 | 2 of 1 Thursday, 29 June 2000
A NEW BEGINNING FOR HEALTH SERVICES … IN THE BLACK
Melbourne’s public hospitals have been given a fresh start with new community boards and a one-off injection of $34.6 million to address a cash crisis left by the Kennett Government.
The Acting Premier and Health Minister, Mr John Thwaites, today announced the make-up of the new metropolitan health services that will replace the old hospital networks – two of which were found to be technically bankrupt.
The new health system, to come into effect on Saturday, will also address the diseconomy in scale of the large networks that had become unwieldy and remote from the community.
Cabinet has approved a one-off injection of funds to address the liquidity crisis that would have burdened four of the new health services: the Melbourne, Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Northern and Eastern metropolitan health services.
To prevent a re-occurrence of hidden black holes in hospital budgets, Cabinet’s Expenditure Review Committee will review liquidity reserves on a quarterly basis.
“Under the former Kennett Government, Melbourne’s hospitals were not only surviving on the smell of an oily rag but were secretly selling-off the family silver,” Mr Thwaites said.
A Ministerial review of Health Care Networks (the Duckett Report) found hospital assets had fallen from $76 million in the black in 1992 to $12.5 million in the red by 1999, as hospitals sold off investments and siphoned off public donations to stay afloat during savage cutbacks.
The Duckett Report recommended the Government urgently address the cash crisis in certain hospitals. The $34.6 million injection announced today follows a review by the Department of Treasury and Finance into the liquidity problems.
“The Bracks Government is now giving public hospitals a new beginning, with boards that are responsive to community needs, and budgets that bring them back into the black from a very significant deficit.”
The $34.6 million is in addition to the May 2 State Budget that provided a $176 million boost to hospital’s baseline budgets.
Consumer representatives are included on the new boards, in a move that Mr Thwaites said would give the public a greater role in the hospital system.
“The new boards will be more in touch with local communities and more representative of the broad community.
“Women make up half the number of board chairs, and there is a good representation from Melbourne’s ethnic communities.
“The new services will be smaller, more in touch with their communities and work in co-operation with each other, as distinct from the Kennett era where networks actively competed against each other,” Mr Thwaites said.
The Minister also announced the successful candidates for the interim Chief Executive Officers, who will take up appointment for three months pending the finalisation of an extensive executive search for the appointment of new CEOs, due to take up their appointments in October.
New Metropolitan Health Service Board Members Page 4
Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre
Dr James Breheny (Chair). Medical practitioner and administrator who is currently chair of the A&RMC Board.
Prof Colin Johnston. Senior Research Fellow at Baker Medical Research Institute, medical practitioner and serving member of the A&RMC.
Robert Webster. Accountant; teaches in School of Marketing, RMIT. Active in veterans organisations.
Barry Lewis. A retired Commonwealth public servant; currently serving on the A&RMC Board as an RSL nominee.
Serdar Baycan. Managing Director of Tectura Pty Ltd which designs and delivers health and aged care facilities, and a Director of Aged Care Assist Australia Pty Ltd which provides care-planning services to older people.
Katherine Kingsbury. A retired nurse and Eltham resident who managed palliative care services for Melbourne CityMission, home care services in Fitzroy and the Gill Memorial aged care program for the Salvation Army. Current member of the A&RMC Board.
Joe Manton (Ms). Director Access Audits Australia, which is developing disability action plans in municipalities across Australia. Formerly Director of Health & Community Services for the former City of Heidelberg. Heidelberg resident.
Frank King. Current member of the A&RMC Board. Former public servant at Commonwealth and State levels.
Interim Chief Executive Officer. Jennifer Williams.
Bayside Health
Prof Stephen Duckett (Chair). Dean of School of Health Sciences at LaTrobe University and chaired the Ministerial Review of Health Care Networks.
Dr John Cade. Director of Intensive Care, Royal Melbourne Hospital; member of North Western Health Care Network and its Drug & Therapeutics Committee.
Jane Tongs. Deputy Chancellor of RMIT University and deputy chair of its Audit & Finance Committee. Qualifications in accounting and business. From 1994-98 a partner at Price Waterhouse Coopers. Current directorships of Parks Victoria, the Government Superannuation Office and the Alpine Resorts Commission. Past directorships of the Victorian Women’s Trust and Riding for the Disabled Victoria. Brighton resident.
