Your health rights and responsibilities
The aim of the program was to develop a charter of healthcare rights for all people receiving or seeking health care in all settings in Australia.
On 22 July 2008, Australian Health Ministers endorsed the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights and recommended its use nationwide.
The Commission has also developed additional resource material for patients, consumers, families and carers and healthcare providers and facilities to support the use of the Charter and are available for download in pdf format.
> Roles in Realising the Australian Charter
of Healthcare Rights (PDF 1232 KB)
This document is designed to provide a simple explanation
of each right included in the Charter and provide information
about how patients and consumers, healthcare providers and health
service organisations can contribute to the realisation of patients’
rights.
> About the Australian Charter of Healthcare
Rights: A guide for patients, consumers, carers and
families (PDF 771 KB)
This brochure discusses each of the seven Charter rights
and provides some guidance to patients, consumers, carers and
families on ways they can contribute to ensuring that the rights
are upheld.
> About the Australian Charter of Healthcare
Rights: A guide for healthcare providers (PDF 1026
KB)
This brochure discusses each of the seven Charter rights,
and provides some guidance to healthcare providers about ways
they can contribute to ensuring that the rights are upheld.
> Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights A3 poster (PDF 1781 KB)
> Link to Australian
Charter of Healthcare Rights
