ACT Clinical Council – members as at 30 June 2022
The CHN Board has established an ACT Clinical Council. The 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 wider health system issues and local strategies to improve the operation of the ACT primary health care system for consumers, facilitating effective primary health care provision to improve health outcomes.
Members
Name | Position/Organisation |
Dr Paresh Dawda (Co-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 | Health Care Consumers Association (HCCA) member |
Ms Ali Loom | Practice Nurse, Directions Health |
Mr Michael Culhane | Executive Group Manager, Policy Partnerships and Programs, ACT Health |
Prof Kirsty Douglas | Director, Academic Unit of General Practice, ACT Health |
Ms Elizabeth Moore | Coordinator-General, Office for Mental Health and Wellbeing |
Mr Jason McCrae | Psychologist, Think Psychology Solutions |
Ms Nicolette Bramley | Carer representative |