Jenifer Lee. Social worker and lawyer; currently a member of the Mental Health Review Board. St Kilda resident.
Cathy Evans. Partner in charge of solicitor Slater & Gordon’s transport accident litigation department. Previously a registered nurse. East St Kilda resident.
Henry Pinskier. Part-time General Practitioner and Chairman of the Health Care United Group of Medical Centres. Lives in Caulfield.
John Daye. People Living with HIV/AIDS president. Nursing background, specialising in psychiatric and drug and alcohol fields. A member of many committees, including the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Gay & Lesbian Health, the Ministerial Advisory Committee on HIV/AIDS & Related diseases, the Attorney-General’s Committee on Gay, Lesbian & Transgender Issues and the Alfred Hospital HIV/AIDS Advisory Care Committee.
Interim Chief Executive Officer. Dr Michael Walsh.
Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
Prof Graeme Ryan (Chair). Current Chief of Clinical Services at Inner & Eastern Health Care Network. Extensive memberships of medical, research, public health and other community bodies. Past Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Melbourne University.
Fiona Smith. Lawyer. Currently chairs Business Licensing Authority, and the Motor Car Traders’ Guarantee Fund claims committee. Chair of National Australia Bank’s advisory group on disability. Past member: - Guardianship & Administration Board; WorkCare Appeals Board; and Administrative Appeals Tribunal (Commonwealth).
Catherine Brown. Lawyer with extensive experience in the management of agencies, including the Jean Hailes Foundation and the Brain Foundation. Consultant to the Sidney Myer Fund and Spice Consulting. Currently advising on a new Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal for the Sidney Myer Fund in collaboration with the Federal Government.
Dr Nicolas Radford. Current appointments at St Vincent’s Hospital and Monash Medical Centre. Member, Pathology Services Accreditation Board.
Chris Randell. Company director and fitness instructor; chair of the Professional Development Committee of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees. Formerly national Secretary, Health Services Union of Australia.
Adrian Fernon. Director of Australian Social & Recreation Research Pty Ltd. Experience in local government human services; past member Hamilton Base Hospital Board.
Dr Brendan Murphy. Director of Nephrology and Clinical Director Special Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital.
Josie Rizza. Accountant, specialising in tax. Has worked for Rio Tinto Ltd, Clayton Utz solicitors and Arthur Andersen & Co.
Interim Chief Executive Officer. Joe Carbone.
Melbourne Health
Prof David Karpin (Chair). Commercial, academic and board experience. Currently Executive Chair, Karpin Slaughter; and chair Monash Mount Eliza Business School.
Prof Richard Larkins. Member North Western Healthcare Network Board and the Barwon Health Board. Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences at Melbourne University.
Gregory Cornish. Chief Executive of human resource consulting firm Mercer Cullen Egan Dell. Member of Ministerial Panel to review Victorian Public Health Medical Staff.
Jennifer Doran. Experienced lawyer, industrial and policy officer with the ACTU and Victorian Trades Hall Council.
William Deveney. Consultant. Co-founder, Silver Circle Home Support Services and former Melbourne Lord Mayor.
Michael Rozenes. Queens Counsel, and former Commonwealth Director Public Prosecutions.
Marilyn Beaumont. Executive Director, Women’s Health Victoria. Extensive industrial (Australian Nurses Federation) and board experience, including current member, Victorian Breast Care Advisory Committee.
Graham Smorgon. Lawyer and company director.
Interim Chief Executive Officer. Prof Len Gray.
Dental Health Services Victoria
Jay Bonnington (Ms) (Chair). On DHSV Board since January 2000. Director Corporate Services, CPA Australia.
Natalie Savin. Extensive experience as a manager and policy adviser in State and local government and community agencies. Currently acting Director Community Services, Brotherhood of St Laurence. Qualifications in business administration, policy and health economics.
Karen Wheelwright. Lecturer in Law at Deakin University. Previously a public servant, including executive officer of the Victorian Women’s Advisory Council.
Dr Fred Widdop. Registered dentist and current member of the Board.
Barry Sheehan. Current Board member. Chair of Melbourne University Press. Extensive experience as an academic (education) and university administrator.
Dr James Robertson. Retired dentist. Former Board member of the Dental Hospital and lecturer at Melbourne University. Voluntary involvement with dental projects in Tibet and Vietnam.
