February
• Presentation to Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney
• Seminar, Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care
• Teleconference National Institute for Clinical Studies steering group
• Meeting with The Hon Dr Michael Wooldridge, Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care
• Australian Council for Safety Quality in Health Care meeting
March
• Report to Royal Australian College of Surgeons Council on the Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Melbourne
• Meeting with Professor Brownlee and Health Leaders Network on the Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Sydney
• Presentation Health Funds Association of NSW, Sydney
• Meeting with Ms Amanda Adrian, NSW Health Complaints Commissioner, Sydney
• Meeting with Professor Jeanette Ward, Central Sydney Area Health Service
• Presentation to Health Financing Series launch, Canberra
• Meeting with Professor John Salcberg, Peter MacCallum Institute regarding funding for research safety & quality, Melbourne
• Report on Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care to the Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges, Melbourne
• Meeting with Australian Patient Safety Foundation, Adelaide
• Meeting with Dr Neil Batt, CEO Health Benefits Council of Victoria, Melbourne
• Report on Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care to the Royal Australian College of Surgeons Executive, Perth
April
• Meeting with Blood Use Review Committee, Sir Ninian Stephens, Melbourne
• Meeting with Dr Michael Fett, Mr Ian Saunders and Mr Simon Hoskins
• Meeting with Mr Robin Boyce, General Practice Branch and Dr Rosemary Knight, Director Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmaceutical, Department of Health and Aged Care, Canberra
• Meeting with Profe ssor A. Spiegelman regarding clinical governance, Newcastle
• Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care Council meeting, Melbourne
• Presentation to Australian Clinical Casemix Committee, Adelaide
• Report to dinner meeting, Presidents of Surgical Societies and Associations, Melbourne
• Meeting with Victorian Health Department Officials regarding Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Melbourne
• Meeting with NSW Health, regarding Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Sydney
• Meeting with Dr Maree Bellamy, Standards Australia regarding Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Sydney
• Meeting with Tasmanian Health Department Officials and Tasmanian Health Minister, Hobart
• Meeting with Queensland Health Officials - Professor Bryan Campbell, Dr John Youngman, Dr Rob Stable, Minister Wendy Edmunds, Brisbane
May
• Meeting with Dr Lionel Wilson regarding quality systems and Australian Council of Safety and Quality and Health Care, Sydney
• Presentation to Consumer Focus Collaboration, Melbourne
• Discussion with Sir Miles Irving, Chairman, Newcastle-on- Tyne National Health Services trust, regarding clinical governance, Melbourne
• Chair meeting with Barry Jackson on lessons from Bristol at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne
• Meeting with Mr David Butt, ACT Health Department Officials and Mr Michael Moore, ACT Minister for Health and Community Care, Canberra
• Meeting with Dr Len Notaras and CEO Northern Territory Health, and Health Minister, Stephen Dunham, Darwin
• Delivered Paper on Safety and Quality to College of Surgeons, Hong Kong
• Presentation to Australian and New Zealand Health Leaders Program, Sydney
• Meeting with Professor Dick Smallwood, Mr Andrew Podger and Council Secretariat, Canberra
June
• Presentation to Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council, Hobart
• Attended Dr Brent James workshop on culture change, Sydney
• Presentation to College of Health Service Executives’ Annual meeting, Sydney
• Meeting Department of Human Services, Ms Christine Charles, Professor Brendon Kearney and the Hon. Dean Browne, South Australian Minister for Human Services, Adelaide
• Review Open Architecture Clinical Information System decision support tools, Adelaide
• Presentation to Health Care Complaints Commissioners, Adelaide
• Report to the Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges regarding Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Sydney
• Presentation to annual conference of The Australian Association for Quality in Health Care on Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Darwin
• Meeting/lunch with Ms Jenny Macklin Shadow Minister for Health, regarding Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Canberra
• Meeting with Senator Kaye Patterson and Secretariat, Canberra
• Presentation, Australia’s Health 2000. Australian Institute for Health and Welfare, Canberra
• Meeting with Western Australian Department of Health officials –
Mr Alan Bansemer, and the Hon. John Day, Western Australian Minister for Health
• Meeting with Associate Professor Bryant Stokes, Chief Medical Officer, Perth
• Meeting with Andrew Weekes CEO, Metro Health Services Board, Perth
• Meeting with the Hon. John Thwaites, Deputy Premier and Minister for Health, Victoria
July
• Strategic Planning Day, Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Canberra
• Launch, National Breast Cancer Centre information package
• Discussions with the Hon Dr Michael Wooldridge, Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care Sydney.
