1 September 2022 — Media release

Debora Picone AO - a leader who amplified the consumer voice in health care

Consumers Health Forum congratulates Adjunct Professor Debora Picone AO on her retirement as CEO of the Australian Commission of Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC). CHF CEO, Elizabeth Deveny said that CHF was in gratitude to Professor Picone for her long-standing contribution to safety and...
22 August 2022 — Media release

Consumers Health Forum welcomes new interim CEO, Dr Elizabeth Deveny

Consumers Health Forum of Australia is pleased to announce that Dr Elizabeth Deveny has been appointed to the role of interim Chief Executive Officer. Dr Deveny will lead CHF during the next few months while an executive search for a new ongoing CEO is undertaken. Dr Deveny is a highly experienced...
18 August 2022 — Blog

Digital health - we have come so far, but still so much to do

I stood down as CEO of the Consumers Health Forum in August after 7 years. During those years CHF has nurtured important collaborative relationships with numerous organisations. Our capacity to ensure the consumer voice is heard and represented in Government health policies has been dependent on...
4 August 2022 — Blog

Why be a Director on the CHF Board?

What a good question! The Consumers Health Forum of Australia Ltd (CHF) is the national voice for health consumers. In 1988 when CHF was first established with government funding The Hon Neal Blewett, Minister for Community Services and Health, in a speech to CHF said – “Without informed,...
1 August 2022 — Media release

Welcome to the new AMA President, Professor Steve Robson

The Consumers Health Forum welcomes the announcement from the Australian Medical Association (AMA) that Professor Steve Robson has been elected as the Association’s new President. CHF CEO Leanne Wells said that Professor Robson, a senior specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Canberra, has...
29 July 2022 — Media release

CHF adds consumer voice to strengthening Medicare

The Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) welcomes the Albanese Government’s commitment to strengthening Medicare and the establishment of a Taskforce to listen to voices across the health sector and in the community to improve primary health services. The Taskforce meets for the first time in...
18 July 2022 — Media release

COVID response a timely intervention to bring case numbers down

The Consumers Health Forum (CHF) welcomes the reinstatement of the COVID-19 Pandemic Leave Disaster Payment, expedited by the decision of National Cabinet at an emergency meeting on Saturday. The wave of COVID-19 cases is reaching worrying numbers and medical experts are estimating a new peak in...
15 July 2022 — Media release

Vital supports are necessary as COVID cases soar

Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) is urging all political leaders and the Federal Government to respond to calls for COVID emergency measures to be continued over winter. The CHF CEO, Leanne Wells said that while these supports were temporary, the surge in COVID cases is cause for extending...
7 July 2022 — Blog

What matters most in health care?

If Australians need evidence of our national health crisis, we should look no further than the Census. Eight million of us, nearly one-third of the entire population, now have a long-term health condition. The question we must ask ourselves as a nation is whether we’re willing to accept this high...
6 July 2022 — Media release

Make antivirals available to more patients – and help close down the COVID surge

Consumers Health Forum supports the call from the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) and others to expand access to anti-virals beyond the current restrictions and restore funding for home delivery of medicines. CHF CEO, Leanne Wells welcomed Minister Butler’s comments this week that he...

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