Hip Fracture CareClinical Care Standard
Topic Working Group
The Hip Fracture Care Clinical Care Standard Topic Working Group members are responsible for:
a)Advising the Commission on the key components of care to be the focus of the Hip Fracture Care Clinical Care Standard.
b)Advising the Commission on the scope and key sources of evidence to inform the development of the Hip Fracture Care Clinical Care Standard. This might include clinical practice guidelines, clinical standards, systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
c)Formulating quality statements and supporting indicators.
d)Recommending strategies to support the implementation of the Hip Fracture Care Clinical Care Standard.
e)Actively supporting the promotion of the Hip Fracture Care Clinical Care Standard.
Membership:
Title / Name / State / Current RoleDr / Laura Ahmad / NSW / Consultant Geriatrician, Royal North Shore Hospital
Ms / Lou-Anne Blunden / NSW / Director, Clinical Services Integration, Sydney Local Health District
A/Professor / Mellick Chehade / SA / Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon, Royal Adelaide Hospital
Professor / Jacqueline Close / NSW / Consultant Geriatrician, Prince of Wales Hospital
Co-Chair, Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry (ANZHFR) Steering Group
Professor / Peter Ebeling / VIC / Director of the Australian Institute of Musculoskeletal Science
Professor / Ian Harris / NSW / Orthopaedic Surgeon, Liverpool Hospital
Co-Chair, Australian and New Zealand Fracture Registry (ANZHFR) Steering Group
Ms / Debbie Healey / NSW / Registered Nurse, WaggaWagga Base Hospital
Dr / Beres Joyner / QLD / General Practitioner
Dr / Jennefer Love / WA / Consultant Emergency Physician, Director of Emergency Medicine, Geraldton Hospital
Ms / Helen Mikolaj / SA / Consumer Representative, Consumer Health Forum
Mr / Neville Millen / VIC / Consumer Representative, Consumer Health Forum
Mr / Tim Noblet / NSW / Physiotherapist; Manager, Policy and External Relations, Australian Physiotherapy Association.
Dr / Chrys Pulle / QLD / Consultant Geriatrician, The Prince Charles Hospital
Dr / ShankarSankaran / New Zealand / Clinical Head and Consultant Geriatrician, Community Geriatric Services, Adult Rehabilitation & Health of Older People, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
Dr / Hannah Seymour / WA / Consultant Geriatrician, Fiona Stanley Hospital
Medical Co-Director, Fiona Stanley Hospital
Dr / Joanna Sutherland / NSW / Visiting Anaesthetist, Coffs Harbour Hospital
Conjoint Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales Rural Clinical School
Ms / Anita Taylor / SA / Orthopaedic Nurse Practitioner, Royal Adelaide Hospital
Disclosure of Interests
All members of the Hip Fracture Care Clinical Care Standard Topic Working Group 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. (link to policy)