Capital Health Network

Capital Health Network

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