Standing Advisory Committees | Health Workforce Australia

The Board of Health Workforce Australia has established four Standing Advisory Committees:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce Advisory Committee
Standing Advisory Committee for Health Professions
Standing Advisory Committee for Higher Education and Training
Standing Advisory Committee for NGO and Private Sector.

The Advisory Committees are comprised of representatives from key stakeholder organisations and are each chaired by a HWA Board Director who reports directly to the HWA Board. It is anticipated that the Advisory Committees will meet up to 4 times per year.

The Advisory Committee representatives are as follows, as at October 2011:

HWA Standing Advisory Committee for Higher Education & Training
Chair: Dr Peggy Brown
Australasian Council of Dental Schools	Professor Johann de Vries
Australasian College of Health Service Management	Mr Daryl Sadgrove
Australian Council of Heads of Schools of Social Work	TBC
Australian Council of Pro Vice Chancellors & Deans of Health Sciences	Professor Ian Wronski
Australian General Practice Training	Mr Erich Janssen
Australian Rural Health Education Network	Professor Sabina Knight
Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges	Professor Kate Leslie
Community Services & Health Industry Skills Council	Mr Rod Cooke
Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Councils (CPMEC)	Dr Jag Singh
Council of Deans of Nursing & Midwifery, Australia and NZ	TBC
Department of Education, Employment & Workplace Relations	Mr Mark Warburton
Forum of Australian Health Professions Council	Professor Richard Smallwood
Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand	TBC
National Rural Health Alliance	Professor Lesley Barclay
Rural Health Workforce Australia	Dr Kim Webber
TAFE Directors Australia	Ms Leone English
Universities Australia	TBC

HWA Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce Advisory Committee
Chair: Mr Jeffrey Moffet
Co-Chair: Mr Craig Dukes
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Registered Training Organisation National Network	Ms Ann Newchurch
Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association	Mr Glenn Williams
Australian Indigenous Doctors Association	TBC
Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses	TBC
Indigenous Allied Health Australia	Mr Craig Dukes
Indigenous Dentists' Association Australia	TBC
Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education Network	Mr Shaun Ewen
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander Health Worker Association	TBC
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation	TBC
National Association of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Physiotherapists, Inc.	Mr Ray Gates
National Coalition of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Social Workers	TBC
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Equality Council	TBC

HWA Standing Advisory Committee for Health Professions
Chair: Professor Mary Chiarella
Allied Health Professions Australia	TBC
Audiological Society of Australia	Ms Monica Persson
Australasian College of Physical Scientists & Engineers in Medicine	A/Professor Eva Bezak
The Australian Orthotic Prosthetic Assoc Inc	Mr Phil Parish
Australia & New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine	Dr Dylan Bartholomeusz
Australian Association of Social Workers	Ms Kandie Allen-Kelly
Paramedics Australasia	Mr Ian Patrick
Australian College of Midwives	Ms Roz Donnellan-Fernandez
Australian Dental & Oral Health Therapists Association	Dr Julie Satur
Australian Dental Association	Ms Eithne Irving
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency	Mr Chris Robertson
Australian Institute of Medical Scientists	A/Professor Tony Woods
Australian Institute of Radiography	Mr Christopher Whennan
Australian Medical Association	TBC
Australian Nursing Federation	TBC
Australian Osteopathic Association	Mr Antony Nicholas
Australian Physiotherapy Association	Mr Jonathon Kruger
Australasian Podiatry Council	TBC
Australian Psychological Society Ltd.	Mr Harry Lovelock
Australian Sonographers Association	TBC
Chiropractors Association of Australia	Dr Simon Floreani
Dietitians Association of Australia	Dr Eleanor Beck
Exercise and Sports Science Australia	Ms Anita Hobson-Powell
Indigenous Allied Health Australia Inc	TBC
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Association	TBC
Occupational Therapy Australia	Mr Ron Hunt
Optometrists Association Australia	Ms Genevieve Quilty
Orthoptics Australia	TBC
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia	Mr Grant Kardachi
Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health	Ms Elaine Ashworth
Speech Pathology Australia	Ms Gail Mulcair

HWA Standing Advisory Committee for NGO and Private Sector
Chair: Mr David Roberts
Aged & Community Services Australia	TBC
Aged Care Association Australia	Mr David Amesbury
Australian Council of Social Service	TBC
Australian General Practice Network Ltd.	TBC
Australian Private Hospitals Association	Mr Gavin O'Meara
Catholic Health Australia	Dr Michael Stanford
Consumers Health Forum of Australia	Mr Tony Lawson
Mental Health Council of Australia	Ms Rachelle Irving
National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum	Mr Noel Muller
National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum	Ms Pat Sutton
National Rural Health Alliance	Mr Robert Williams
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia	Mr Kos Sclavos

Terms of Reference have been developed for each Advisory Committee which provide full details on the role and composition of the Advisory Committee:

The main roles of the Advisory Committees are to provide advice on:

Key health workforce issues;
Emerging educational and service delivery issues/trends;
The development and implementation of HWA programs; and
Effective stakeholder relation approaches in each sector.

The Advisory Committees will also provide input to the development of evaluation frameworks for HWA programs, as well as advice on data collection approaches and issues in each sector and assistance with HWA’s strategic planning processes.

For more information on HWA’s Standing Advisory Committees, please contact the HWA Secretariat by email at HWASACs@hwa.gov.au.