From January 2009, Care Reform (CR) will commence operation and comprise of Human Resources, Safety and Quality, Workforce Planning and Development; and System Reform.
Key functions of Care Reform are:
System Reform
- Clinical Guidelines/Protocols
- Clinical Services Framework
- Chronic Disease Statewide Service Standards
- Working with Clinical Networks to undertake system reform and to develop clinical guidelines and standards etc
- Non-Government Organisations in the Non-Government Sector relating to the portfolio responsibilities
Workforce Planning and Development
- Partners in Health
- Leadership and Management Development
- Organisational Development
Human Resources
- Employee and Industrial Relations
- Employee Health and Safety
- Recruitment Services
- Pay and Personnel Services
- Conduct and Review
- Employment Policy and Practices Development
- Human Resource Development
- HR Relationship Service Teams
Safety and Quality
- Regulation and Service Reviews/Quality and Assurance Systems
- Complaints framework including governance/systems NB with Statewide System Development for first stage and then to Care Reform
- Consumer Engagement NB with Statewide System Development for the first stage and then move to Care Reform
- Intergovernmental Relations - interstate/external relating to the Care Reform portfolio responsibilities, Strategy, Planning and Performance have overall responsibility NB ASQHCC and IJC
- Serious Adverse Events/Service Failures
- Clinical Risk
- Organisational Accreditation
The Group is structured as follows:
Operational Units
Departmental Units
- Safety and Quality
- Workforce Planning and Development
- System Reform