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Opening the Conference
Political Burdens on Health Administrations
The Honourable Tony Abbott MP
Federal Minister for Health & Ageing
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Health Care Reforms and Implications for the Future
Prof Chris Ham, Professor of Health Policy & Management, University of Birmingham, UK
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Health System Reform Revisited
Andrew Podger AO, Health Service & Government Consultant
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Professor Helen Bevan, OBE
Director of Service Transformation, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, UK
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Dr Murray N Ross
Director, Health Policy Analysis and Research, Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy, USA [View Presentation]

Julia Gillard spoke to over 200 health executives at a recent breakfast held in Adelaide where she spoke of the spirit of the Labour party and its vision for sweeping health reforms.

Implications for Clinical Governance from the Queensland Health system Review and the Queensland Public Hospital Commission of Inquiry
Peter Forster, Director, The Consultancy Bureau, Brisbane
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Patient quality and safety issues from the Bristol Inquiry to Bundaberg have driven Health Reforms. Clinical governance is one of the changes to emerge from these inquiries but how is it performing?

Leadership: An Aboriginal Perspective
Marjorie Anderson, Manager, Executive Services, Department of Juvenile Justice
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Most people who work in the Public Sector confuse leadership with management. Managers rule with power over people but leaders share power with people.

Developing Leaders in the National Health Service, UK
Penny Humphris, former Director, UK NHS Leadership Centre, Executive Coach and Independent Consultant [View Presentation]

Leadership is needed to achieve Health Reforms. Leaders need to be developed and organisations need to learn and grow from their experiences to be able to achieve change. It can be hard going being a leader in an organisation needing change. What does it take and what does it take out of you? How is the UK NHS facing this challenge? How do you provide leadership in a "virtual" organisation where the structure is informal and "fluid"?

Mental health has long been viewed as the 'poor cousin' in health. Recent announcements from the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) and the Prime Minister on a strategy for dealing with improvements in mental health as part of the $1.1 billion injection for health reforms suggests that mental health is back on the agenda. This webcast brings together key expert speakers on this subject.

Speakers:
Ramon del Carmen, CEO, St John of God Health Services (Forum Chairman)
John Mendoza, CEO, Mental Health Council of Australia
Dr Murray Wright, Area Director of Clinical Operations, Mental Health, Greater Southern AHS
Mike Jarvis, Operations Manager, McKesson Group
Douglas Holmes, Executive Officer, NSW Consumer Advisory Group

While there are ongoing calls and discussions at Federal and State level for greater integration of health and aged care services in Australia, this Forum held in regional NSW (Orange) explored what is happening and what is proposed at the local level in western NSW. A panel representing all the sectors explored how patients, clients and providers at the service delivery level are working through the maze of service and integration issues.

Speakers:
Trish Strachan, Director, Population Health, Planning and Performance, Greater Western Area Health Service
John Miller, CEO, RSL Aged Care, Dubbo
Gary Hillier, Manager, Extended Care Services (ACAT), GWAHS
Dr Louise Roufeil, Director of Clinical Services, Central West Division of General Practice

Health systems globally are under review and NSW is no different. This audiocast session brought together key members of the Hospital Reform Group to explore the critical issues facing the NSW health system - touching on workforce and workplace reforms; addressing unrealistic public expectations; Commonwealth/State duplication in health service provision and the lack of integration; and ensuring safe and well staffed hospitals.

Speakers:
Professor Kerry Goulston, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Sydney University
Professor Judy Lumby, Emeritus Professor of Nursing, University of Technology Sydney and Executive Director, The College of Nursing
Dr John Lambert, Acting Director of Critical Care, Greater West Area Health Service

This audiocast session compared and contrasted the NSW and UK systems, exploring the performance indicators in use and the trends being identified; where there were areas of improvement in the performance and who is and isn't meeting the benchmarks. It also explored how the star rating system works in the UK.

Assessing the Performance of Public and Private Healthcare Organisations in the UK
Anna Walker, Chief Executive, UK Healthcare Commission

Performance Indicators - the NSW Experience
Professor Katherine McGrath, Deputy Director General, Health System Performance, NSW Health Department

Recent events in both NSW and Queensland have shown that health managers are facing close scrutiny in an increasingly difficult environment. This audiocast session brings together presentations on what managers need to know and do to survive.

What is the current regulatory expectation?
Keiran Pehm, Commissioner, Health Care Complaints Commission

Learning from Adverse Events - The Clinical Excellence Commission's role
Margaret Coffey, Director, Organisation Development and Education, Clinical Excellence Commission

Managing Systems for Effective Clinical Governance
Dr Philip Hoyle, Director, Clinical Goverance, Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service

The Hon. Iris Evans, Minister, Alberta Health and Wellness, Province of Alberta, Canada
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Dr Lester Russell, GP and Chief Medical Officer, Fujitsu Alliance for the NHS National Program for Information Technology, UK
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Professor Stephen Leeder, Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Director of the Australian Health Policy Institute, University of Sydney
Commentary on Australia in the World Scene
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A great deal of effort and money has been spent on health reforms globally, particularly the integration and enhancing of health information systems. Optimising these investments often come down to engaging clinicians and managers to collectively understand expectations and agree on deliverables.

This audiocast session brings together perspectives of the UK and Australian experiences as seen through two senior clinicians working in this area of health reform:

Dr Lester Russell, Chief Medical Officer, Fujitsu Alliance, UK
A/Professor Steven Boyages, Chief Executive, Sydney West Area Health Service, Australia

In a session on the 'Redesigning Work to Manage Our Workforce Shortages, the following speakers raise different workforce strategies for addressing these challenges:-

• Adjunct Professor Kathy Baker, Chief Nursing Officer, NSW Health Department
  Retention and Recruitment of Nurses - the Short and Long Term View
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• Dr Dianne O'Halloran, Faculty Board, RACGP
  A Sustainable Workforce - It helps to start at the Beginning, not the End of the Story
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• Dr Rosalie Boyce, Senior Research Fellow, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Queensland University
  Reconfiguring the Allied Health Workforce - Issues, Trends, Tensions and Possibilities
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• Alan McCarroll
  Alan was previously the CEO Western Sydney AHS and held senior positions in the NSW Health Department. He is acting as a consultant to the NSW Health Department on the implementation of the AHS structure.
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• Prof Kerry Goulston Presentation
  Prof Goulston is Chair,Greater Metropolitan Clinical Taskforce.He has consulted widely with clinicians about the provision and organisation of clinical services across the Sydney Metropolitan area.
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Powerpoint presentations are also available on the NSW section of the website. [Click Here]