Clinical & Community Governance

Governance for local health

Clinical governance of commissioned activities

Governance Framework

The Country SA PHN Clinical Governance Framework defines the scope and responsibilities of the Clinical Councils as it relates to the key aspects of work to be undertaken in the following streams:

Provide strategic level guidance and advice to Country SA PHN's Board via the Chief Executive Officer for translation into operational activities.
Provide clinical advice and guidance on clinical safety and risk management through commissioning processes.

Our Clinical Councils will work closely with Country SA PHN’s Community Advisory Committees to support Country SA PHN to achieve our vision and objectives.

The Clinical Councils are able to encompass a range of functions that support Country SA PHN in maintaining appropriate Clinical Governance of commissioned activities undertaken by Country SA PHN and provide key and timely advice on local community issues.

Our Clinical Councils

Ensuring clinically safe, patient centred & cost effective healthcare

The Clinical Councils bring together key stakeholders with expertise in a clinical practice environment to work in partnership and contribute to ensuring that Country SA PHN's decisions, investments and innovations are clinically safe, patient centred, cost effective, and local.

Country SA PHN has established Clinical Councils to provide key links between primary health care providers and the Country SA PHN Board.

Clinical Council Members

Dr Simon Lockwood

General Practitioner
Roxby Downs

Lee Martinez

Lecturer Mental Health Department of Rural Health Uni SA Whyalla

James Blewit

Aboriginal Project Officer and Physiotherapist Port Lincoln

Maggie Hentschke

Psychologist
Mid North

Lisa Courtney

Mental Health Nurse
Murray Bridge

Rebecca Stokes

Dr Steve Holmes

Generalist with extended skills in Obstetrics, Emergency Medicine, Trauma and Skin Cancer Surgery. Dr Holmes' focus on rural health needs, has led to a lifelong commitment to improving healthcare in rural communities.
Clare

Community Advisory Committees

Patient centred and cost-effective locally relevant care

A critical component of the Primary Health Networks program is the Commonwealth mandate to establish and maintain Community Advisory Committees.

The Country SA PHN has a number of Community Advisory Committees covering much of the PHN region. These Committees are essential to provide the community perspective to Country SA PHN and ensure that decisions, investments and innovations are patient centred, cost-effective, locally relevant and aligned to local care experiences and expectations.

Supporting our Community Advisory Committees

Our Community Advisory Committees are supported by our Community Collaborations Manager.

Expertise of committee members

The members of these committees bring a range of local, professional, governance and lived experience skills that contribute to an effective committee environment.

Country SA PHN values the range of information these committees provide on local health, education, social and transport issues.