Sally Crossing speaking at a CHF event
31 January 2017 — Blog

VALE Sally Crossing 1946 -2016

The passing of Sally Crossing in December 2016 leaves a large space in the health consumer movement in Australia. Sally was a fierce and very successful advocate of the health consumer representative movement and will be dearly missed. She was a remarkable woman who has left a lasting legacy. Sally...
31 January 2017 — Blog

What happened at the OECD's #FutureOfHealth Policy Forum

On the 16th and 17th of January 2017, global health leaders converged on Paris for a policy forum and ministerial meeting. A huge amount of content was covered, and to give you some insight into the outcomes and trends that featured in the discussion, we've put together this Storify roundup of...
6 January 2017 — Blog

Health a No. 1 concern requiring national leadership

This Op-ed first appeared in Fairfax outlets on the 6th of January, 2017. Read it in the Canberra Times here . Australia's healthcare horizon is rapidly changing. We face significant challenges at the same time as pressure for reform and innovation grows. In an era when the economic focus seems...
20 December 2016 — Blog

Overcoming our mental health illusion

The consultation draft of what is intended to be the latest National Mental Health Plan has worryingly failed to counter the impression that mental health remains a second order concern. At a time when demonstrated need so often overwhelms the services available, the Mental Health Plan has done...
19 December 2016 — Blog

Health Care Homes: the medical breakthrough we need

by Leanne Wells and Claire Jackson The most significant development in Australia’s health system in a generation reaches a crunch point in Christmas week. Long-awaited reform of primary health care services in the community is on the cards and central to this will be the GP. A minimum of 200...
In the future, consumers will drive their own healthcare in partnership with clinicians, and it is therefore important to start working together earlier in the research pipeline.
8 December 2016 — Blog

Why medical research is a matter for all of us

Medical research may seem remote from day-to-day life despite its potential to transform lives. Consider the constellation of research projects granted funding this month by the National Health and Medical Research Council. The targets for research range across medical science, including predicting...
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8 December 2016 — Blog

Patients promoting and raising awareness of health research

by Jenny Preston, Roger Steel, Karen Inns, Simon Stones and Keith Wilson “Having lived with long-term conditions for the majority of my life, and through my interest and participation in research, I have been inspired to get involved in shaping the future research landscape, as a patient research...
16 November 2016 — Blog

Health Care Homes: A Grand Design

Leanne Wells and David Butt Kevin McLeod’s Grand Designs television series offers a fitting metaphor for the Health Care Homes we are building in Australia. We are beginning with an existing structure that needs much work to turn it into an effective and comfortable home offering all the features...
15 November 2016 — Blog

Integrated care – a Nirvana we can reach for

by Dr Paresh Dawda, Adjunct Associate Professor Walter Kmet, Dr Andrew Knight and Leanne Wells. Integrated health care is now commanding more attention in Australia than ever. Evidence of this includes local collaborative care projects and two federally sponsored trials, one on chronic care and the...
10 November 2016 — Blog

Making it real – the impact of consumer co-production

Co-production and co-design in healthcare is a personal battle cry for me. It’s w hat gets me up in the morning, what sees me attending public health forums and has me tweeting voraciously at two in the morning. To me, it’s an ethical imperative that those whose health is to be cared for – the...

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