NSW government website where local exercise groups can be located through use of postcode. (Would allow GP a choice of program appropriate to the individual)

This decision aid can help you decide whether to use antibiotics when you or your child has
acute bronchitis (acute cough).

The Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights was developed with extensive and widespread consultation and specifies the key rights of patients and consumers when seeking or receiving healthcare services.

Choosing Wisely Australia is helping the healthcare community and consumers start an important conversation about eliminating the use of unnecessary and sometimes harmful tests, treatments, and procedures.

CHF is Australia’s leading advocate on consumer health care issues.
We work to achieve safe, good quality, timely healthcare for all Australians, supported by the best health information and systems the country can afford.

How decision aids can benefit you.

Free, confidential one-on-one phone coaching. This NSW Health service provides the expertise and motivation you need to help reach your goals.

As a membership-based, independent, not-for-profit organisation, we promote and practise consumer engagement in the NSW health sector. We create meaningful partnerships between consumers, the health sector and policy-makers. Our mission: Consumers shaping health in NSW.

Healthdirect is a national, government-owned, not-for-profit organisation. We develop and deliver a range of digital health and telehealth services. 24 hour health advice and information you can count on.

This decision aid can help you decide whether to use antibiotics when your child has a middle ear infection. It is designed to be used with your doctor to help you make a shared decision about what is best for you or your child.

myMoves is a free online self-management program designed to help people gain the knowledge and skills that they need to be more physically active in their life, and enjoy better health and wellbeing.

Your general practitioner’s (GP’s) role is to help you look after your health needs, and those of families and others in the community. Your GP identifies the nature of your health problem from a broad range of possibilities, and then provides appropriate care.

Making Australia more medicinewise, through digital health and data insights, health professional education and reliable health information for consumers.

The NSW Poisons Information Centre provides the latest poisons information to the public,
and toxicology advice to health professionals on the management of poisoned and envenomed patients.
Telephone advice is available 24/7 on 131126 from anywhere in Australia.

“Plus Social” provides injured workers access to a range of activities and services to support their social connectedness and wellbeing. Operating in metropolitan centres of NSW.

QLife is Australia’s first nationally-oriented counselling and referral service for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and/or intersex (LGBTI). QLife provides nation-wide, early intervention, peer supported telephone and web based services to people of all ages across the full breadth of people’s bodies, genders, relationships, sexualities, and lived experiences.

Adverse events are unintended and sometimes harmful occurrences associated with the use of a medicine, vaccine or medical device (collectively known as therapeutic goods).

This decision aid can help you decide whether to use antibiotics when you or your child has a sore throat. It is designed to be used with your doctor to help you make a shared decision about what is best for you or your child.