Gotta say, like others, I was pretty stunned to see Australia's chief #covid minimiser & gaslighter Nick Coatsworth given 'Ambassador' position at Australian Patients Association (APA), so I decided to check out their website.Dear readers, it's interesting. A 🧵
#auspol
#auspol
APA's Team: quite heavy on the legal/commerce, marketing, medical research, credit management, although mentions their admin manager once had a "serious illness". The Board has a "services executive", law/commerce, law/economics, pharmaceuticals, consumer advocate, yay, a nurse!
APA Patron is current CEO of Aus Psychologists Assoc, former CEO of RACGP (but not a medical Dr)
Corporate Members: hmmm, 4 private health insurance co's, 6 pharmaceutical co's & 10 more co's
Not seeing any groups so far feature patient's voice...oh wait, here it is...
Corporate Members: hmmm, 4 private health insurance co's, 6 pharmaceutical co's & 10 more co's
Not seeing any groups so far feature patient's voice...oh wait, here it is...
"The APA is the voice of and for Australian patients. Hearing the patients voice and their lived experience is vital to our success...
We canvas the concerns and needs of Australian patients via our “Have Your Say” survey"
Let's look at the survey: hmmm, looking pretty basic
We canvas the concerns and needs of Australian patients via our “Have Your Say” survey"
Let's look at the survey: hmmm, looking pretty basic
So, what happens after you submit your story? Well, if you consent, they'll put it on their website. Then what? Well...there's mention of a separate Australian Healthcare Index survey, but no update since early 2021. But what about your patient experience?
APA's submissions page features reports they've submitted to various committees etc. A skim read of a few of them show mainstream news articles & medical journals referenced a few times but no patient surveys...
Covid page doesn't look updated since 2020...
Covid page doesn't look updated since 2020...
Back to the patient stories that have been submitted through the website...I can't find them. Where are they? Where are they collated? Who decides what should be published? Why is the patient stories page (if there is one) so difficult to find?
For a group that claims to be...
For a group that claims to be...
...the voice of Australian patients, I can't find anything containing the voice of Australian patients, or their lived experience.
Which leads me to ask: what exactly is the Australian Patients Association for, if it's not for patients??
#auspol #Medicare @RonniSalt
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Which leads me to ask: what exactly is the Australian Patients Association for, if it's not for patients??
#auspol #Medicare @RonniSalt
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