Posts byLeanne Wells

Leanne Wells is Chief Executive Officer of the Consumers Health Forum of Australia.

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Health care, can you find it? –  in our world-leading, world-class, fragmented system

Australians have one of the most high-performing health care systems in the world. Consumers…

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Youth Health Summit – voices for the future

Concerns about health and climate generated young leaders’ calls at this inaugural conference for…

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Consumers shifting gears to drive better health care

Here Health Voices presents the diverse perspectives of participants at the Consumers Health Forum’s…

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COVID and the plague of ideas

“Lessons for consumers from COVID-19” was the theme we asked our contributors to write…

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How COVID-19 spurs the case for health prevention

When we first decided that prevention was to be the theme of this edition…

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Think socially, care personally

This edition of Health Voices brings together two concepts:  personalised care and social prescribing….

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The healthy trio: Safety, Quality and Literacy

A noteworthy feature of this edition of Health Voices is how our headline trio…

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Vision of youth for a healthier future

Despite the power and efficacy of modern health care, safeguarding the lives of young…

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Improving health care involves us all

In the week that this edition of Health Voices comes out, I am pleased…

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Medical devices – tragedy and triumph

Pelvic mesh and 3D printing – you could hardly think of two more diverse…

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Health insurance: a question of value

Private health insurance represents an increasingly disturbing paradox in Australia. While it now finances…

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Health workforce: working for consumer-centred care

Putting the consumer first in health care is self-evident. It advances the long-held axiom…