Capital Health Network

Capital Health Network

The CHN Board has established the General Practice Advisory Council to provide advice and recommendations to the Board on its communications with GPs, strategies to strengthen and promote GP engagement and participation, and on priority areas and issues requiring GP participation.

ACT Clinical Council  

The ACT 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 as at 30 June 2024

  • Jason McCrae (Chair), Psychologist Think Psychology Solutions 
  • Melanie Dorrington, Chief GP and Primary Care Advisor, ACT Health 
  • Kamla Brisbane, Carers ACT Representative 
  • Jackie Lockley, Pharmacist, Capital Chemist O’Connor 
  • Mary Ann Ryall, Senior Staff Specialist in General and Geriatric medicine, Calvary Public Hospital 
  • Chelsea Hillenaar, Community Care Health Promotion Project Officer, Canberra Health Services 
  • Adnan Asger Ali, Director & Principal Physiotherapist, Accelerate Physiotherapy 
  • Nike Aina, Senior Registered Nurse, LDK Greenway 
  • Adnan Alam, General Practitioner, Hobart Place General Practice 

Resigned  

  • Michael Culhane, Executive Group Manager, Policy Partnerships and Programs, ACT Health  
  • Elizabeth Moore, Coordinator General, ACT Office for Mental Health and Wellbeing  
  • Shelley McInnis, Health Care Consumers’ Association (HCCA) member  
  • Prof. Kirsty Douglas (Co-Chair), Director Academic Unit of General Practice, ACT Health