December eNews
- From our Chair
- From our Chief Executive Officer
- In the Spotlight: Dean Johnson
- Consumer opportunities
- Speaker Bureaus
And more….
Barrett Implementation Project December Updates
December 2016
EOI Alert – seeking representatives for Recommendation 2 Implementation oversight group. Please click link for details. www.hcq.org.au/consumer-representative-barrett-centre-recommendation-2-implementation-oversight-group/
Do you have a story to tell about your experience with youth mental health services? Our Consumer Reference Group has developed resources to help you share your experiences and to tell your story.
If you’re a young person with lived experience of mental health services, click here to go to the consumer snapshot questions.
If you’re a family member or carer of a young person with a mental health issue, click here to go to the family/carer snapshot questions.
We’ve also prepared a storytelling template that helps you to tell your story. You can access it here.
The Draft Model of Service workshops and the Infrastructure Co-Design workshops are now complete. Over 10 consumers and carers participated in each series of workshops, providing input and views. The preliminary Model of Service should be available on the Queensland Health website shortly, for further consultation. This will also be complemented by face to face consultation in the first part of 2017. Look out for dates and locations to be announced here.
In other good news, the survey has attracted over 120 responses so far. We’ll be sharing interim results from the survey soon. Don’t forget you can share the link with others – please encourage anyone who’s had contact with the youth mental health system to hop on and complete the questions – it takes less than 10 minutes.
We have now held a total of 3 Consumer Reference Group meetings. These meetings are held monthly in Brisbane and we can also telelink people in via phone if necessary. The next meeting will be held on If you are interested in connecting with other consumers and carers who have an interest in the implementation of this project, please email Leonie on leonie.sanderson@hcq.org,au
Call for Abstracts NOW OPEN
Health Consumers Queensland is pleased to announce the call for abstracts are now open for the 2017 Annual Forum!
We invite presenters to submit abstracts for presentations focusing on the main theme: Power and Passion: Culture change though consumer engagement and partnerships.
Call for Abstracts closes 10 January 2017.
Full abstract guidelines and template can be found here: PDF or Word Document.
November eNews
- From the Chair
- From the General Manager
- Queensland Health Consumers Collaborative
- Case studies needed
- Out and About
- Barrett Adolescent Centre Commission of Inquiry
- Networking sessions
- Stakeholder priorities for research in health communication and participation
- Did you know?
- Introducing the Hip Fracture Care Clinical Care Standard
- Consumer Opportunities
- Care at End of Life
- New website: End of Life Law in Australia
- Things to do
- The Last Word …
Happy Mental Health Week 2016!
Our survey is live! Have your say on mental health services for young people with severe and complex mental health issues. Click on the link to go to the survey – https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/mentalhealthqld
And here’s the accompanying media release with quotes from Heath Consumers Queensland General Manager, Melissa Fox.