Submissions

TGA: Proposed Regulatory Scheme for Personalised Medical Devices, including 3D-Printed Devices

Published: 2019 Quality and Safety in Health Care Therapeutic Goods Administration

Personalised medical devices and 3D-printed devices are transforming health care. These kinds of devices are allowing technology and materials to be personalised for consumers and changing health care in ways that could not previously have been envisaged. HCCA’s consultation with consumers on the proposed regulatory scheme for personalised medical devices,…

CHS: Consumer Privacy & Consent

Published: 2019 Canberra Health Services Quality and Safety in Health Care

HCCA appreciates this opportunity to provide feedback and to partner with Canberra Health Services in ensuring that processes for consent that are clear, health literate, and meet the needs of consumers and of the organisation.

ACSQHC: Charter of Health Care Rights 2019

Published: 2019 Health Literacy/Patient Information Quality and Safety in Health Care

HCCA’s consultation on the revised Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights clearly indicated that articulating healthcare rights is important to consumers. We believe that the overarching right to health care is the right for consumers to high quality care.

Commonwealth Department of Health: Streamlined Consumer Assessment for Aged Care

Published: 2019 Aged Care/Health of Older People Quality and Safety in Health Care

Of all the “key design issues” highlighted in the Discussion Paper, HCCA members are particularly concerned with embedding wellness and reablement into the aged care assessment process. We understand reablement to be a way of helping people to recover or relearn skills, to regain confidence, and to maximise their independence.…

ACT Government: Response to ACT Budget 2019-20

Published: 2019 Budget Consultations

HCCA's initial response to the 2019-20 ACT Budget.

ACT Government: Independent Review into the Workplace Culture within ACT Public Health Services

Published: 2018 Quality and Safety in Health Care

The issue of poor workplace culture in health care has received increased public attention in recent years, following the 2016 Senate Inquiry into medical complaints process in Australia. The Senate Inquiry found that bullying, discrimination and harassment levels remain disconcertingly high, despite the apparent ‘zero tolerance’ approach reported by medical…

Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia: Endorsement of Scheduled Medicines for Registered Nurses Prescribing in Partnership

Published: 2018 Medicines Quality and Safety in Health Care

HCCA recognises that an expanded role for Registered Nurses (RNs) and Registered Midwives (RMs) in prescribing has the potential to deliver benefits to health care consumers. We fully support the Consultation Paper’s observation that many people currently experience unacceptable barriers to health care, including barriers to timely access to medicines.

Commonwealth Department of Health: Single Charter of Aged Care Rights

Published: 2018 Aged Care/Health of Older People Quality and Safety in Health Care

HCCA’s overall feedback is that while there are potential benefits for consumers in the move to a single Charter (e.g. consistent consumer rights in all types of aged care), these benefits are not assured. It is important that some of the specific rights set out in the four existing Charters…

Senate Inquiry on the My Health Record System

Published: 2018 Digital Health Inquiries Quality and Safety in Health Care

Our extensive consultations with consumers suggests uncertainty and distrust about the MHR system. Issues around opting-out and informed consent, more generally, are particularly contentious.

ANU: ANU Medical School Review

Published: 2018 Quality and Safety in Health Care

One way for consumers to be partners in their own care, and to optimize the health system is to have consumers as partners throughout medical training. The graduates of such training will not only understand the importance of partnering with consumers, but will have real experience in doing so.