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Maximising benefits of care

8 November 2019

There is an individual and collective responsibility of all those in the health system, including consumers, to identify and reduce any care provided to patients that is of low benefits.

Clinical Senate, Queensland Clinical Networks Executive

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Rights and safety in healthcare

30 September 2019

The World Health Organization is focusing global attention on the issue of patient safety and launched a campaign in solidarity with patients on the very first World Patient Safety Day on 17 September.

WHO

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State of the (Older) Nation

5 December 2018

When we focus on the group of older Australians who are not doing so well at the moment, we see numerous challenges related to finances, health, age discrimination and a general lack of trust in Government and the future.

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Health and Wellbeing Climate Adaptation Plan (H-CAP) for Queensland

11 October 2018

The Department of Environment and Science has consulted with COTA Queensland on the Plan, which identifies climate change risks to health and wellbeing, and includes priority actions for adaptation.

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How we are representing older Queenslanders in Health

11 September 2017

Today most Queenslanders can expect to live into their eighties and some beyond. Longer life provides the opportunity to reconsider not only what older age might be but how our whole lives might unfold.

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Homelessness is on the rise

13 May 2017

Homelessness does not discriminate and can affect anyone - from young, single people to families with children, to our older population. A staggering 20,000 people in Queensland are experiencing homelessness.

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