The Health Policy Advisory Committee on Technology (HealthPACT)
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HealthPACT is a sub-committee of the Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC) and receives some funding from the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council.
Members are drawn from all State and Territory health departments as well as the Australian Department of Health and Ageing and the New Zealand Ministry of Health and the New Zealand District Health Boards.
HealthPACT Membership
Current membership is:Professor Brendon Kearney (Chair) - Director, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science (South Australia)
NSW Health – Ms Kathy Meleady, Director Statewide Services Development
Victorian Department of Human Services – Dr Paul Fennessy, Manager, Health Technology
Queensland Health – Professor Andrew Wilson, Executive Director
Department of Health, Western Australia – Dr Simon Towler, Senior Clinical Advisor
ACT Health – Ms Megan Cahill, Executive Director, Government Relations and Planning
Department of Health and Community Services, Northern Territory –TBA
Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania – Dr Craig White, Chief Health Officer
Medical Services Advisory Committee – Dr Judy Soper, Senior staff specialist, Prince Alfred Hospital
New Zealand Ministry of Health – Dr Bronwyn Croxson, Principal Policy Analyst, Economics, Strategy Unit
New Zealand District Health Boards – Professor Stephen Munn, Clinical Director, Intraabdominal Organ Transplantation Service
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing – Dr Brian Richards, Health Technology and Medical Services Group and Principal Medical Adviser
Secretariat - Jutta Warn (Department of Health and Ageing)Top of page
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