Community at heart
Building a framework for success Right from the beginning, Your Community Health had local people at its heart, according to Service Development Officer Catherine Fraser. “The community health service in the north was established as a result of advocacy for health services by local people in what was a fairly [...]
Engaging better with communities
There's a difference between helping and engaging Ambulance Victoria's (AV’s) paramedics and call takers help the community every day by using their training and expertise. Engagement flips this dynamic, with the community teaching AV how to help them more. It's a lesson in equality that AV's Mark Scammel and other [...]
Report: Consumer engagement during Covid-19
Is staying apart keeping us connected? Following the full rollout of social distancing restrictions in mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Issues Centre conducted a survey of consumer representatives and Health Services to find out how the Covid-19 restrictions are impacting consumer engagement. The survey was carried out in [...]
Evidence of impact
What’s the point of training if you can’t prove it’s making a difference? That’s the perspective of Patrice Higgins, former acting CEO of Health Issues Centre and expert evaluator. Patrice has been engaged by Health Issues Centre to undertake evaluation of training and other consumer engagement projects for the past [...]
Speakers announced for June consumer online forum
Will the road to recovery be paved with casualties? Victoria’s Chief Health Officer, a behaviour change specialist and a leading Australian health economist will present at Health Issues Centre’s next consumer online forum in June. The event will provide a fascinating opportunity to dig into how Government policy is impacted [...]
Expert by experience
Turning heartbreak into a voice for change Natalie Ross knows more about the Australian healthcare system than she ever wished to know. She took an early retirement 12 years ago to care for her mother until her death six years later. Then her son became seriously ill. Then she lost [...]
Save the date: Forum #3
Consumer online forum series A forum for the whole community to discuss the implications of the government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy. The third online consumer forum in our series will be held on Tuesday 16 June. Register: to save your place, click here. Will the Road to Recovery Be Paved With [...]
Covid-19 Forum #2 video
Covid-19 community forum #2: COVIDSafe App and Telehealth Almost 300 people registered for an online forum on hosted by Health Issues Centre on May 7 to discuss the COVIDSafe App and Telehealth. The event intended to give community representatives of at-risk groups such as the elderly, people with disabilities and [...]
Will Technology Save us?
Forum #2 summary: Health Issues Centre consumer online forum series Trust, necessity and efficacy were the hot topics of the Health Issues Centre forum on the COVIDSafe App and Telehealth this week. Almost 300 people registered to attend the event, which was held online. Health Issues Centre CEO Danny Vadasz [...]
All a matter of perspective
Taking a different view It’s interesting how looking through the same eyes, you can see different things, according to Kristiina Siiankoski. By day, Kristiina works as a health policy advisor for a government department. But out-of-hours she volunteers her time running a peer support group for a little-known condition called [...]
Medical devices causing more deaths than thought
Medical devices have revolutionised medicine and improved the lives of millions. But as Health Issues Centre investigations into pelvic mesh demonstrated, they also have the capacity to inflict irreversible damage when something goes wrong. HIC has long argued that there are a variety of systemic failure points in Australia’s Quality [...]
Covid-19 Community Forum: Final Report
Who Makes the call? Download full report here: Who Makes the Call - COVID-19 Forum Report Executive Summary The grim reality of rationing intensive care resources as a result of COVID-19 has recently been witnessed or predicted in several countries (e.g. Italy, USA). Whilst social distancing measures introduced within Australia to ensure our health system is not overwhelmed have thus far been successful, there is considerable [...]
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