15 May 2024

Federal Budget 2024 – 2025 Analysis: Member Only Briefing

What will this year's health budget deliver for Australia's health system and consumers? Join CHF’s CEO, Dr Elizabeth Deveny, as we unpack the health budget and provide a comprehensive analysis on key budget measures delivered in the health portfolio. You’ll gain valuable insights on how this year’...
8 May 2024

Join the CHF Board | Potential Candidate Information Webinar

Are you passionate about healthcare and elevating the consumer voice in health policy? Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) invites individuals with governance and consumer representation experience to learn more about the role of the CHF Board and upcoming Board positions. CHF will soon be...
Webinar: climate change and health
7 March 2024

Webinar: Climate Change and Health

As Australia and the world continues to feel the effects of climate change, a greater focus is being applied to the impact the changing climate is having on people’s health and the way that healthcare is delivered. During the COP28 UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai at the end of last year, the...
5 March 2024

Webinar: Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce, Scope of Practice Review

The Australian Government has prioritised recommendations to improve primary care. This includes a review of barriers and incentives for health practitioners to work to their full scope of practice. Professor Mark Cormack is the independent lead reviewer for the Unleashing the Potential of our...
16 October 2023

Demystifying 60-day prescribing: a closer look

What medicines will be available, for whom, and when? Ask your burning questions about 60-day prescribing. Following its official launch on 1 September, the Australian government’s 60-day Prescription initiative is now being promoted via a national mass media campaign . We expect this will lead to...
28 September 2023

Introducing MyMedicare: a webinar for consumers

MyMedicare is a new voluntary patient registration model that aims to strengthen the relationship between patients, their GPs and primary care teams. Initially, it will provide the most benefit to people who need access to longer telehealth services from their GP, aged care residents and people...
6 September 2023

Consumer webinar on the PASC (Long Covid-19) Research Plan

Consumer webinar on the PASC (Long Covid-19) Research Plan Consumers Health Forum co-hosted this webinar for consumers on the MRFF Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) Research Plan . CHF CEO, Elizabeth Deveny who is on the Expert Advisory Committee for the Research Plan and Dr Masha Somi, CEO...
21 August 2023

Consumer Briefing: National Consumer Engagement Strategy

The Department of Health and Aged Care has released the Draft National Consumer Engagement Strategy for consultation. The purpose of this Strategy is to mobilise a person-centred prevention system by involving communities and consumers in preventive health policy design and implementation, and to...
31 July 2023

What does it mean to be a CHF Director?

Consumers Health Forum is looking for people with governance skills and experience as a health consumer to be involved in the governance of our organisation. Do you have the skills, community networks, and lived experience to join the CHF Board? In this webinar, CHF Board Chair, Tony Lawson will...
6 July 2023 — Online

Improving consumer involvement in health and medical research

The Australian Government is committed to ensuring health and medical research investment delivers the greatest benefit to the community while driving long-term economic sustainability. The Department of Health and Aged Care and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) are undertaking...

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