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The Northern Queensland Primary Health Network (NQPHN) Clinical Council provides the NQPHN Clinical Governance sub-committee of the Board with contemporary advice on local health needs and priorities ensuring that there is an appropriate evidence base to regional commissioning, specifically, planning and design of services, stakeholder engagement, and continuing development and refinement of the Health Needs Assessment (HNA).
The Clinical Council provides a critical overview of the NQPHN regions to ensure that overall investment is in line with the regional HNA.
The council acts in an advisory capacity to the NQPHN Clinical Governance Committee which has the delegated responsibility of the NQPHN Board.
Membership of the council is comprised of GPs, allied health professionals, mental health clinicians, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health professionals, community/practice nurses, and public health/health promotion representatives. They meet four times a year.
NQPHN Clinical Council members
|
Name
|
Role
|
Region
|
|---|---|---|
| Dr Konrad Kangru (Independent Chair) | General Practitioner Whitsunday Doctors Service Airlie Beach | Mackay |
| Dr Yvonne Doveren | Senior Medical Officer Primary Health Care, Royal Flying Doctor Service Queensland Section | Cairns, Cape and Torres |
| Ms Melanie Dunstan | Nurse Practitioner, Ngak Min Health / True Relationships and Reproductive Health | Cairns, Cape and Torres |
| Dr Lisa Fraser | Director, Practice Principal / General Practitioner, Gordonvale Family Medical Centre | Cairns, Cape and Torres |
| Ms Caroline Giles | General Practice Liaison Officer, Mackay Hospital and Health Service | Mackay |
| Ms Julie Goodall | Podiatrist, Phoenix Podiatry Centre | Townsville |
| Ms Karalyn Huxhagen | Pharmacist, KH Pharmacy Consulting | Mackay |
| Dr Jason King | Director of Clinical Services / Senior Medical Officer, Gurriny Yealamucka Health Service | Cairns, Cape and Torres |
| Mr Shane Macdonald | Pharmacist | Townsville |
| Ms Kath McFarlane | Advanced Public Health Officer, Sexual Health Services, Tropical Public Health Services | Cairns, Cape and Torres |
| Mr Tom McMillan | Executive Director / Specialist Physiotherapist, Physio Plus | Mackay |
| Ms Natalie Musumeci | Project Worker (Frequent Presenter) Social Worker, Mental Health and Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drugs Service | Cairns, Cape and Torres |
| Ms Kath O'Brien | Registered Nurse / Practice Owner / Manager, South Side Medical | Mackay |
| Dr Virja Panday | Senior Medical Officer, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service | Mackay |
| Dr Chris Stelmaschuk | General Practitioner | Townsville |
| Ms Allison Wolf | School Based Youth Health Nurse, Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service | Cairns, Cape and Torres |
15 December 2022
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