Louise Kloot. Associate Professor and Head of School of Accounting & Finance at Victoria University of Technology. Extensive research experience in local government management.
Interim Chief Executive Officer. Dr Martin Dooland.
Peninsula Health
Stella Axarlis (Chair). Managing Director, Bilcon Engineering. Extensive board experience, including chair of the Australian Quality Council Victorian Committee and Board member of the Australian National Training Authority. Retired opera singer.
Barry Nicholls. Recently retired Director Corporate Strategy, Department of Human Services. Director, Melbourne Docklands Authority.
Prof Jeremy Anderson. Director Centre for Clinical Effectiveness, Southern Health Care Network. Consultant Psychiatrist, Clayton Community Mental Health Centre; Associate Professor, Monash University Department of Psychological Medicine.
Judith Couacaud-Graley. Academic in public policy at Melbourne University. Mayor, Mornington Shire Council.
Diana Ward. Extensive business (property management) and community involvement. Currently on Peninsula Hospice Service Board; past member of Frankston Hospital Board.
Diana Macmillan. School Executive Officer, Monash University School of Nursing,. Frankston resident.
Dr Peter Lynch. Director Aged Care Services, Peter James Centre. Previously Director Aged Care, Western Health Care Network.
Prof Peter Chandler. Academic and business career. Past senior management appointments at Monash University. Director Peninsula Health Care Network.
Interim Chief Executive Officer. Chris Fox.
Northern Health
Anne-Marie Darke (Chair). Chief Executive of HESTA Super Fund. Extensive experience as an official of teachers’ unions and trustee of superannuation funds.
Prof Gordon Clunie. Part-time consultant to the Anti-Cancer Council and member of the VicHealth research committee. Chair, Ministerial Emergency & Critical Care Committee. Director of the North Western Health.
Paris Aristotle. Director, Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture for the past 12 years. Extensive membership of national, international and State bodies in the areas of refugee, settlement and health promotion policies.
Sam Spadafora. Teacher in Health & Community Studies at Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE. Past experience as community development worker.
Jim Berg. Executive Officer, Koorie Heritage Trust and Chair of the Victorian Tripartite Council on Koorie Health.
Dr Concetta Benn. Human services consultant and president of the Broadmeadows & Craigieburn Community Health Centre and Victorian Court Network boards, and former president of North West Hospital Board.
Ron Cooper-Thomas. Finance Manager, Anti-Cancer Council.
Prof Megan Jane Johnstone. Professor of Nursing, RMIT University.
Interim Chief Executive Officer. Dr Andrew Perignon.
Eastern Health
Alister Maitland (Chair). Long career with the ANZ Bank. Chair of the Education Trust and chair of Brainwave - the fundraising arm of the Royal Children’s Hospital. Balwyn resident.
Pamela Barrand. Legal member of the Mental Health Review Board and duty lawyer at the Youth Legal Service. Past member of the Box Hill Hospital Board. East Hawthorn resident.
Prof James Best. Head of Department of Medicine at St Vincent’s Hospital and Head of General Medical Services at the Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital. Past member of Preston & Northcote Community Hospital Board.
Glenice Freeman. Past Board member of Maroondah Hospital for 12 years and also of DonWood Community Nursing Home. Former Mayor and current resident of Croydon.
Robert Chong. Applied chemist with public sector and private business experience. Founding Chinese Community Social Services Centre president. Councillor of the City of Whitehorse and Blackburn resident.
Erica Lane. Head of Planning & Performance Management at ANZ Bank. Qualifications in applied science, computing and business.
Dr Sandra Hacker. Medical practitioner in psychiatric practice. Past Victorian president of the Australian Medical Association.
Barbara Yeoh. Executive Director Oxley Corporate Finance and current member of Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre Board.
Interim Chief Executive Officer. Assoc Prof John Rasa.
Southern Health
Garry Richardson (Chair). Retired from business career with National Mutual Group. Current chair of Southern Health Care Network and Board member Dental Health Services Victoria. Commissioner of Private Health Insurance Administration Council, a Commonwealth regulatory authority since 1998.
Prof Nicholas Saunders. Dean Faculty of Medicine, Monash University. Member Southern Healthcare Network Board.
Meredith Carter. Director, Health Issues Centre. Extensive experience at senior levels of public and community sectors. Teaches public health policy at Deakin University.
Wendy Gavin. Charge Nurse, Harold McCracken House (Melbourne CityMission), North Fitzroy. Branch Council, Australian Nursing Federation.
