Elevating the Human Experience
The NSW Ministry of Health seeking to recruit six consumer representatives to the positions of co-chairs of the Elevating the…
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A word with… Kelly Foran
Setchen Brimson is Murrumbidgee Local Health District’s (LHD’s) Marketing & Community Engagement Manager, based in Wagga Wagga. Here, she tells…
Cost of health care in NSW
New research, commissioned by the NSW Council of Social Services (NCOSS) and undertaken by the National Centre for Social and…
SURVEY: Involving Health Consumers in Research
SURVEY: Health Consumers NSW is working in partnership with Sydney Health Partners to map consumer and community involvement in health…
Your say on health data linkage project
Be a consumer representative on NSW Health’s Lumos project and share your experience or interest in the use of technology…
Building Trust and Transparency
Risks and benefits of partnering with the pharmaceutical industry// Some consumer organisations are only able to operate with the support…
Healthcare visiting guide
The report outlines a set of principles, as developed by health consumer representatives, in response to the challenges faced by NSW Health…
Cardiovascular care consumer rep needed
Be a consumer representative on the Patient Centred Co-Commissioning Group – Cardiology in the Community Sub Committee in Western Sydney.…
Consumer rep needed for SNPHN My Health Record Test Bed Project Advisory Committee
Be a consumer representative on the SNPHN My Health Record Test Bed Project Advisory Committee. SNPHN was recently chosen by…
Event: Visiting Hours during COVID-19
We want to hear from you! We are working with health consumer representatives from around NSW to give feedback on…
Advise Northern Sydney LHD on their research strategy
Be a consumer representative on the Research Advisory Committee for the Northern Sydney Local Health District. The Committee is currently…
Become a consumer representative on a study interest group on the outcomes of reproductive carrier screening.
PHD candidate Ebony Richardson from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is looking for two consumer representative to join her…
Involving consumers in your health service or facility’s COVID-19 response
Involving consumers in strategic and operational decisions in healthcare has never been more important. In an unprecedented situation such as…
Ageism Survey and Workshops
Our Ageism survey is still online and we continue to gather data. If you think you’ve been treated differently in…
Become part of the NSW Cancer Plan Governance Committee
Application for membership of the NSW Cancer Plan Governance Committee is now open to health consumer representatives in NSW. The…
John Stubbs – goodbye for now
In January 2020, one of our long-standing Board members, John Stubbs, resigned from our Board. We are sad to see…
Join the new Primary Healthcare Institute Executive Committee
Expressions of Interest are open for health consumers to join the new Primary Healthcare Institute Executive Committee. The NSW Agency…
Diana Aspinall, champion of health consumers
Diana Aspinall, champion of health consumers Health consumers everywhere have lost a true champion with the passing of Diana Aspinall,…
Health Consumer Representative Training courses 2020
We are working on moving our 2020 health consumer representative training into online modules. From the end of May, we…
A word with… Setchen Brimson
Setchen Brimson is Murrumbidgee Local Health District’s (LHD’s) Marketing & Community Engagement Manager, based in Wagga Wagga. Here, she tells…
A word with… Fay Rhodes and Paul Wildin
Fay Rhodes is NSW Ambulance’s first frequent user program health consumer representative and Paul Wildin – NSW Ambulance Frequent User…
A word with… Brad Rossiter
Brad is one of our individual members and an outstanding patient advocate and health consumer representative who is happy to…
A word with… Karen Filocamo
Karen has played many roles in the NSW health consumer movement. In between others, she was also our interim Executive…
A word with… Dianne Nyoni
Dianne is one of our treasured individual members and an experienced health consumer representative. She has been a member of…
A word with… Justine Watson from MIA
Justine Watson flew to America to have her pelvic mesh implant removed. Mesh Injured Australia Incorporated (MIA) is a new…
A word with… Heather Topp
Coordinating Chaplain at Canterbury Hospital, Sydney Australia NSW Accredited Disaster Recovery Chaplain and Team Leader (2017) Ordained Interfaith Minister TNS…
A word with… Lynda Johnston
Being passionate is not hard when you are motivated by working so closely with consumers. I can’t work where I…
A word with … Yvonne McMaster
One of the first palliative care specialists in Australia, Dr Yvonne McMaster didn’t slow down when she retired. Instead, she…
A word with … Dr John Leyden
“One might consider it a little ‘odd’ for a health provider to be a passionate health consumer, but I consider…