Hope Alexander MPH

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This week Hope has been pursuing her “free” hearing aids. After the hearing test and consultation on 14 June, Hope was given to understand that her aids would be free under the Federal Government scheme. Then the rules change after the 1 July, according to the audiologist, and Hope is asked to pay $800 for the aids, plus a $1000 “care plan” to cover loss, damage and maintenance over three years. This necessitated three phone calls to the Office of Hearing Services. The jury is still out.

Hope will be in Adelaide this week, arriving Monday 26 April, departing early Saturday morning.

Beyond Evidence on Reducing Health Inequities: What works, why and how

27th – 28th of April 2010

National Wine Centre of Australia
Corner Botanic and Hackney Roads, Adelaide

This will be the Final Policy Event for National Health and Medical Research Council funded Australian Health Inequities Program.

The aims of the Symposium are to:

1. Present research-based examples of Policies and Programs that were designed to intervene on the social determinants of health inequities

2. Contribute to debates about the ways in which policy makers can build social determinants of health inequities perspectives into programs inside and outside of government

3. Compare progress in the uptake of social determinants of health inequities perspectives in Australia and other countries

4. Consider how social determinants of health can contribute to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) goal of Closing the Gap.

Hope will be attending the following Clinical Senate meeting on 26 March 2010 in Perth, Western Australia.

Event: 26 March 2010 - Pre-Hospital Assessment - Avoiding the Revolving Door

Hope has been invited to attend the State Workshop on Chronic Conditions Self Management – A consultation on how consumers can be supported more effectively to manage their chronic conditions. This event comes under the Consumers Health Forum of Australia “Chronic Conditions Self Management 2008-10 project”, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing under the Australian Better Health Initiative.

Event: 8 December 2009 - State Workshop on Chronic Conditions Self Management

The draft document “Guidelines for Human Biobanks, Genetic Research Databases & Associated Data” (July 2009) is being prepared for release for public comment.

The Office of Population Health Genomics (Public Health Division) WA Health has been coordinating the development of guidelines which provide principles and best practices for the establishment, management and operation of research biobanks and DNA databases in WA. The guidelines have been developed for WA Health but are intended for use by both government and non-government research organisations in WA.

Hope received formal acknowledgement that she “has been involved in the stakeholder consultation process, contributing to the two community consultation events which informed the development of the guidelines … also gave a presentation on the consumer perspective. An acknowledgement has been included on pages x and xii that mention her by name.”

http://www.genomics.health.wa.gov.au/home/

On 7 July 2009 Hope attended the public consultation in Perth for the Acts Amendment (Consent to Medical Treatment) Act 2008, the event was hosted by the WA Department of Health and the Office of the Public Advocate.

Hope attended in her position as a Consumer Representative/Board Member of the Genetic Support Council WA (GSCWA). This public consultation was an information session about the Advance Health Directive and Enduring Power of Guardianship.