Public Consultation

The NHMRC is keen to ensure that the Australian community has the best opportunity to participate in developing NHMRC reports. This page lists the current opportunities.If you'd like to be advised via email when new issues become available, subscribe here: Subscription Service and tick the NHMRC Tracker box or Media Releases (and major announcements) box.

Review of the NHMRC Road Map:  A Strategic Framework for Improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health through Research. Initial information on how to participate

The NHMRC is embarking on a review of 'The NHMRC Road Map: A Strategic Framework for Improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Through Research'. This work is being guided by the NHMRC's key advisory committee on Indigenous health issues - the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Research Advisory Committee. Initial information on the review and the approach to seek community consultation is described here.

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NHMRC additional levels of evidence and grades for recommendations for developers of guidelines - Stage 2 Consultation

The NHMRC additional levels of evidence and grades for recommendations for the development of guidelines has now been released for a further period of consultation from early 2008 - 30 June 2009.

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Public consultation on the Disclosure of genetic information to a patient's genetic relatives under section 95AA of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) – Guidelines for health practitioners in the private sector.

In 2003, a joint inquiry by the Australian Health Ethics Committee (AHEC) and Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) recommended that privacy legislation be amended to broaden the circumstances in which health practitioners may use or disclose genetic information.

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Public consultation on the draft revised Guidelines on Monoclonal Antibody Production

The Guidelines on Monoclonal Antibody Production, issued by the NHMRC in 2001, are currently under review and are now available for public consultation.

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