Health and Wellbeing

Submission to the inquiry into Auditor-General’s Report No. 253.

VCOSS submission to the Senate inquiry into the adequacy of Newstart and related payments VCOSS joins the call of economists,

Government and community need to prioritise reducing inequity.

VCOSS Submission to Issues Paper into the Social and Economic Benefits of Improving Mental Health Introduction Mental illness can affect

The Royal Commission must set an ambitious but achievable plan for a new approach to mental wellbeing.​

VCOSS and NATSEM analysis reveals there is not a single pocket of Victoria that is poverty free

Health inequities for rural Victorians are unfair and largely preventable.

VCOSS Submission to the Realtime Prescription Monitoring Regulatory Impact Statement The harm from misuse of pharmaceutical medicines is significant. More

Law reform to improve the court experience for victim/survivors of family violence and sexual assault have been ongoing for more

Community organisations are the key to helping Victorians prepare for and overcome disasters and it is time to bring them

Navigating health and social service reform was prepared by VCOSS in conjunction with Loddon Mallee PCP and the Victorian PCPs. It has been adapted

Many people living with mental illness will be ineligible for NDIS individual funding packages. VCOSS believes state and federal governments

Victoria’s peak social advocacy body is sending every state MP, local council and community leader a blueprint to fight poverty

VCOSS commends the Victorian Government for improving advance care planning in Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Bill 2016. We believe

The Victorian Government is currently developing a new Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Strategic Plan, to ensure all Aboriginal Victorians are able to access the

VCOSS submission to the Plan Melbourne Refresh Discussion Paper

VCOSS welcomes this opportunity to provide feedback on the Health 2040 discussion paper on the future of the health system

Early Childhood Consultation Paper VCOSS Submission: Addressing the impacts of poverty and disadvantage on children