At CBHS we help you manage your health challenges. We believe in offering you the services, support and tools you need to live your best life.
Our Better Living Programs are available to support eligible members towards a healthier lifestyle. Each Better Living Program is subject to its own eligibility criteria.
Contact us for more information and to confirm your eligibility for a program.
Better Living
Managing chronic conditions is more important than ever.
More than half of Australians have a chronic condition, 45% of people over 45 have more than two.
Diabetes
- In 2014-15 1.2 million Australians had diabetes (based on self-reported data)
- 1 million hospitalisations were associated with diabetes in 2014-15
Mental illness
- In 2014-2015 estimated 17.6 million mental health related GP encounters
- Estimated 50% of Australians will experience a mental health condition in their lifetime
- Depression, anxiety and sleep disturbance were the mental health related problems that GPs most frequently managed in 2014-15.
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)
- In 2014-2015, 1 in 5 adults (22%) had a cardiovascular disease based on self-reported data
- 4 million hospitalisations were associated with CVS in 2014-15
- This accounts for 11 % of all hospitalisations in Australia
- In 2014, 45,000 deaths (29%) of Australian deaths had CVD as the underlying cause of death