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

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This information was last reviewed in June 2019. View who reviewed this content.

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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