Ilias Tsinanis. Deputy Director, South Central Region Migrant Resource Centre; and manager, New Hope Employment & Training Services. Fifteen year involvement in community affairs in south eastern Melbourne, particularly with migrants and refugees. Brighton East resident.
Sue Heron. Executive Director, NM Rothschild & Sons Ltd (NRMA) and Divisional Director - Banking (Southern Region).
Dr Jane Hendtlass. Lawyer and biochemist. Eastern Access Community Health ethics committee chair. Extensive history with community organisations including Fitzroy Legal Service, Anglican Church and Liberty Victoria.
Interim Chief Executive Officer. Judith Dwyer.
Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute
Dr Heather Wellington (Chair). Director Southern Health Care Network; Director Geelong Medical & Hospital Benefits Association (Victoria’s largest regional health insurer) and the Victorian Division of the National Heart Foundation. Co-ordinator Victorian Health Practice, lawyers Corrs Chambers Westgarth.
Rev Alan Nichols. Vicar St Mark’s Anglican Church, Camberwell. Archdeacon of Melbourne 1986-91. Extensive government, community and church appointments in health and social justice fields.
Dr Stephen Vaughan. Medical adviser to St John of God Hospital, Geelong. Director Barwon Regional Water Authority.
Noala Flynn. Chief Executive Officer Mercy Western Palliative Care. Nursing background.
Geoffrey P. Connard. Founding chairman and current Board member Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research and chairman International Diabetics Institute.
John Patterson. Contractor of services to north-western region. Past experience on boards of Prince Henry’s and Fairfield hospitals.
Margaret Hogg. Solicitor. Member of Women’s Health Victoria and Breast Screen Victoria boards and the Royal Women’s Hospital Consumer Advisory Committee.
Heather Scovell. Group Manager Community Services, City of Melbourne. Experienced senior manager in public sector organisations, with a focus on health promotion, disability and community development.
Interim Chief Executive Officer. John Morris.
Western Health
Rennis Witham (Chair). Consultant in health sector. Previous experience on boards of Western Hospital and Western Health Care Network.
Alice Williams. Director Strategic Analytics (Aust) Pty Ltd. Experience in merchant banking and aviation. Council member, Anti-Cancer Council.
Brenda Schloss. Project officer, North Western Health. Previously Operations Director at Western Hospital. Nursing background.
Dr Christine Walker. Chief Executive Officer Chronic Illness Alliance.
Phong Thaddeus Nguyen. Director, Springvale Indo-Chinese Mutual Assistance Association. Extensive community involvement, including Westernport Drug & Alcohol Services and co-ordinator south eastern region’s Indo-Chinese Young Offenders Programs.
Victor Borg. Principal of legal firm. Chair Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria 1991-97.
Dr Peter Greenberg. Current appointments at Royal Melbourne Hospital and Melbourne University. Quality convenor of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians for the last 4 years. Member Casemix Clinical Committee since 1998.
Interim Chief Executive Officer. George Shaw.
Women’s & Children’s Health
Helen Davison (Chair). Director Finance & Liability Management, Department of Treasury & Finance. This role includes responsibility for St Vincent’s financing arrangements. Background in finance and management.
Elaine Canty. Director Canty Communications; member Women’s & Children’s Health Care Network Board. Director VicHealth, the Austin Research Institute and the Victorian Institute of Sport. Member State Reconciliation Committee.
Prof John Funder. Director - Baker Medical Research Institute; VicHealth.
William White. Director Women’s & Children’s Health Care Network. Long-standing member of insurance and finance committees of the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne. Engineering and business background.
Prof Christine Kilpatrick. Neurologist and chair of senior medical staff of the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Belinda Moyes. Epworth Hospital Director of Operations. Previous board membership on community health centres. Extensive nursing and management experience.
William Conn. Deputy Chair, Women & Children’s Health Care Network. Past member Royal Children’s Hospital Board. Business and finance background.
Interim Chief Executive Officer. Dr John de Campo.
#
 
Media Release Attachment - BoardsAnnounce.doc [Word, 98816 Bytes]; /web/pubaff/medrel.nsf/AllDocs/F1CB93B70E5E49154A25690D0016A3A5/$FILE/BoardMembers.doc>Media Release Attachment - BoardMembers.doc [Word, 32768 Bytes]
|
