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Health and Hospitals

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