How you can be helped

Do you want to avoid more headaches as you get bounced around the system being misinformed, lied to and fobbed off by medical and health bureaucrats AND ripped off by the wrong lawyers?

MEAG expertise and information can put you on the right track immediately. We've been through it and know the process and have 11 years of experience to back it up. Persistence beats resistance!

So, in order for us to support you, you need to support us. MEAG is self-funded and you can help by making a donation. We are not a government information service, nor a lobby group, and consequently not government-funded. If we were, we could do a lot more but we could also be compromised into silence.

When particular issues arise, MEAG makes contact at various locations around Australia. To be on the contact list, you need to be on the donation list.

Don't let medical error remain secret! Speak up. Your views and comments are vital in the feedback loop. MEAG has produced substantial reports by listening to people like you. Support MEAG so your concerns are heard. Reporters are always chasing us for stories. The more exposure, the better.

MEAG operates full-time and more by dedicated volunteers. Run nationally, it has designated days to handle emails, make calls, provide advice and guidance. Administration is handled from Sydney.

If you think we can be of help, or you would just like to support our cause, select the "buy now" button at the bottom of this page or on the right hand side of every page to download our information pack.

Our Information Pack includes the following:

How to

  • avoid traps and pitfalls
  • do a chronology of events and why it is vital
  • get the media interested
  • get medical records out of hospitals the easy way
  • get public documents using Freedom of Information "FOI"
  • check medical records
  • get the Coroner to investigate
  • prepare an action plan for a coronial investigation
  • prepare an action plan if the matter goes to inquest or court
  • help children handle loss and sadness
  • save money before you consult a lawyer by check-list of all documentation you'll need

Legal

  • Finding the right lawyers
  • Have lawyers pass a 10-point questionnaire and qualify in the "3 As" before you even consider engaging them
  • Who's who in the lawyer pecking order
  • Being the right legal client
  • The five elements of negligence
  • How much is your claim worth?
  • Preparing for the courtroom battlefield
  • Expert medical opinions
  • Medical defence examing you
  • X-Rays: How many is enough?
  • Beware of private detectives
  • Justice delayed is justice denied
  • The art of litigating
  • Ploughing through the court process

Medical disasters

  • hospital-acquired infections do kill patients
  • the data
  • the aftermath
  • the aged - a paradox of care
  • the social impact
  • public perceptions

Hospital report cards

  • scope of our hospital data
  • are some hospitals worse than others
  • how your hospital rates in the error rankings
  • which hospitals to be wary of - the critical list
  • lost and damaged lives - observations of hospital disasters

Patient safety tips

  • 25 questions you must ask before you go to hospital
  • how to survive a hospital stay
  • for hospital visitors
  • patient safety components
  • safety culture - the ultimate goal.