HOUSE RULES
This page is administered by the Henty Local Health Advisory Committee (LHAC). This page is for people to find out more about health services available in our region, and voice their concerns, opinions or share health related information that is relevant to our community. We ask that all comments and posts are respectful and relevant to the page. BE RESPECTFUL
Henty LHAC reserves the right to remove any posts or comments which:
• are likely to be offensive to other readers
• are considered offensive, obscene, defamatory, threatening, harassing, bullying, discriminatory, hateful, racist, sexist, infringes copyright, constitutes a contempt of court, breaches a Court suppression order, or is otherwise unlawful
• discusses methods of suicide or self-harm
• discusses drug usage in an unbalanced way, e.g. leaves out the negative effects
• contains unhelpful advice, such as blaming a person for their depression
• is racist, sexist or discriminatory
• is obscene, or uses graphic sexual language
• breaches any copywrite laws
• is defamatory, or overly critical of services or organisations which provide help to others
• for any other is likely to cause harm / distress to other people reading the story
• are posted for commercial purposes, and
• promote inaccurate, inappropriate or harmful health advice
Where possible, users who post such comments will be contacted offline and advised that their comment has been removed. If the person continues to make inappropriate posts and comments they will be blocked from the page. Any information that is uploaded to the page is not confidential, and Henty LHAC shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose and distribute the information to others without limitation. MENTAL HEALTH AND DUTY OF CARE
In certain circumstances, if a post raises concerns about a person’s safety, we may try to arrange for a health provider to contact you to check that you and/or others are safe. If there are significant concerns, we may need to pass on your contact information to authorities who can help protect you and/or others, such as “AccessLine” or the police. Our preferred way to do this would be to support you to seek help. We are obliged to try to protect you and/or others if the information you submit tells us that:
• you are being seriously hurt by someone else
• you are thinking of seriously harming yourself, and
• someone else is being, is likely to be, seriously hurt by you or another person. Please note that the Henty LHAC recognises that sometimes people need immediate help and support. This page cannot provide you with specific counselling, crisis services or support. If you need immediate assistance please call “AccessLine” on 1800 800 944. If your health need is not urgent please see your local GP or call healthdirect to talk to a Registered Nurse on 1800 022 222 (24 hours). Henty LHAC can take no responsibility for comments on our page, or any interactions fans may have on or off our page. Thank you for your courtesy and cooperation. COMPLAINTS PROCESS
Henty LHAC is a conduit for the community to voice their opinions and concerns. Every effort will be made to raise any concerns with the appropriate health authority or provider. We do ask that people do make an effort to complaint directly to the service provider in the first instance to allow the provider the opportunity to remedy and respond to their concern. Please note: The page is not monitored 24/7.
