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Have your say about Queensland's Mental Health Act
The Department of Health is hosting community forums in Brisbane and Townsville to gain a better understanding about how the Mental Health Act 2016 has been applied in mental health services and whether key changes have been implemented effectively. Read more...
Launch of new Human Rights Watch report
The Public Advocate issued a media release regarding the new Human Rights Watch report “I Needed Help, Instead I Was Punished: Abuse and Neglect of Prisoners with Disabilities in Australia”. Read more...
Restrictive practices in aged care paper
The Public Advocate has issued a media release calling for the regulation of restrictive practices in residential aged care services. A paper about the legal frameworks for the use of restrictive practices in aged care has also been published by the Public Advocate. Read more...
Do you want better support for decision-making?
An education program has been developed to improve the way people with intellectual disability or cognitive impairment receive support to make decisions. The program is targeted to people who support the decision-making of others and teaches them how to put the supported person’s own view and wishes at the centre of decisions that affect them. Read more...
Deaths of people with disability in care
The Public Advocate’s report Upholding the right to life and health: A review of the deaths in care of people with disability in Queensland examined 73 deaths of people with intellectual disability in care. It found many of the people in the study had complex health needs that were not appropriately managed, resulting in more than half of the deaths being classified as avoidable. Read more...
The Public Advocate is an independent statutory role established to undertake systems advocacy to protect and promote the rights, autonomy and participation of people with impaired decision-making capacity. Systems advocacy focuses on influencing and changing systems, including legislative, policy and practice aspects of systems. We do this to achieve long-term change to improve the lives and opportunities of people with impaired decision-making capacity. Read more.
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