• Meeting with the Hon. Craig Knowles, NSW Minister for Health, Sydney
• Lunch meeting, Dr Jennifer Alexander, Mr Warren Westcott, Health Leaders Network, Sydney
• Meeting Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care Council, Melbourne
• Meeting with Dr John O’Donnell, Mayne Healthcare, Sydney
• Meeting with Dr Richard Tjong, CEO, United Medical Protection, Sydney
• Presentation to Australian Health Minister Council, Wellington, New Zealand
• Presentation to Health Benefits Council of Victoria Annual Meeting, Melbourne
• Report to Royal Australasian College of Surgeons executive regarding Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Melbourne
• Presentation to South Australia and Northern Territory meeting of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons on Safety & Quality and Excellence in Surgical Care, Darwin
August
• Presentation, Australian Health Outcomes Collaboration, Canberra
• Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care visioning exercise, Lancemore Hill, Melbourne
• Meeting Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, Ms Lynelle Briggs, Ms Mary Murnane
• Meeting with Dr Kerryn Phelps, President, Australian Medical Association, Canberra
• Report to ASM WA Fellows the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons regarding Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Perth
• Meeting with Neil Batt and John Rashleigh, Health Benefits Council Victoria, Melbourne
• Presentation, Royal Australian College of Medical Administrators, Brisbane
• Report Royal Australasian College of Surgeons on the Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Sydney
• Meeting with Professor Ken Hilman regarding Medical Emergency Team, Sydney
• Meeting with Mary- Louise McLaws regarding Hospital Infection Surveillance System, Sydney
September
• Meeting Council Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Melbourne
• Meeting Dr Lowry Med Id regarding decision support system, Sydney
• Executive Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Melbourne
• Report to Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Executive regarding Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Melbourne
October
• Meeting on Clinical Governance, Sir Miles Irving, Freemasons Hospital, Newcastle on Tyne, UK
November
• Report Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Executive re: Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Melbourne
• Paper on Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care to Academy of Medicine, Hong Kong
• Meeting of Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Adelaide
• Presentation to Radiation Oncology seminar for NSW SCC, Sydney
• Presentation to Safety & Quality Seminar, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide
• Meeting, the Hon. Dr Michael Wooldridge, Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care, Sydney
• Attendance at and presentation to 5th International Conference on Medical Workforce, Sydney
• Presentation Health Funds Association, NSW Private Health Forum, Sydney
• Report to the Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges & Minister for Health, the Hon. Dr Michael Wooldridge
December
• Visit to Anaesthetic simulator (Dr B. Flanagan) Monash University
• Executive Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Melbourne
• Report to Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Executive regarding Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care, Melbourne
• Meeting with Professor George Rubin, Centre for Effective Healthcare, Sydney
2001
March
• Australian Medical Council Specialist Registration Working Group, teleconference
• Health Communication Network demonstration of prescribing support
• Australian Council on Health Standards Strategic Planning Meeting, presentation
• Meeting with Dr Jennifer Alexander, Health Leaders Network
• Corrs, Chambers, Westgarth presentation with Dr Heather Wellington
• Report to Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges
• Chairs meeting with Mr Andrew Podger, Professor Richard Smallwood
• Keynote address Women’s Hospital Association/Children’s Hospital Association, Gold Coast
• Dinner meeting with Professor Liam Donaldson and Professor Dick Smallwood
• Presentation to Strategic Research and Development Committee of National Health and Medical Research Council
April
• Keynote address to Day Surgery Council Annual meeting
• Keynote address to Australian Resource Centre for Hospital Innovation Toolkit Seminar
• Meeting With Council Secretariat with Dr Ross Wilson and Associate Professor Kaye Challinger regarding the 1st Asia Pacific Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care
• Meeting with Ms Jenny Macklin Shadow Minister for Health.
• Meeting statutory immunity group
• Meeting with the Hon. Dr Michael Wooldridge, Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care
• Presentation to Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society
May
• Meeting with Mr Paul Tridgell NSW Health, Sydney
• Hand over presidency Royal Australasian College of Surgeons - report to Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
• Keynote address Royal College of Nursing Australia, Annual meeting
• Meeting with the Hon. Craig Knowles, NSW Minister for Health
• Consumer conference and workshop
• Meeting with Health Complaints Commissioners
• Paper at Annual meeting Royal Australasian College of Physicians
• Presentation to ACT/ South East NSW Breast Care group, audit and clinical practice improvement
• Council Executive meeting