Health Issues Centre
happily welcomes
Alison Coughlan as
new CEO
Health Issues Centre is
Victoria's peak health
consumer organisation.
We listen to everyday
people and champion
improvements to our
healthcare system.
Support and connection for
people affected by Long COVID
Are you affected by Long COVID and need support?
At Health Issues Centre, we have recently launched an online support community for anyone
affected by Long COVID. This online space enables people to share information, lived experience and
resources with others impacted by Long COVID including their carers, families, and supporters.
In addition to an online community, Long COVID Support also contains up-to-date, evidence-based
information related to latest research and news, along with a collection of powerful lived experience
stories shared by our members.
Health Issues Centre is
Victoria's peak health
consumer organisation.
We listen to everyday
people and champion
improvements to our
healthcare system.
Is long-COVID our next
pandemic?
We ran a survey for people
affected by long-COVID on the
direct and consequential impacts,
here's what they told us.
Health Issues Centre is
Victoria's peak health
consumer organisation.
We listen to everyday
people and champion
improvements to our
healthcare system.
We have
An online network of over 4,000 active consumers
Engaged over 2,500 consumers through online forums in the past year
Supported over 3000 consumers and practitioners through consumer training over the past five years.
Our purpose
We continuously engage with health consumers to improve:
Project consulting
We work on fee-for-service consultancy projects with governments, health services, commissioners, researchers and other stakeholders in the health system to help them understand the consumer perspective on health issues, service needs and policy gaps. We ensure that all consumers are given the opportunity to influence the decisions that determine the quality of their health care, including those consumers who are vulnerable, marginalized and seldom heard.
Health Issues Centre is here if you need support with consumer engagement. Just reach out to us at projects@hic.org.au.
Policy and advocacy
As Victoria’s recognised peak consumer advocacy body, we are committed to working constructively with all sides of politics to improve health outcomes for all Victorians – regardless of where they live or which communities they belong to.
Our insights are informed by our ongoing engagement with Victorian healthcare consumers. We engage with thousands of Victorians and their communities every year across a broad range of contemporary health issues.
