Month: December 2024

Self-advocating with your GP or other health provider can be challenging but incredibly rewarding, allowing you control over your healthcare. Here are some strategies to help you effectively communicate and advocate for yourself ensuring you receive optimal FH medical care: Understand Your Condition Before your appointment, take the time to thoroughly understand Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH)…

FH Australia is pleased to join the Global Heart Hub alliance of heart-focused patient organisations. Our respective missions are aligned to advocate on behalf of our patient community for the best possible outcomes and seek innovative and best practice interventions and solutions; and to be included as an equal stakeholder in healthcare strategy. Read more…

Back in May, FH Australia posted about our putting our patient voice behind the national advocacy efforts encouraging government to legislate a total ban on the use of genetic results in life insurance underwriting.  Advocates have campaigned for almost a decade for this change; so it was with considerable satisfaction and relief that in September…