CHF Media

The Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) is the national peak body representing the interests of Australian healthcare consumers. CHF is an independent, non-government organisation that provides a voice for, Australia's health consumers by representing their issues to Government and policy makers as well as advocating for health consumer interests in the media and other public forums.

CHF aims to provide media with appropriate commentary and background information on most matters relating to health consumer issues across many complex areas of the Australian health system.

Areas of particular current focus include; broad health reform; Medicare and health funding; dental health, medicines policy; chronic conditions; pathology, health technology (eHealth), prevention, primary healthcare, health literacy and many more.

For further information on CHF's media and communications, please contact: Peter Logue, Media and Communications Manager. tel dir: 02 6161 7504; mobile: 0402 067 614; email:

Latest News Releases

DAMNED IF WE REFORM, OR IF WE DON'T
7 March 2010
CHF Executive Director Carol Bennett writes in the Canberra Times about the necessity of quality health reform in Australia and the obstacles faced in achieving that.
 
SINGLE HOSPITAL FUNDING BODY WELCOME, BUT MORE FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES NEEDED
3 March 2010
The Federal Government’s move to take responsibility for the quality of our public hospital system and introduce a better integrated system of primary care was today welcomed by Carol Bennett, Executive Director of the Consumers Health Forum, the peak health consumers’ body.
 
HEALTH TECHNOLOGY CHANGES WELCOME, BUT MORE NEEDED
1 March 2010
Recommended improvements to the system of assessing Australia‟s multi-billion dollar health technology market go some way to meeting the concerns of health consumers but much more needs to be done, the Consumers Health Forum of Australia said today.
 
HEALTH CONSUMERS WANT CHOICE AND QUALITY
25 February 2010
CHF Executive Director Carol Bennett put her views on private health care funding in an op-ed piece in the Newcastle Herald this week. Another view was presented by Ian A McAuley, a Lecturer in Public Finance at Canberra University. Both writers also took part in an ABC radio debate on this issue during the week.
 
AUSTRALIAN MEDICINE - SPECIAL FEATURE -PUBLIC HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL TRAINING
24 February 2010
CHF Executive Director, Carol Bennett, contributes to Australian Medicine's special feature on Public Hospitals and Medical Training in an article entitled Reform: more than new funding, new administration
 

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