Australian Government - Department of Health and Ageing

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HealthPACT

The Health Policy Advisory Committee on Technology (HealthPACT)

Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network

Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (AHMAC)

Adelaide Health Technology Assessment (AHTA)

Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical

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Members are drawn from all State and Territory health departments as well as the Australian Department of Health and Ageing, Medical Service Advisory Committee and the New Zealand Ministry of Health and the New Zealand District Health Boards.

HealthPACT Membership

Current membership is:

Professor Brendon Kearney (Chair) – Site Clinical Director, Royal Adelaide Hospital – SA Pathology

NSW Health – Ms Kathy Meleady, Director Statewide Services Development

Victorian Department of Human Services – Dr Paul Fennessy, Manager, Manager, Genetics & Health Technology, Wellbeing, Integrated Care & Aged

Queensland Health – Professor Tony O'Connell, Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Health Care Improvement

Medical Services Advisory Committee – Mr David Swan, South Australian Health

Department of Health, Western Australia – Dr Simon Towler, Senior Clinical Advisor

ACT Health – Ms Megan Cahill, Executive Director, Government Relations and Planning

Department of Health and Community Services, Northern Territory – Dr Alan Ruben, Principal Medical Adviser

Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania – Dr Craig White, Chief Health Officer

New Zealand Ministry of Health – Mr Marty de Boer, Principal Policy Analyst, Strategic Investment & Funding Unit

New Zealand District Health Boards – Professor Stephen Munn, Clinical Director, Intraabdominal Organ Transplantation Service

Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing – Dr Brian Richards, Health Technology and Medical Services Group and Principal Medical Adviser

Secretariat – Ms Jutta Warn (Department of Health and Ageing)Top of page


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