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Health Consumers NSW (HCNSW) congratulates Ms Susan Pearce on her appointment as Secretary of NSW Health.
Health Consumers NSW (HCNSW) congratulates Ms Susan Pearce on her appointment as Secretary of NSW Health.
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Last year, we asked you what do you, as patients and carers, think about the big change to the availability…
Maryam Zahid is the Founder and Managing Director of Afghan Women on the Move, a charity that works to provide…
Last year, we asked you what do you, as patients and carers, think about the big change to the availability…
Last year, we asked you what do you, as patients and carers, think about the big change to the availability…
Health Consumers NSW (HCNSW) congratulates Ms Susan Pearce on her appointment as Secretary of NSW Health.
Last year, we asked you what do you, as patients and carers, think about the big change to the availability…
Health Consumers NSW (HCNSW) congratulates Ms Susan Pearce on her appointment as Secretary of NSW Health.
Health Consumers NSW (HCNSW) congratulates Ms Susan Pearce on her appointment as Secretary of NSW Health.
Health Consumers NSW (HCNSW) congratulates Ms Susan Pearce on her appointment as Secretary of NSW Health.
Maryam Zahid is the Founder and Managing Director of Afghan Women on the Move, a charity that works to provide…
Health Consumers NSW (HCNSW) congratulates Ms Susan Pearce on her appointment as Secretary of NSW Health.
Health Consumers NSW (HCNSW) congratulates Ms Susan Pearce on her appointment as Secretary of NSW Health.
Health Consumers NSW (HCNSW) congratulates Ms Susan Pearce on her appointment as Secretary of NSW Health.
Maryam Zahid is the Founder and Managing Director of Afghan Women on the Move, a charity that works to provide…
What are consumers and consumer organisations saying about living with Covid in NSW? We met with our COVID consumer taskforces to…
Tricia is an experienced health consumer representative who can look back on an almost 30-year career of representing patients, their…
We are 10! Celebrate with us and hear more about our decade of lent ears, passionate voices, helping hands, bright…
For people who can’t be vaccinated against COVID-19 for medical reasons, or who are vaccinated but who build a weaker…
Kris is a health consumer representative with lived experience of stroke and a near-death experience. Nine years after his stroke,…
Health Consumers NSW recognises that there is a diversity of opinions about the issue of voluntary assisted dying. We recognise…
Are you a health consumer who has an interest in the professional standards that health practitioners need to meet when…
Maureen Williams is an experienced health consumer representative who has been advocating for patients’ voices for 42 years. Here, she…
Last year, we asked you what do you, as patients and carers, think about the big change to the availability…
What can you expect at your age? Join us as we discuss the important issue of how ageism impacts the…
Health consumer reps needed for the NSW Ministry of Health’s Elevating the Human Experience working groups. Lodge your Expression of…
Darriea Turley manages a network of local Health Councils in the Far West Local Health District that provides a structure…
The NSW Government is introducing Real Time Prescription Monitoring (RTPM) of certain medications that have the potential to cause dependence…
Setchen Brimson is Murrumbidgee Local Health District’s (LHD’s) Marketing & Community Engagement Manager, based in Wagga Wagga. Here, she tells…
New research, commissioned by the NSW Council of Social Services (NCOSS) and undertaken by the National Centre for Social and…
Risks and benefits of partnering with the pharmaceutical industry// Some consumer organisations are only able to operate with the support…
The report outlines a set of principles, as developed by health consumer representatives, in response to the challenges faced by NSW Health…
Involving consumers in strategic and operational decisions in healthcare has never been more important. In an unprecedented situation such as…
Our Ageism survey is still online and we continue to gather data. If you think you’ve been treated differently in…
In January 2020, one of our long-standing Board members, John Stubbs, resigned from our Board. We are sad to see…
Diana Aspinall, champion of health consumers Health consumers everywhere have lost a true champion with the passing of Diana Aspinall,…
Setchen Brimson is Murrumbidgee Local Health District’s (LHD’s) Marketing & Community Engagement Manager, based in Wagga Wagga. Here, she tells…
Fay Rhodes is NSW Ambulance’s first frequent user program health consumer representative and Paul Wildin – NSW Ambulance Frequent User…
Brad is one of our individual members and an outstanding patient advocate and health consumer representative who is happy to…
Karen has played many roles in the NSW health consumer movement. In between others, she was also our interim Executive…
Dianne is one of our treasured individual members and an experienced health consumer representative. She has been a member of…
Justine Watson flew to America to have her pelvic mesh implant removed. Mesh Injured Australia Incorporated (MIA) is a new…
Coordinating Chaplain at Canterbury Hospital, Sydney Australia NSW Accredited Disaster Recovery Chaplain and Team Leader (2017) Ordained Interfaith Minister TNS…
Being passionate is not hard when you are motivated by working so closely with consumers. I can’t work where I…
One of the first palliative care specialists in Australia, Dr Yvonne McMaster didn’t slow down when she retired. Instead, she…
“One might consider it a little ‘odd’ for a health provider to be a passionate health consumer, but I consider…