Closing date: 9am, Thursday 5 August 2021
Health Consumers Queensland invites five consumers or carers living in the Darling Downs and West Moreton region to host a kitchen table discussion with your community network to learn about their experience and knowledge of cancer screening.
Closing date: 9am Thursday 5 August, 2021
Are you affected by overweight and obesity? Do you have a passion and commitment to improving health outcomes for people who are overweight or obese?
The Allied Health Professions’ Office of Queensland (within the Department of Health) is offering six health consumer and carer representatives the opportunity to participate in the Consumer Advisory Group as part of the development of a comprehensive framework for early intervention and management of adult obesity.
Starting in late August 2021, successful applicants will offer advice and feedback during the different phases of the project and participating in a series of meetings and workshops to develop pathways and a model of care for people affected by obesity who are already accessing care within the Queensland public health system.
Closing date: 4:00pm, Friday 30th July 2021
Health Consumers Queensland has an opportunity for 8 consumers and/or carers to lead a consultation with their local community to learn about their understanding of and/or experience with the Mental Health Review Tribunal (MHRT).
The primary purpose of the Tribunal is to review the involuntary status of persons with a mental illness and/or intellectual disability. The Tribunal also provides approval for the performance of electroconvulsive therapy and non-ablative neurosurgical procedures. The Tribunal is an independent decision-making body under the Mental Health Act 2016 and is not part of any health service or treating team.
Closing date: 4pm, Friday, 30th July 2021
Discussion to be held the week of 9th to 13th August 2021 at a time to be agreed with attendees.
Health Consumers Queensland has an opportunity for 6 to 10 health care professionals to participate in an online discussion about their knowledge of and attitudes towards water security and purified recycled water (to augment drinking water supplies) from a health perspective.
Health Consumers Queensland has been contracted by Seqwater to engage health consumers and health care professionals to better understand their knowledge of and attitudes towards water security challenges and planning, in particular, the role of purified recycled water as a new source for drinking water in South East Queensland. Your insights will inform future communication about water security and purified recycled water including
The online consultation will be for 90 minutes and will held via Teams. Health Consumers Queensland will facilitate the session and provide a report back to Seqwater. The time and date of the session will be determined with the participating health care professionals.
For queries relating to this opportunity, or to join the discussion please email Anne Curtis, Engagement Consultant – Specific Projects, Health Consumers Queensland at [email protected].
Closing date: 9am, Friday 2 July
Are you a consumer or carer representative with extensive committee experience, either at the Hospital and Health Service, or Statewide level? Can you demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the Queensland Health system? Do you have an interest in information management, cyber security, protection of data and technology to ensure safe, consistent and effective exchange of information that enables access, availability and protection of data?
Closing date: 5pm, Friday 9 July 2021
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Service (PSQIS), Clinical Excellence Queensland is seeking two health consumer or carer representatives who have experienced endoscopic services in a Queensland Health facility to participate in a working group for the planned statewide Endoscopy survey that will commence in October 2021.
Closing date: 9am, Friday 18 June 2021
The Department of Health is seeking health consumers and carers living in rural and remote locations of Queensland to participate in a number of focus groups in late June/early July to contribute to the development of the Queensland Health Rural and Remote Oral Health Services Strategy.
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If you’re relatively new to consumer representative work and you are thinking about applying for any of the roles on this page, don’t be put off by an application form which asks for six months’ experience on a health committee.