Annual Report - Northern Health

Corporate Governance cont’dMr Neville Kurth (City of Whittlesea)Mr Phillip Bain (Northern Division of GPs)– until November 2012Ms Annette Knopf (Northern Division of GPs)– from March 2012Mr Bruce Watson (Hume/Whittlesea Primary Care Partnership)– until November 2012Mr Max Lee (Hume/Whittlesea Primary Care Partnership)– from March 2012The Population Health Advisory Committee is a sub-committeeof the Northern Health Board. Its function is to encouragepopulation health approaches within Northern Health andthe Northern Health catchment through supporting effectivecontribution from all health sectors. It ensures the developmentof mechanisms for active dialogue and participation betweenNorthern Health and primary health providers. It is also a forumfor effective coordination of hospital and community basedprimary care services to improve continuity of care for clients.This may include direct service partnerships with other healthand community services, commissioning research in relevantareas and working in partnership with other local agencieson health promotion schemes. The Committee is resourcedby Mr Gerry O’Donnell (Manager, Community & Primary CarePartnerships).Director’s Attendance For Board And Sub Committee Meetings – 1 July 2011 – 30 June 2012BoardCommunityAdvisoryWorkforce,OrganisationalDevelopment,Research andEducationCommitteeBoardQualityCommitteePopulationHealthAdvisoryCommitteeCorporateCommitteeAudit andRiskCommitteeRemunerationandAppointmentsCommitteeTotalNo. of Meetings126265125250Glenn Bowes111(in attendance)1(in attendance)1(in attendance)103229Vin Massaro102113From Sept26Gab Kovacs1022822Sabine Phillips1052From Sept5From Dec325Marilyn Beaumont105546From Dec30Brian Joyce95105231Sue Renkin824317Ian Dunn1053From Sept5From Dec23Leigh Hocking106255From Dec23011/12 Northern Health annual report 13