The promotion of false or misleading health-related information or practices

On Wednesday 16 October 2013 the Committee on the Health Care Complaints Commission resolved to conduct an Inquiry into the Promotion of False or Misleading Health-Related Information or Practices. The Terms of Reference are attached below.

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Resolution passed Meeting No 20 16 October 2013 Item No 4.

ToR for the Inquiry into the Promotion of False or Misleading Health-Related Information or Practices

Date	Milestone
16 Oct 2013	Referred
07 Feb 2014	Submissions closed
02 Sep 2014	Hearing - Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
03 Sep 2014	Hearing - Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
20 Nov 2014	Final Report
27 May 2015	Government Response to Final Report

No. 1 Ms Carole Hubbard
No. 2 Ms Judy Wilyman
No. 3 Ms Faye Thornhill
No. 4 Name Suppressed
No. 4a Name suppressed
No. 5 Ms Bev Pattenden
No. 6 Confidential
No. 7 Mr Bruce Thompson
No. 8 Dr Leong-Fook Ng
No. 9 Medical Consumers Association Inc.
No. 10 Mr Ron Lee
No. 11 Esoteric Practitioners Association Pty Ltd
No. 12 Ms Alison Greig
No. 13 Integrative Pulmonary Care & Medical P/L
No. 14 Mr Fergus McPherson
No. 15 Northern Rivers Vaccination Supporters (NRVS)
No. 16 Mrs Deborah McInnes
No. 17 The Royal College of Pathologists of Australia (RCPA)
No. 18 Ms Jamila Maxwell
No. 19 Confidential
No. 20 Ms Marguerite Lane
No. 21 Australian Government Department of Health Therapeutic Goods Administration
No. 22 Mr Leonard Thomas
No. 23 Asst Prof Bruce Arnold, School of Law, Faculty of Business, Government & Law University of Canberra
No. 24 Australian Vaccination Network Inc.
No. 25 Cancer Information & Support Society
No. 26 Dr Tom Benjamin
No. 27 Name Suppressed
No. 29 Civil Liberties Australia
No. 30 Australian Osteopathic Association
No. 31 Ms Meryl Dorey
No. 32 Australian Homoeopathic Association Inc. (AHA)
No. 33 The Australian Kinesiology Association
No. 34 Mr Alex Greenwich MP
No. 35 NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby
No. 36 National Herbalists Association of Australia
No. 37 Real Health Care Reform Pty Ltd
No. 38 Australian Traditional-Medicine Society Ltd
No. 39 Friends of Science in Medicine
No. 40 Cr Susan Meehan
No. 41 Ms Susan Snowdon
No. 42 Medical Technology Association Australia
No. 43 AMA (NSW)
No. 44 Consumers Health Forum of Australia
No. 45 Mr Trevor Wilson
No. 46 NSW Health
No. 47 Ms Natalie Cooper
No. 48 NSW Fair Trading
No. 49 Ms Dee McLachlan
No. 50 Mr & Mrs Jon & Susan Kirk
No. 52 Australian Government Department of Health
No. 53 Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
No. 54 FamilyVoice Australia
No. 55 Carers NSW
No. 56 The Royal Australia College of General Practitioners
No. 58 Mental Health Coordinating Council
No. 59 The Communications Council
No. 60 Australian Natural Therapists Association Ltd
No. 61 Mobile Massage and Homeopathy
No. 62 Health Care Complaints Commission
No. 63 Complementary Healthcare Council of Australia
No. 64 Mrs Sonja Hardy
No. 65 Mrs Tina Indyka
No. 66 Mr Marc Ahrens
No. 67 Mr Ian Shepherd
No. 68 Ms Liça Bienholz
No. 69 Dr Robert Stacy
No. 70 Miss Lisa Kelly
No. 71 Ms Delena Gaffney
No. 72 Mr Anthony Venn-Brown
No. 73 Mr Alex Greenwich MP

Date	Venue Details
02/09/2014	Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney		Schedule	Transcript
03/09/2014	Macquarie Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney		Schedule	Transcript

DateSort	Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
	Government response - The promotion of false or misleading health-related information or practices	27/05/2015
	Report - The promotion of false or misleading health-related information or practices	20/11/2014	27/05/2015

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2014-11-21	21/11/2014	Media Release	Tabling of report - the promotion of false or misleading health-related information or practices
2014-10-08	08/10/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	NSW Health
2014-09-29	29/09/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	NSW Fair Trading
2014-09-10	10/09/2014	Answers to Questions on Notice	Complementary Medicines Australia
2013-11-29	29/11/2013	Media Release	Announcement of inquiry - the promotion of false or misleading health-related information or practices

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