The CHN Clinical Council provides a forum for a multidisciplinary group of clinicians to share their collective knowledge and expertise. The Council also provides advice on strategic clinical and health system issues and local strategies to improve the integration of the ACT health care system for consumers and facilitating effective primary health delivery.
Members as at 30 June 2021
Name | Position/Organisation |
Dr Paresh Dawda (Chair) | Director, Prestantia Health; GP and Senior Research Fellow, Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute, ANU |
Ms Helen Matthews (Co-chair) | Chief Allied Health Officer, ACT Health |
Ms Elise Apolloni | Community Pharmacist and Managing Partner, Capital Chemist Wanniassa |
Ms Julie Blackburn | Board Chair, Capital Health Network |
Dr Ramila Varendran | Geriatrician in private practice |
Ms Tamra Macleod | General Manager of Clinical Services, Goodwin Aged Care |
Ms Shelley McInnis | Executive Committee member, Health Care Consumers Association (HCCA) |
Ms Ali Loom | Practice Nurse, Directions Health |
Mr Michael Culhane | Executive Group Manager, Policy Partnerships and Programs, ACT Health |
Prof Kirsty Douglas | Academic Unit of General Practice Director, ACT Health |
Ms Elizabeth Moore | Coordinator-General, Office for Mental Health and Wellbeing |
Ms Catherine Shadbolt | Executive Branch Manager, Planning Analysis and Insights, Canberra Health Services |
Mr Jason McCrae | Psychologist, Think Psychology Solutions |
Ms Nicolette Bramley | Carer representative |
CHN Annual Report 2020-21 - Contents (click to expand)
Contents
- From the Chair and CEO
- COVID-19 response
- Priority areas
- Workforce
- Care across the continuum
- Vulnerable groups
- Mental health
- Regional Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan
- Borderline Personality Disorder: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy for Emerging Adults
- Mental health services for young people: headspace
- Mental health services for the LGBTIQA+ population: Inclusive Pathways
- Mental health support: Next Step
- Psychosocial support for people with severe mental illness
- National Psychosocial Support Transition and Continuity of Support
- Therapeutic service for children: Stepping Stones
- Support following a suicide attempt: The Way Back Support Service
- Aged Care
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
- Digital health
- Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Chronic disease management
- Financial Statements