THE Australian Consensus Framework for Ethical Collaboration in the Healthcare Sector was launched in Tokyo last week, with 50 signatories including Pharmacy Guild of Australia, SHPA, ASMI, CMA, CHF, Medicines Australia and NPS Medicinewise.
The framework is also endorsed by state, territory and federal health ministers, with the launch including addresses by Health Minister Greg Hunt and Richard Court, Australian Ambassador to Japan, during the 2018 APEC Business Ethics for SMEs Forum.
Ethical issues addressed included full transparency for patients around treatment options, financial charging structures, complaints and feedback mechanisms.
Workplaces are to be respectful of health employees and ensure transparency around commercial relationships and any "real or perceived" conflicts of interest.
"As the fifth largest contributor to national growth and in employing over 1.5 million Australians, it is important that the healthcare sector exhibits and practises high levels of trust to the standards expected by the community," said ACF Leadership Team member and Medical Technology Association of Australia ceo, Ian Burgess.
"The Australian Consensus Framework for ethical collaboration provides a platform for this engagement," he added.
The consensus body commenced in Dec last year with a group of five organisations representing medical professional groups, industry associations and hospital and health services, and has now grown to more than 60 bodies spanning the entire Australian health system, the Statement explained.
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