FW: Australia ACTION ALERT! Committee to take away our health choices

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From Meryl Dorey of AVN:

Hi all,

The following information comes from the NSW Department of Health. It is

regarding the committee which will be chaired at this point by Prof.

Dwyer. We have a little bit of time up our sleeves to nip this

horrible thing in the bud but we must not wait - the time to get active

is NOW and we must all write to the NSW Health Minister, Craig Knowles

and all the other NSW State Politicians to voice our displeasure at this

anti-choice measure being taken by government.

The list of participants reads like a who's who of mainstream western

doctor protection. If you use any complementary therapies - supplements,

homoeopathy, naturopathy, chinese medicine, chiropractic , ect., or you

are a practitioner of a complementary modality or a GP who uses any of

these treatments, you need to get involved in this now!

If you don't contact anyone else, please contact the following:

Knowles, The Hon. Craig , Macquarie Fields Electorate, Australian

Labor Party, Minister for Health. Telephone - (02) 9605 7000 Fax - (02)

9618 2346 Email - macquariefields@...

Carr, The Hon. , Maroubra Electorate, Australian Labor Party,

Premier, Minister for the Arts, and Minister for Citizenship. Telephone

- (02) 9349 6440 Fax - (02) 9349 4594 Email - bob.carr@...

Skinner, Mrs Jillian Gell, North Shore Electorate, Liberal Party, Shadow

Minister for Health, Shadow Minister for Youth Affairs. Telephone - (02)

9909 2594 Fax - (02) 9909 2654 Email - northshore@...

Cohen, The Hon. Ian, MLC, The Greens.

Telephone - 9230 2603

Fax - 9230 2267

Email - ccohen@...

, The Hon. Stanley Leigh, MLC, Independent. Telephone -

9230 2858

(media enquiries 0419 252 926)

Fax - 9230 2871

Email - cjones@...

Corbett, The Hon. Alan Gordon, MLC, Independent.

Telephone - 9230 2122

Fax - 9230 2612

Email - ccorbett@...

You will fine a list of all NSW Members at the following website:

http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/web/phweb.nsf/frames/members

Please be sure and thank both Alan Corbett and for

opposing this committee and for their courage in speaking out.

In addition, remember that there will soon be an election in NSW -

remember that the Greens are supportive of choice and make your vote

count.

Even if you don't live in NSW, you need to get involved. This is the

thin end of the wedge and if this goes through here, noplace in

Australia will be safe.

Following is the Draft information on the Committee:

Health Claims and Consumer Protection Advisory Committee

Terms of Reference:

1- To provide expert advice to the NSW Health Department regarding

effective means of dealing with the advertising, promotion or provision

of health services or products that create an unjustified expectation of

benefit.

2- To liaise with other agencies that have a role in the protection of

consumers of health services and products including the NSW Health Care

Complaints Commission; the Health Professional Registration Boards, the

Therapeutic Goods Administration, the NSW State Coroner, the NSW

Department of Fair Trading and the Australian Competition and Consumer

Competition [sic]

3- To provide, or arrange for the provision of expert advice regarding

materials produced from the investigation by relevant agencies, that are

suspected of representing misleading, deceptive or unjustified health

claims.

4- To monitor the outcome of action results from advice provided by the

Committee.

5- After notification from the Executive Support Unit to examine

relevant issues raised in coronial inquiries and to investigate the

advise on relevant adverse events brought to the attention of the Health

Systems Performance Branch and the Quality and Clinical Policy Branch.

6- To review the legal framework associated with various NSW Acts for

the adequacy in dealing with fraudulent claims in the health area with a

particular emphasis on being able to stop fraudulent claims, devices and

promotions being offered to the public.

Membership:

Professor Dwyer, South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service - Chair

Dr. Greg , Chief Health Officer and Deputy Director-General,

Public Health Crawshaw, Director, Legal and Legislative Services

Lumby, Director, Pharmaceutical Services Maureen ,

Director, Quality and Clinical Policy Dr. Ian O'Rourke, CDO, Institute

of Clinical Excellence Professor Felix Wong, Department of Obstetrics

and Gynaecology, Liverpool Health Service Crawford, Health Care

Complaints Commission Dr. Eden, Director, Natural Therapies

Research Unit, Royal Women's Hospital Si Banks, Pharmacy Guild of

Australia, NSW Branch Given, Department of Fair Trading Rose Webb,

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Rusty Priest, Consumer

Representative (Ex- RSL NSW President) Norah McGuire, Consumer

Representative (Combined Pensioners & Superannuants Association of NSW)

Secretariat

Dr. Sharon Miskell, Quality and Clinical Policy Branch

Crum, Quality and Clinical Policy Branch

Meryl W. Dorey,

President

The Australian Vaccination Network, Inc.

PO Box 177 02 6687 1699 Phone

Bangalow NSW 2479 02 6687 2032 FAX

meryl@... http://www.avn.org.au

<http://www.avn.org.au/>

" All truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then it is

violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident. "

(Schopenhauer)

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