Aged advocate heads Qld health consumer advisory committee

The Queensland Government has established a new consumer advisory committee to give patients a stronger say in how the public health system is run.

Health Minister, Stephen Robertson, announced 13 Queenslanders had been appointed to the Health Consumers Queensland Ministerial Consumer Advisory Committee. 

Mr Robertson said the committee members were chosen to advise the state government on a host of public health issues. 

Executive director of Council on the Ageing Queensland, Mark Tucker-Evans, will chair the committee, which will be reviewed after two years, to assess the best model and governance arrangements for the organisation in the future.

Mr Robertson said members of the advisory committee were appointed in their own right, and not as representatives of an organisation or service.

“I’m confident that the 13 people selected, provide an important mix of perspectives, covering urban as well as regional, rural and remote communities,” he said. 

Health Consumers Queensland would work closely with health community councils and establish formal links with other key health related bodies, including the Health Quality and Complaints Commission, and the Offices of the Public Advocate and Adult Guardian.
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