Consumer Opportunities

Health Consumers Queensland partners with many organisations to recruit consumers to be involved in enagagement activities at all levels of the health system. Together we aim to address emerging challenges faced by the health system and the evolving needs of consumers. Your insights and perspectives are essential in shaping better health outcomes for your communities and we value the lived experience and personal commitment of health consumer representatives working with us to influence change. You will find the latest Consumer Opportunities listed here as they become available.

Health Consumers Queensland is proud to work with the Queensland Clinical Senate for an upcoming consumer partnering opportunity. We are inviting 10 consumer representatives to attend the next Clinical Senate workshop on ‘Care before crisis: reimagining prevention across the healthcare system’.

Prevention is critical to improving health outcomes, reducing avoidable harm, and ensuring a sustainable healthcare system. Many chronic and infectious conditions can be prevented or detected early through evidence-based approaches such as healthy behaviours, vaccination, screening, and timely intervention.

This workshop will bring together clinicians and consumers to explore where prevention can be better embedded across the system, how we can partner more effectively to address risk early, and what enablers are needed to shift from crisis-driven care to proactive, preventive health for all Queenslanders.

Workshop will be held on 23-24 April 2026 at Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Brisbane 

If you or a loved one’s life has been impacted by sepsis, your voice can make a difference. Metro South Health (MSH) is inviting consumers with lived experience to join its MSH Sepsis Committee. The committee will support and guide the organisation-wide approach to improve care of patients with sepsis across Metro South Health.

The successful applicant will be required to attend meetings and actively participate in all activities such as pre-meeting reading, discussions, provision of feedback and advice, ensuring the consumer perspective is represented.

Meetings will be held once every two months on a Monday morning from 10am to 11am. The position will be remunerated.

As part of the Queensland Government’s Hospital Rescue Plan (HRP) to deliver major hospital infrastructure projects, the Redcliffe Hospital Expansion Project is about to enter the design phase. Consumers with lived experience of health services (ideally at Redcliffe Hospital) and with a desire to inform the design are invited to apply to participate in discussions and share their feedback and lived experiences to help improve the patient experience.

Successful applicants will be required to attend at least 3 x 30-90 minute meetings from March to May 2026. Consumers will be remunerated for their time attending meetings.

Find out more about the project

Researchers at University of Queensland are inviting consumers to participate in a study that aims to improve hospital-to-home transitions for children discharged on oral antibiotic therapy.

The project aims to identify parents’ information needs and preferences and co-design practical, easy-to-understand resources that support families in managing care confidently at home. Involving consumers directly in interviews and co-design workshops will inform resources that reduce anxiety, improve adherence to treatment, and enhance health outcomes for children.