The Department of Health’s System Planning Branch is seeking two consumer representatives to join the Advancing Kidney Care 2026 Collaborative (the Collaborative). The Collaborative would greatly benefit through the participation of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumer representative.
System Planning Branch is responsible for leading health service planning activities of statewide significance with a medium to long term horizon. This role entails:
The Advanced Kidney Care 2026 Collaborative Committee will be responsible for implementing the strategic actions arising from recently completed statewide planning for renal health and renal health services. Members are being appointed to 30 June 2019.
The specific aims of the Collaborative include (to be ratified by members)
Getting consumers involved in a ten year strategy for allied health professionals in Queensland
Allied health professionals play a valuable role in delivering effective healthcare for Queenslanders.
The next 10 years will present unique challenges and changes for the delivery of healthcare. As integral members of the healthcare team, allied health professionals can play a key role in facing the challenges ahead. The draft Queensland Allied Health: A 10 year Strategy (2018 -2028) maps a clear direction for improved utilisation of the allied health workforce to assist in meeting the challenges ahead.
To provide input into the Queensland Allied Health: 10 year Strategy (2018-2028).
At these focus groups you’ll be a part of a conversation led by Health Consumers Queensland to hear your thoughts and ideas about allied health.
Whilst it’s desirable for the successful candidates to have used Allied Health services in Queensland, this is not mandatory.
Rural and Remote Consumers
Date: Tuesday 9 October 2018
Time: 9.30am – 11.00am
Location: via Teleconference
Brisbane based Consumers
Date: Tuesday 16 October 2018
Time: 9.30am – 11.00am
Location: Health Consumers Queensland (new office) Adelaide St, Brisbane
$60 gift card supplied to those who attend the group either in person or via teleconference.
Please complete this Expression of Interest and return to Health Consumers Queensland via [email protected] For assistance completing this Expression of Interest, please contact Michael Taylor via [email protected] or by phone on 07 3012 9090.
As part of the Youth Mental Health Program being progressed by Queensland Health, the Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs (MHAOD) Branch has engaged the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research (QCMHR) to develop an Evaluation Framework for the new adolescent extended treatment facility due to commence operation in 2020..
This Expression of Interest (EOI) is seeking members for an Advisory Group to be chaired by the QCMHR. The QCMHR project team is seeking to engage key stakeholders as part of consultations to ensure relevance and appropriateness of the evaluation framework from both technical and service user perspectives.
Project Governance
The Adolescent Extended Treatment (AET) Facility Evaluation Framework Advisory Group (Advisory Group) will provide advice and feedback on the indicative framework prior to endorsement being sought from the Executive Director, MHAODB ahead of implementation prior to the opening of the new facility. The project’s progress will be reported through the Youth Mental Health Oversight Committee established to oversee the Youth Mental Health Program.
The Department of Health in collaboration with consumers and carers, Department of Education, Health Consumers Queensland and other key stakeholders led the successful implementation of the Government response for the six recommendations of the Barrett Adolescent Centre (BAC) Commission of Inquiry (COI) Report to 30 June 2017. See the youth mental health website for further information
As part of delivering the Government response to recommendation 3, the QCMHR was engaged to identify existing clinical and program evaluation frameworks for extended treatment for adolescents and young people with severe, persistent and complex mental health issues. A copy of the QCMHR report can be viewed here.
Adolescent extended treatment (AET) facility
The Queensland Government committed more than $68M for capital works to rebuild and expand mental healthcare services for young people as part of the State Budget announcement on 13 June 2017.
This includes delivery of a new adolescent extended treatment (AET) facility to be built on The Prince Charles Hospital (TPCH) campus in Brisbane. The facility will operationalize a new state-wide AET Model of Service (MOS) extending the continuum of mental health service options available to adolescents experiencing severe and complex mental health issues and their families/carers. The facility will provide integrated mental health and educational/vocational inpatient treatment (12 beds) and rehabilitation for an extended period (target length of stay up to 6 months) for young people across Queensland aged 13 to 18 experiencing severe and complex mental health issues with the least possible disruption to their family, educational, social and community connections.
Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS) is leading the commissioning of this facility as part of the Youth Mental Health Program.
The Dental Benefits Act 2008 (the Act) is the mechanism under which the Australian Government pays benefits for dental services to eligible dental patients. The Act provides a legal framework for the Child Dental Benefit Schedule. Section 68 stipulates that the Minister for Health must cause an independent review of the operation of the Act to be undertaken as soon as possible after the first anniversary of the commencement of the Act; and further independent reviews as soon as practicable after the Act’s third anniversary and at three yearly intervals thereafter. Section 68 of the Act requires the Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) to nominate a consumer representative to participate In the Review Committee.
The Review Committee comprises of the following persons:
The Review Committee will undertake the fourth independent review of the Dental Benefits Act 2008 (the Act) and will assess the practical operation of the Act in regard to access and delivery of services, including an assessment of:
The Review Committee may also consider opportunities to improve the operation and administration of the Child Dental Benefits Schedule to allow for the most efficient, effective and sustainable delivery of dental benefits and services.
The work of the Review Committee will consist of meetings in Canberra plus out of session work as necessary from October 2018, with the report provided to the Minister of Health In early 2019. Meeting dates have yet to be confirmed. Please note that travel costs and sitting fees will be covered by the Department of Health for this work.
CHF invites expressions of interest from consumer representatives by midnight AEST on Sunday 23 September 2018. The details of two consumer representatives will be forwarded to the Minister of Health for possible appointment. Interested consumer representatives will need to:
Please contact Ghislaine Martin on 02 6273 5444 or via email at [email protected] should you have any queries.
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