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Health Care Committee (HCC)

HCC is one of the NHMRC’s two new Principal Committees for the 2009-12 triennium. It was established to provide advice to Council on a range of clinical matters in hospital and primary care settings.

Functions

HCC is one of the NHMRC’s two new Principal Committees for the 2009-12 triennium. It was established to provide advice to Council on a range of clinical matters in hospital and primary care settings.

The Committee’s remit includes providing advice to Council on the NHMRC work program for the identification of gaps in evidence uptake in clinical practice, the development and implementation of clinical practice guidelines and other forms of evidence-based clinical advice, and the quality and safety of health care.

The functions of HCC, as gazetted by the Minister in March 2009, are:

  • to provide the NHMRC with advice on clinical matters in health;
  • such other functions as the Minister from time to time determines in writing after consulting the CEO; and
  • any other functions conferred on the Committee by the NHMRC Act, the regulations or any other law.

Membership

The composition of HCC is not defined under the NHMRC Act. HCC has 16 members for the 2009-12 triennium, including persons with backgrounds in evidence-based health care; consumer advocacy; nursing; clinical research; Indigenous health; and health economics.

A member of AHEC also sits on HCC - this is a requirement of the NHMRC Act.

Health Care Committee

Member

Position

Professor John Horvath AO

Chair

Professor Chris Baggoley

Person with expertise in quality of health care

Professor Chris Del Mar

Person with expertise in evidence-based medical practice

Dr Mukesh Haikerwal

Person with primary health care expertise

Professor Amanda Henderson

Person with expertise in the nursing profession

Mr Demos Krouskos

Person with expertise in consumer advocacy

Dr Tamara Mackean

Person with expertise in Indigenous health

Professor Guy Maddern

Person with expertise in clinical research

Professor Leonie Segal

Person with expertise in health economics

Professor Helena Teede

Person with expertise in clinical research

Mr George Toemoe

Person with private sector expertise

Professor John Wakerman

Person with primary health care expertise

Professor Doris Young

Person with expertise in clinical research

Dr Helen Zorbas

Person with expertise in evidence-based medical practice

Professor Clifford (Cliff) Hughes AO

Member in Common with Australian Health Ethics Committee

Contact HCC

Postal address

HCC Secretariat
NHMRC
GPO Box 1421
Canberra ACT 2601

Email address

hcc.secretariat@nhmrc.gov.au

Telephone

(02) 6217 9487

 

Page reviewed: 9 March, 2012