
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   CHF came into being because consumers wanted the consumer voice to balance the voices of health professionals, bureaucrats and other health service providers.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Sustained consumer action on medicines brings political change
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   CHF has had a profound, ongoing effect on medicines policy in Australia dating back to its beginnings in 1987. The role of many people needs to be celebrated for this achievement.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Celebrate consumer leadership in health
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   Consumer leadership is a vital ingredient of effective health reform. Because consumer organisations lead through both governance and guidance, they can bridge the gap between consumers and bureaucracy to make effective change.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Birthday identifies challenges
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   While health consumers have much to celebrate, there are still many challenges remaining to shape the Australian health care system into the best in the world - and the best for consumers.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Using the past to strengthen the future
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   CHF has been very successful in the last two decades, but faces new challenges resulting from these successes. Lessons from the past are essential tools in developing strategies for addressing the future.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   How can CHF better meet members' needs
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   A member organisation throws the challenge to CHF to find ways to better meet its members' needs and reflect the concerns and perspectives of a wider range of consumers.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Respect for the consumer experience
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   CHF makes a positive difference to health because it has the practical expertise around the participation of health consumers and consumer representatives.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Position Statement - Medical technologies and devices
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   This policy statement outlines how consumers want technologies and devices to be approved and funded for use in Australia and, once in use, how they are monitored for safety and effectiveness.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   The future looks bright for CHF
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   CHF Chairperson celebrates consumer participation.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Editorial - Consumers shaping health for 21 years
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   CHF celebrates the achievements of health consumers over the last 21 years.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Position Statement - Medical technologies and devices
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   As the users and beneficiaries of medical technologies and devices, consumers can make important contributions to the decision-making processes around their approval, funding and monitoring.Technologies include new procedures and tools for performing surgery.
Date:   Nov 2008
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:   Community quality use of medicines workshop report - consumer representatives involved in quality use of medicines - Sydney, September 2008
Publisher:   Consumers' Health Forum of Australia (CHF)
Description:   CHF and the National Prescribing Service held a workshop in Sydney in September 2008 with consumer representatives on various national and state committees. The meeting was held for the purpose of sharing information about quality use of medicines and to identify and discuss key quality use of medicines themes for consumers.
Date:   Sep 2008
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