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Eighteen panellists, four episodes, four topics, one focus: working together to make healthcare the best it can be.
Thank you to everyone (610 views so far) who tuned in to our inaugural webcast series: Sharing Power: Co-design with consumers for impact and equity during 25 May – 3 June.
Our Annual Forums are renowned for bringing together expertise across consumer partnerships and whilst we could not meet face-to-face this year, we were delighted to still be able to bring you together with inspiring consumer and carer representatives, health staff and NGO staff representing consumers and carers to discuss what it takes to truly share decision-making power.
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Engagement partnership opportunities
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Remove the barriers to dental care in rural and remote areas
Closing date: 9am, Friday 18 June 2021
Do you live in a rural and remote part of Queensland?
- What are the barriers that prevent you from accessing dental care?
- What other challenges or issues impact on your oral health if you live in a rural or remote community?
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 about your dental care and oral health in late June/early July.
By identifying the unique issues you face, you will contribute to a new Queensland Health Rural and Remote Oral Health Services Strategy and be able to have your say about what needs to happen and who needs to be involved in the development of the strategy e.g. public health services, non-government organisations, private sector, community groups, education sector.
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Sign up for a free HCQ engagement masterclass
Throughout June, HCQ is running a series of free online masterclasses for consumers, carers and Queensland Health staff who want to take your consumer partnerships to the next level.
Masterclass Series for consumers and carers (advanced level): Strengthen Your Partnerships with Health Organisations
Tuesday 15 June 2021, 11am-12 noon
Communicating with influence
Join Engagement Adviser, Reema Naresh to extend your skills and understanding of how to build strong and effective partnerships. Here is Reema to tell you more.
Tuesday 22 June 2021, 11am - 12 noon
Self care in unusual times
Masterclass Series for health staff (advanced level): Strengthen your partneships
Thursday 17 June 2021, 12pm-12.45pm
Recruiting consumers
Join Engagement Adviser, Chelsea Gourgaud, who will walk you through what you need to consider and give you tips and strategies for recruiting consumers so that your next project is a meaningful and genuine opportunity for partnership for everyone involved. Here is Chelsea to tell you more.
Thursday 24 June 2021, 12pm - 12.45 pm
Health literacy and consumer partnerships
Join Engagement Adviser, Suzanne Wirges, to learn more about why health literacy matters and how to create health literate environments to improve communication and strengthen your consumer partnerships. Here is Suzanne to tell you more.
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Other opportunities and events
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Call for submissions Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021
Submissions due Friday 2 July 2021 at 9:00am
On Tuesday 25 May 2021, the Hon Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, Premier and Minister for Trade, introduced the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 (Bill). The Bill is part of a long and considered process to weigh up whether Queenslanders who are dying should have a choice over the time and circumstances of their death.
The main purposes of the Bill are to:
- give persons who are suffering and dying, and who meet eligibility criteria, the option of requesting medical assistance to end their lives
- establish a lawful process for eligible persons to exercise that option
- establish safeguards to:
- ensure that the process is accessed only by persons who are assessed to be eligible
- protect vulnerable persons from coercion and exploitation
- provide legal protection for health practitioners who choose to assist, or not to assist, persons to exercise the option of ending their lives in accordance with the Act, and
- establish a Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board and other mechanisms to ensure compliance with the Act.
Anyone is welcome to make a submission on any aspect of the bill.
How to make a submission
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Help drive the health equity agenda forward for First Nations consumers
Soon, all Hospital and Health Services will be required (by legislation) to partner with First Nations peoples and health sector stakeholders to implement local health strategies. The Health Equity Strategies and other reforms being proposed through the health equity reform agenda provide a roadmap to enable local health systems to better respond to the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
You are invited to attend regional consultation forums to discuss the health equity agenda and other suggestions to drive the agenda forward and improve the social determinants of health. You can also provide a written response.
Coming up:
- 9.00am-12.30pm Friday 4 June: South East Queensland (incl. West Moreton, Metro South, Metro North, Gold Coast and Children’s Health Queensland HHS)
- Friday 11 June: Final online validation session (open to all participants)
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Help Queensland Health consider the needs of people who take monitored medicines
Queensland Health and Proof Research would like to speak with Queenslanders who regularly take monitored medicines to inform communications about the rollout of QScript.
QScript is a Real-Time Prescription Monitoring program that provides health practitioners with information to help ensure monitored medicine users receive quality care. We are looking for participants aged 18 years or more who take a monitored medicine – like Xanax, Serepax, Valium, OxyContin, Tramal, Panadeine Forte, Nurofen plus, etc. Your impressions of QScript and feedback on communication materials will help ensure communications about the rollout considers the needs of monitored medicine users.
The hour-long, video conference interview will take place between 26 May and 18 June 2021. Participants will receive $80 as a thank you for their time. To see if you’re eligible to participate, please complete the short survey below by clicking on the link. https://qscriptscreener.questionpro.com
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