The year 2021–22 was significant on several fronts, not just for CHF but the wider health sector. To the relief of everyone in Australia, and beyond, the Covid-19 pandemic began to subside in early 2022 although its impact will be felt for many years to come. In our 2021-22 Annual Report you can...
This submission responds to a Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) public consultation about whether the current scheduling of paracetamol is appropriate considering available data on paracetamol poisoning, including intentional overdose, and associated hospitalisations and deaths. A...
Fresh eyes on sugar labelling
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is reviewing how sugar is labelled on food packaging. Seemingly simple, FZANZ consulted widely. Should packaging for canned and frozen fruit and vegetables include added sugar content? How about dried fruit? ...
- Elizabeth Deveny, the new interim CEO for CHF invites young people to participate in discussions about health ccess and affordability
- Opportunity to participate in Preventive Health Engagement Strategy
- Luke Catania steps down after 1½ years as the CHF National Youth ...
What science can tell us about the future of health
The value of science was reinforced over the two years of the pandemic as trust spiked and Australians turned to scientists and experts to guide us out of the threat. In the August 2022 edition of Consumers Shaping Health, we...
CHF wrote to the Treasurer in advance of the October Budget to set out the issues that are important to CHF, our members, and health consumers broadly.
The submission welcomes the Government's decision to deliver wellbeing Budgets in the future, and seeks initial steps to address cost of...
Back to the fundamentals
What is a wellbeing Budget? Why should we be thinking about more than GDP?" In the July 2022 edition of Consumers Shaping Health, we ....
- Outline CHF's support for the inclusion of long term visionary planning for Australians in the Budget ...
Submission from Consumers Health Forum on the expansion of Telehealth Services, to the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO)
The objective of this audit is to assess whether the Department of Health has effectively managed the expansion of telehealth services during and post the COVID‐...
Patient navigation – making the connections to better health
In this issue of Health Voices, researchers, consumers and advocacy groups discuss the role of the navigator – and other ways to support consumers and carers – to access different aspects of medical and social care...
CHF is more active than ever working on behalf of consumers for a better health system, and we have highlighted our significant achievements in the CHF Report Card for 2021-2022. As we move...