Clinical Care Standards Advisory Committee

The role of the Clinical Care Standards Advisory Committee (CCSAC) is to:

  • Provide advice and input on the Commission’s Clinical Care Standards Program, particularly on the development and implementation processes to support the Clinical Care Standards;
  • Assist the Commission to communicate with relevant groups during the development and implementation of the Clinical Care Standards;
  • Provide advice on the best ways of presenting and disseminating information onthe Clinical Care Standards;
  • Provide links to, and facilitate communication with the clinical community, and with relevant consumer groups; and
  • Inform the Commission of relevant research, programs, activities, policies or other developments that may be relevant to the Clinical Care Standards Program.

Membership:

Title / Name / State / Current Role / Nominating Organisation
Associate Professor / Jillian Sewell AM (Co-chair) / VIC / Consultant paediatrician, Deputy Director of the Centre for Community Child Health at the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne. / Australian Medical Council
Associate Professor / Debra Thoms
(Co-chair) / ACT / Chief Nursing & Midwifery Officer, Department of Health
Dr / Michael Beckoff / SA / Director on the AustraliaCollege of Rural and Remote Medicine Board, SA. / AustralianCollege of Rural and Remote Medicine
Dr / Carol Brook / ACT / General Manager Quality Safety & Risk Management / Interim Representative, Council of Ambulance Authorities Inc.
Mrs / Helen Dowling / NSW / Consultant Pharmacist / Allied Health Professionals Australia
Dr / Saxon Smith / ACT / President of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) New South Wales / Australian Medical Association
Dr / Martin McNamara / NSW / Executive Director, Hospital Performance / National Health Performance Authority
Dr / Lee Hamley / VIC / Executive Director Medical Services and Chief Medical Officer, Alfred Health / The RoyalAustralasianCollege of Medical Administrators
Dr / Lynton Hudson / QLD / Rural GP, Warwick - QLD / The RoyalAustralianCollege of General Practitioners
Mr / Daniel Comerford / NSW / Director, Acute Care / Agency for Clinical Innovation
Dr / Alasdair MacDonald / TAS / Director of Medicine, Launceston General Hospital; Member, College Policy & Advocacy Committee, Royal Australasian College of Physicians / National Clinicians Lead Group (defunct as of June 2014)
Ms / Sue Engele / NSW / Director of Clinical Services / North Shore Private Hospital
Ms / Moya Sandow / QLD / Consumer / National Rural Health Alliance and the Consumers Health Forum of Australia
Dr / Alan Saunder / VIC / Program Medical Director for the Surgery Program across Southern Health / RoyalAustralasianCollege of Surgeons
A/Professor / Ian Scott / QLD / Consultant physician in internal medicine and Director of the Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology at PrincessAlexandraHospital in Brisbane / RoyalAustralasianCollege of Physicians
Mr / Bruce Simmons / NT / Dentist / Australian Healthcare Reform Alliance
Ms / Lynne Strathie / NT / Consumer / National Rural Health Alliance
Title / Name / State / Current Role / Nominating Organisation
Adjunct Professor / Kylie Ward / ACT / Chief Executive Officer / Australian College of Nursing

Disclosure of Interests

All members of the Clinical Care Standards Advisory Committee are required to disclose financial, personal and professional interests that could, or could be perceived to influence a decision made, or advice given to the Commission. Disclosures are updated prior to each meeting and managed in line with the Commission’s Policy on Disclosure of Interests.