HCCA Submissions
The following submissions have been developed by Health Care Consumers' Association of the ACT in response to current developments in health in the ACT.
Productivity Commission Inquiries
- HCCA Submission on Aged Care July 2010 (155Kb PDF)
National Palliative Care Strategy
Sale of Calvary Public Hospital & Clare Holland House
- HCCA Submission to ACT Health Calvary Consultation (172 kb Pdf)
Primary Health Care
- HCCA Submission to GP Task Force July 2009 (290 kb Pdf)
- Results from GP Snapshot July 2009 (151kb Pdf)
- HCCA Submission to ACT Legislative Assembly Inquiry into Access to Primary Health Care (177kb PDF)
- HCCA comments on National Primary Health Care Strategy (175kb PDF)
- Dr Bateman's Response to Joint Letter (52kb PDF)
- Joint letter to Primary Healthcare regarding closure of Wanniassa Medical Clinic (125kb PDF)
- HCCA Submission to ACT Legistlative Assembly Inquiry into the Closure of the Wanniassa Medical Centre (76kb PDF)
National Health Reform
- Consumer Peak Bodies Position Paper on the National Health and Hospitals Reform commission Final Report – A Healthier Future for All Australians (89Kb PDF)
- Letter on National Health and Hospital Reform Commission Final Report (98Kb PDF)
- HCCA Submission to Practictioner Regulation Subcommittee on Information Sharing and Privacy (109kb PDF)
- HCCA Submission to Australian Medical Council on draft Code of Professional Conduct (146kb PDF)
- HCCA Submission re: National Registation Complaints Management November 2008 (132kb PDF)
- HCCA Submission to the National Maternity Services Review October 2008 (171kb PDF)
- HCCA Submission to National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (129 KB PDF)
- Letter on National Health and Hospital Reform Commission Interim Report (113Kb PDF)
- HCCA Response to the Consultation Paper on the Draft National Safety and Quality Healthcare Standards (61.5 KB PDF)
- HCCA Submission to the Senate committee inquiry into the Healthcare Identifiers Bill 2010 (35kb)
ACT Health Policies
- Feedback on Draft ACT Palliative Care strategy (123 KB PDF)
- HCCA and ACTCOSS Joint Submission to ACT Health. (127 KB PDF)
- Feedback on Draft Chronic Disease Strategy . (A 125 KB PDF)
- Feedback on Individual Support Packages. (An 89 KB PDF)
- Response to draft ACT Health policy on Preventing and Managing Violence (64 KB PDF)
- Response to Chronic Disease Management Program (97 KB PDF)
ACT Government Budgets
Response to ACT Government's 2007-08 Budget. (A 100 KB PDF)
Other Health Issues
- Letter of Support for Anne Cahill Lambert regarding the Domiciliary Oxygen Scheme (66 KB PDF)
- a Comparison between the HCCA Submission and the 2005-6 ACT Budget. (A 73 KB PDF)
- Consumers Version of Waiting List Policy (42 KB PDF)
- Response to Interaction between Emergency Departments (EDs) and Canberra After-hours Locum Medical Service (CALMS). (107 KB PDF)
- Response to Emergency Dental Triage. (34 KB PDF)
- Response to Review of the determination of the schedule of fees for accessing Health Records (Privacy and Access) Act 1997. (94 KB PDF)
- HCCA comments on the ACT Health Walk-in-centres (116Kb PDF)
- E Health 2010 - Connecting the health care sector (81.Kb PDF)
For more information about these submissions please contact the HCCA Office on (02) 6290 1660 or E-mail: adminofficer@hcca.org.au.
