HCCA advocates for a consumer-centred health care system where

• everyone has access to the information and services they need
• health services are safe and high quality
• consumers play a role in improving the health care system

We achieve this by working closely with people, organisations, service providers and government.

HCCA develops policies and contributes to health policy discussions through a number of avenues:

• Submissions to external inquiries
• HCCA Consumer Reference Groups
• HCCA Health Policy Steering Committee
• Membership of exteranal organisations 
• Regular meetings with ACT Health

Priority policy areas from our Strategic Plan 2014-2017 are:

• Quality and safety of health care
• Primary health care
• Self-management of chronic conditions
• Aged care
• Out of pocket cost of health care for consumers

We aim for all HCCA health issues policies to be:

• Evidence-based
• Inclusive of the diversity of consumer views
• To provide policy leadership and a strong 'consumer perspective' in relevant public policy debates
• With oversight from our membership through representation on the Health Policy Steering Committee
• High quality, measured by an evaluation framework for ensuring the quality of HCCA policy development outputs is developed and modified

Consumers Health Forum of Australia

https://chf.org.au/

Health Consumers NSW

http://www.hcnsw.org.au/

Health Consumers QLD

http://www.hcq.org.au/

Health Consumers Alliance of SA

https://www.hcasa.asn.au/

Health Issues Centre VIC

http://www.healthissuescentre.org.au/about-us/

Health Consumers' Council WA

http://www.hconc.org.au/

Check back here soon for more policy input opportunities!

HCCA would like to keep you up-to-date to what's happening in the world of consumer advocacy. This page gives you a run down of newly completed profects and those of our colleagues around Australia and the world.

Involving Health Consumers in Health and Medical Research

Health Consumers NSW have released a report entitled 'Involving Health Consumers in Health and Medical Research: Enablers and Challenges from a Consumer Perspective'. It is a joint project with Research4Me. The report outlines:

• types of research consumers are involved in
• what helps support consumer involvement in research
• how consumers can add value to clinical trials.