Role
The expert advisory committee (EAC) provides expert input and advice to the Independent Review Lead, Professor Mark Cormack, in relation to the:
- identification and analysis of the evidence underpinning the review
- scope, extent and effectiveness of the stakeholder consultation process
- interfaces with other health policy initiatives, health workforce reviews and reform processes and their potential impacts on this review of health practitioners’ scope of practice.
The EAC does not have any decision-making powers.
For more details see the committee’s terms of reference.
Members
EAC membership consists of a cross section of individuals, peak bodies representatives and academics. This includes health sector representatives, consumers, clinicians, researchers and persons that represent the voices of priority populations, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and rural and remote Australians.
| Committee Member | Organisation |
|---|---|
| Professor Mark Cormack (Chair) | Independent Review Lead |
| Dr Fei Sim | Pharmaceutical Society Australia |
| Dr Nick Yim | Australian Medical Association |
| Mr Karl Briscoe | National Association of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners |
| Dr Nicole Higgins | Royal Australian College of General Practitioners |
| Mr Paul Gibson | Indigenous Allied Health Australia |
| Adjuct Associate Professor Alan Eade ASM | The Australasian College of Paramedicine |
| Mr Blake Adair-Roberts | Health Services Union |
| Dr Elizabeth Deveny | Consumer Health Forum |
| Ms Alison Weatherstone | Australian College of Midwives |
| Ms Amanda Seeto | Pharmacy Guild of Australia |
| Professor Jane Mills | La Trobe Rural Health School |
| Ms Annie Butler | Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation |
| Dr Catriona Davis-McCabe | Representative – Allied Health |
| Ms Susi Tegen | National Rural Health Alliance |
| Professor Adam Elshaug | Melbourne School of Population and Global Health |
| Ms Peta Rutherford | Rural Doctors Association of Australia |
| Ms Bronwyn Morris-Donovan | Allied Health Professions Australia |
| Professor Marion Gray | Australian Council of Deans of Health Sciences |
| Ms Marni Tuala | Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives |
| Ms Denise Lyons | The Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association |
| Ms Emma Barritt | CRANAplus |
| Dr Zoe Bradfield | Curtin University - midwifery |
| Ms Marita Cowie | Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine |
Meetings
The EAC will be convened for a period of 12 months, from November 2023 until November 2024.
The EAC will meet up to 4 times over the course of the review. The exact dates are to be determined, but we expect they will align with the 4 phases of the review:
- November 2023 – Phase 1, initial stakeholder consultation
- December 2023 to March 2024 – Phase 2, issues paper 1
- April to June 2024 – Phase 3, issues paper 2
- July to September 2024 – Phase 4, draft final report.
We may convene extra meetings out-of-session if needed.
Communiques
Expert Advisory Committee for the Scope of Practice Review – Communiques
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