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Health complaints organisations
Here are a list of health complaints organisations, by state:
Australian Capital Territory | ACT Human Rights Commission (Health Services Commissioner) 02 6205 2222 |
New South Wales | Health Care Complaints Commission 1800 043 159 |
Northern Territory | Health and Community Services Complaints Commission 1800 004 474 |
Queensland | Office of the Health Ombudsman 133 646 |
South Australia | Health and Community Services Complaints Commissioner 08 8226 8666 or 1800 232 007 |
Tasmania | Health Complaints Commissioner Tasmania 1800 001 17 |
Victoria | Health Complaints Commissioner 1300 582 113 |
Western Australia | Health and Disability Services Complaints Office 08 6551 7600 or 1800 813 583 |
More resources
Toni Ashmore, Cancer and Ambulatory Services, Canberra Health Services, ACT; Baker McKenzie, Pro Bono Legal Adviser, NSW; Marion Bamblett, Acting Nurse Unit Manager, Cancer Centre, South Metropolitan Health Service, Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA; David Briggs, Consumer; Naomi Catchpole, Social Worker, Metro South Health, Princess Alexandra Hospital, QLD; Tarishi Desai, Legal Research Officer, McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, VIC; Kathryn Dwan, Manager, Policy and Research, Health Care Consumers Association, ACT; Hayley Jones, Manager, Treatment and Supportive Care, McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, VIC; Victoria Lear, Cancer Care Coordinator, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, QLD; Deb Roffe, 13 11 20 Consultant, Cancer Council SA; Michelle Smerdon, National Pro Bono Manager, Cancer Council NSW.
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