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The Right To Repair

The Society welcomes Professor Leanne Wiseman to speak to us on the subject of  "The Right to Repair" on Tuesday 13 August 2024 at 6.00 PM. See below for details.

The Right to Repair movement, defined broadly as the ability to have products repaired at a competitive price using repairers of choice, gained even more support from the community during the COVID-19 pandemic as hospitals worldwide reported issues with the ongoing maintenance of crucial medical equipment and devices. The ability to keep lifesaving medical equipment operational is not only relevant in hospital settings but is fundamentally important for those individuals in our community, particularly those in remote regions of Australia, who need to rely upon medical devices in their day-to-day lives. This presentation will examines these complex issues in light of the findings of the Australian Productivity Commission’s Right to Repair  Inquiry findings in 2021  that significant barriers currently do exist to medical device repair and that a review be conducted of the medical device market and current regulations. 

The meeting will be held at the Tower Hotel Function Centre, 686 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn and online on the Zoom platform. Register on eventbrite here. Zoom link is here. ID .891 6531 5162Passcode: 868568.

See the Video Records of this meeting in the Vision History

How do we understand medical equipment and our needs?

Dr Rebecca Bailey
Manager, Asset Support, Victorian Department of Health

Time: 30 July 2024, 18:00 AEST (Networking from 17:30)

Venue: Online. Please register on eventbrite here.