May 2022 - current

The Department of Health and Aged Care (Health) has engaged a consortium, including the Consumers Health Forum, to develop a National Consumer Engagement toolkit or suite of resources. These will be used by policy makers across Health to make sure that consumers are engaged in appropriate,...

July 2022 - current

Consumers Health Forum has been engaged by the Department of Health and Aged Care for an ongoing project improving the Medical Costs Finder Tool.

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2022 - current

Medicare was introduced in the 1980s to provide equitable health care for all Australians. The decades that followed decades saw advancements, expanding the...

2022 - current

This project is a partnership between Nutrition Australia’s Fruit and Vegetable Consortium and CHF, supported by KPMG, the Medibank Foundation, and other organisations committed to improving the health of all Australians, by increasing their vegetable...

2022

The Australian Government Department of Health (Health) has engaged a consortium, including the Consumers Health Forum, to develop a National Consumer Engagement Strategy, as part of the Government’s 10 Year Preventive Health Strategy. 

Opportunities for health consumers to join this...

2021 - current

With evolving technology, virtual care has the chance to replace the existing provider-centric healthcare system with something new that is empowering for health consumers. But before we can get there, consumers need to be aware of the possibilities on offer and invest in them. CHF has been working with the Digital Health CRC, Deloitte Australia and Curtin University to better understand consumer expectations of virtual care in the 21st century. Find out more about the first consumer webinar with an expert panel and follow-up consumer feedback and survey. 

2021 - current

Virtual health care is driven by consumers. With evolving technology, virtual care has the chance to replace the existing provider-centric healthcare system with something new that is empowering for health consumers. But before we can get there, consumers need to be aware of the possibilities on offer and invest in them. CHF has been working with the Digital Health CRC, Deloitte Australia and Curtin University to better understand consumer expectations of virtual care in the 21st century. 

2021 - current

Virtual health care is driven by consumers. With evolving technology, virtual care has the chance to replace the existing provider-centric healthcare system with something new that is empowering for health consumers. But before we can get there, consumers need to be aware of the possibilities on offer and invest in them. CHF has been working with the Digital Health CRC, Deloitte Australia and Curtin University to better understand consumer expectations of virtual care in the 21st century. 

2021

Young health advocates from the CHF Youth Health Forum have highlighted significant issues in healthcare, health literacy, and access to healthcare services for young people in the transitional years of early adulthood. 

CHF has been...

2020 - current

Research is critical to the health of Australians, but one of the most difficult things about conducting research is finding the right participants for health research projects. This makes it harder to answer important research questions.

The Join Us Register is an easy way for millions of...

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