Publications

Senate Inquiry into Chronic Disease

Published: 2015 Chronic Conditions Primary Health Care

HCCA made this submission to the Senate's Standing Committee on Health on Chronic Disease Prevention and Management in Primary Health Care. HCCA sees an enhanced focus on primary health care within the community as cost effective and a way to reduce spending in tertiary care. Primary health care, health promotion…

ACT Health: Discussion Paper for the Development of ACT’s Response to the National HIV, Sexually Transmissible Infection and Blood Borne Virus Strategies 2015-17

Published: 2015 Chronic Conditions Health Service Planning

HCCA provided written feedback on the ACT Discussion Paper for the Development of ACT’s Response to the National HIV, Sexually Transmissible Infection and Blood Borne Virus Strategies 2015-2017.

ACT Health: ACT Mental Health & Wellbeing Framework 2015-2025

Published: 2015 Health Directorate Mental Health Quality and Safety in Health Care

HCCA is the peak health consumer organisation in the ACT and has extensive experience in the development of frameworks such as the ACT Mental Health and Wellbeing Framework 2015-2025. We see that there is work still to do to make this document meet the needs of the community.

ACT Government: Expenditure Review of the ACT Concessions Program

Published: 2015 Quality and Safety in Health Care

HCCA welcomes the opportunity to provide input into ACT Government Concessions Review. HCCA recognises the ACT context of current fiscal pressures and budget constraint in reviewing expenditure on concessions in the region, however we urge you to continue to look at these concessions through a lens of social inclusion, equity…

ACT Health: Patient Information from Gastroenterology Unit

Published: 2015 Health Directorate Health Literacy/Patient Information Quality and Safety in Health Care

In preparation for this feedback we circulated these documents to our members who have had a recent experience with gastroenterology, have an interest in this area or have an interest in health literacy and patient information. The feedback provided is the collated responses to each document. We would like to…

ACT Health: Review of Elective Surgery Access Patient Information

Published: 2015 Health Directorate Health Literacy/Patient Information Quality and Safety in Health Care

HCCA understands that improving elective surgery access is a very difficult task, but one that is of great importance for consumers. We consider that the consumer’s right to access, safety, communication and participation to be extremely relevant when addressing the issue of elective surgery.

ACT Health: Greater Flexibility in Prescribing Controlled Medicines

Published: 2015 Health Directorate Medicines Quality and Safety in Health Care

We are broadly supportive of the proposed items for discussion, however we feel the discussion paper is quite vague and it is difficult to get a sense of what the new draft standards will look like and how closely they will resemble the draft Controlled Medicine Prescribing Standards that were…

ACT Health: ACT Alcohol Tobacco & Other Drug Strategy

Published: 2015 Health Directorate Quality and Safety in Health Care

The Health Care Consumers’ Association welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the ACT Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Strategy 2016-20. We recognise the importance of this strategy for health consumers and the ACT community.

ACT Health: Canberra Sexual Health Fact Sheets Batch 2

Published: 2014 Health Directorate Health Literacy/Patient Information

HCCA provided feedback on two batches of sexual health factsheets for Canberra Sexual Health Centre.

ACT Health: Canberra Sexual Health Fact Sheets Batch 1

Published: 2014 Health Directorate Health Literacy/Patient Information

HCCA provided feedback on two batches of sexual health factsheets for Canberra Sexual Health Centre.