The Australian Government’s response to the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Senate Inquiry is lukewarm at best and while acknowledging more needs to be done to better support Australians living with ADHD, only offers minor improvements. Of the 15 recommendations the Assessment and...

The Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) warmly welcomes the Federal Government’s decision to list Visanne on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), making it the first endometriosis treatment to receive subsidisation in over 30 years. Health Minister Mark Butler’s announcement signifies an...

Almost 20 consumer health organisations have come together today in Parliament House to form the Coalition for Preventative Health Funding, which is calling on the 48th Parliament to invest more on Australia's preventative health. Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) CEO, Dr. Elizabeth Deveny...

The Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) is concerned about recent data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showing one in ten Australians, living in areas of most socio-economic disadvantage, delayed or went without prescription medication when it was needed due to the cost...

Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) welcomes four new members to its Board . Minh Nguyen, Gloria Jacob from East Pilbara District Health Advisory Council, Louise Hardy from Arthritis Australia and Scott Harlum from the National Association of People with HIV Australia (NAPWHA) have been voted...

The peak body for consumer health organisations, the Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF), will be in Perth next week to meet with local consumer health and social services organisations to understand how the recent rise in cost-of-living is impacting Western Australian’s ability to afford and...

Consumers need to be informed and aware of the side-effects associated with using the osteoporosis drug Prolia, says Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF). CHF’s comments come after media reports of concerned consumers having a lack of informed consent over Australia's most common osteoporosis...

All governments and health bureaucracies must learn the lessons from Australia’s response to COVID-19 and prepare Australia for the next pandemic, says CEO of Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) Dr Elizabeth Deveny. Dr Deveny’s comments come after the Australian Government released the COVID-...

Consumers should be aware of the risks associated with using a one-off telehealth consultation to access a particular medicine, says Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF). CHF’s comments come after media reports of practitioners who specialise in prescribing certain medications have been caught...

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare’s Oral Health and Dental Care in Australia Update released today shows again that dental and oral health care remains out of reach to many Australians. “It’s really quite shocking to see these statistics in today’s updated report,” said CHF CEO Dr...