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Community Advisory Committee

Overview

Find out how you can have a voice in your local health service.

Peninsula Health's Community Advisory Committee (CAC), brings the voices of consumers, carers and the community into decision-making processes of Peninsula Health.

The CAC is a sub committee of the Peninsula Health Board and comprises twelve community members, two Peninsula Health Board members and representatives of the Health Service. Chief Executive Dr Sherene Devanesen is also a member.

The CAC is supported by a number of Community Advisory groups including The Mental Health Community Advisory Group (CAG), the Disability CAG, the Older Persons and their Carers CAG, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI), CAG, the Cultural and Linguistic Diversity (CALD) CAG the SHARPS (Southern Hepatitis/AIDS Resource and Prevention Services) CAG and the Southern CAG.

The CAC comprises community members who represent a broad range of community views and interests/. The Committee meets regularly and provides feedback, perspective, ideas and advice to the Peninsula Health Board and staff.

Members have a dual interest in improving the quality and safety of healthcare and advising the Health Service about community viewpoints whilst also harnessing community support for the Health Service and its programs.

The Committee contributes to Peninsula Health’s Strategic Plan, the Quality of Care Reports and provides comment on several issues referred from the Board.

Activities of the Community Advisory Committees include:

Development of a Consumer Participation Plan and Implementation Strategy
Input into consumer information and feedback mechanisms
Representation on Peninsula Health committees including Human Research and Ethics Committee, Quality and Clinical Governence Committee, Patient Safety Committee, Medication Safety Committee and Primary Care and Population Committee
Participation in conferences, forums, such as the National Forum on Safety and Quality in Healthcare.

For further detail about the Committee and its role, or consumer and community participation, please contact: Elaine Hillis, Community Participation Resource Officer. mailto:ehillis@phcn.vic.gov.au

Resources

Useful websites include:

Consumer’s Health Forum: chf.org.au/
Health Issues Centre: healthissuescentre.org.au
National Resource Centre for Consumer Participation in Health: participateinhealth.org.au
Better Health Channel: betterhealth.vic.gov.au
The Chocrane Network

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