Appendix 2 - Witnesses who appeared before the committee at public hearings

Appendix 2 - Witnesses who appeared before the committee at public hearings

Friday, 27 August 1999 at 9.05 am, Senate Committee Room 2S1, Parliament House, Canberra

Department of Health and Aged Care

Mr Charles Maskell-Knight, A/g First Assistant Secretary,
Health Access and Financing Division
Dr Margaret Dean, Medical Officer
Ms Marion Dunlop, Assistant Secretary, Health Strategies and Research Branch
Dr Bill Nichol, Assistant Director, Diagnosis Related Groups Development Section,
Acute and Coordinated Care Branch, Health Services Division
Mr Robert Wells, First Assistant Secretary, Office of National Health and
Medical Research Council
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Associate Professor Paul Lancaster, Director, National Perinatal Statistics Unit

Women’s Electoral Lobby Australia Inc

Ms Helen Leonard, National Executive Officer
Ms Ingrid McKenzie, Convenor, Childbirth and Breastfeeding Working Group
Dr Barbara Vernon, Member, Childbirth and Breastfeeding Working Group

Catholic Health Australia

Mr Francis Sullivan, Executive Director

Women’s Hospitals Australia and Australian Healthcare Association

Dr Stan Goldstein, President, Women’s Hospitals Australia
Professor Jeremy Oats, Executive Member, Women’s Hospitals Australia
Dr Ross Sweet, Member, Women’s Hospitals Australia
Ms Jenni Jarvis, Member, Women’s Hospitals Australia
Ms Anne Cahill, National Director, Women’s Hospitals Australia

Australian Health Insurance Association Ltd

Mr Russell Schneider, Chief Executive Officer

 

Monday, 6 September 1999 at 10.10 am, 1st Floor Committee and Conference Room, Royal Women’s Hospital, Carlton, Vic

Dr Jane Fisher

Lecturer, Key Centre for Women’s Health in Society, University of Melbourne

Australian College of Midwives Inc - Victorian Branch

Ms Julie Collette (Hon President)
Ms Joyce Johnston, Professional Officer

Royal District Nursing Service

Ms Pat McPherson, Policy Officer
Ms Rosemary Brookes, Postnatal District Nurse

Victorian Health Services Commissioner

Ms Beth Wilson, Commissioner
Ms Lynn Griffin, Investigator

The Maternity Coalition

Ms Rhea Dempsey, Executive Committee Member
Dr Kerreen Reiger, Committee Member
Ms Anne Sprague, Midwife Member
Ms Laura Delaney, Editor, Birth Matters

The Royal Women’s Hospital

Dr Neil Roy, Divisional Director, Neonatal Services
Ms Ro Hogan, Divisional Director, Maternity Services
Dr Chris Bayly, Divisional Director, Community Health Services
Dr Len Matthews, Consultant Obstetrician
Ms Lisa Dunlop, Unit Manager, Perinatal Medicine
Ms Janet Joss, Manager, Well Women’s Services

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists

Dr Janet Duke, Honorary Secretary

National Association of Specialist Obstreticians and Gynaecologists

Dr Jillian Woinarski, Treasurer
Dr Samual Campbell, Vice-President

 

Tuesday, 7 September 1999 at 9.05 am, Reception Room, Ground Floor the Samuel Way Building, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, North Adelaide, SA

Flinders Medical Centre

Associate Professor Peter Marshall, Director, Women’s and Children at Flinders
Professor Marc Keirse, Head of Department

Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand

Professor Jeffrey Robinson

Nunkuwarrin Yunti

Mrs Ethel Abdullah, Health Worker, Adelaide Central Community Health Service
Ms Lynette Andersen, Aboriginal Health Worker, Karpa Ngarrattendi,
Flinders Medical Centre
Ms Katherine Morgan, Manager, Karpa Ngarrattendi Aboriginal Health Unit,
Flinders Medical Centre
Ms Susan Cameron, Team Leader, Nunkuwarrin Yunti
Ms Felicity Bhatnagar, Community Health Nurse, Adelaide Central
Community Health Service

Birth Matters

Ms Vanessa Shribman
Ms Jennifer Watkins
Ms Megan Resch
Ms Jenny Taylor

The Keep Queen Elizabeth Hospital Delivering Community Action Group

Ms Lisa Buttery, Committee Member
Ms Carol Hanna, Committee Member
Ms Michelle Moore, Committee Member
Ms Lan Nguyen, Community Member Representing NESB Communities
Mr Trevor White, Community Volunteer

SA Department of Human Services

Ms Kay Anastassiadis, Prinicipal Policy Officer
Mrs Judith Brown, Executive Officer, Obstretric Review
Dr Annabelle Chan, Senior Consultant, Pregnancy Outcome Unit
Dr Michael Jelly, Chief Medical Officer, Statewide Services

South Australian Independent Midwives Association

Ms Julie Pratt, Member

Midwives Act Lobby Group

Ms Anne Littlejohn, Member
Ms Sally Littlejohn, Member

Dr Deborah Turnbull & Sr Edith Reddin

University of Adelaide and Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Dr Julia Vnuk (Private capacity)

Dr Brian Pridmore

Director, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital

 

Wednesday, 8 September 1999 at 9.15 am, Clinical Staff Lounge, 2nd Floor, King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, Subiaco, WA

Dr Hilda Turnbull MLA

former Chairman, WA Legislative Assembly Select Committee on
Intervention in Childbirth

King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women

Ms Robyn Collins, Midwifery Director, Obstetric Clinical Care Unit
Professor John Newnham, Professor of Maternal Foetal Medicine
Dr Brian Roberman, Medical Director

Community Based Midwifery Program

Ms Andrea Taman, Vice-Chairperson
Dr Ralph Hickling, Chair, Management Steering Committee
Mrs Enid Facer, Midwife Representative
Ms Tracy Reibel, Project Administrator

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

Dr Kathy Innes, Joint Consultative Committee, Obstretrics/Gynaecology
Professor C.A. Michael
National Director, Health Services Development, St John of God Health Care

Birthplace Support Group

Ms Linda Rawlings, Committee member

Health Department of Western Australia

Dr Dorothy Jones, Medical Director, Clinical Care Casemix and Purchasing Unit
Ms Bernadette Hodgins, Senior Purchasing Manager, General Health Purchasing
Ms Vivien Gee, Coordinator, Maternal and Child Health, Health Information Centre

Australian College of Midwives - WA Branch

Ms Carol Thorogood, Midwife Educator

 

Tuesday, 14 September 1999 at 9.05 am, Coles Room, Level 11, State Library of New South Wales, Macquarie Street, Sydney

Australian Midwifery Action Project

Ms Sally Tracy, Senior Research Midwife
Ms Pat Brodie, Senior Research Midwife

Professor Marie Chamberlain

Clinical Chair in Midwifery, University of Sydney

The National Association of Childbirth Educators

Ms Karen Myors, National Vice President and NSW State President
Ms Pauline Green, Member and Trainer
Ms Lynne Clune, Member

National Health and Medical Research Council

Professor Lesley Barclay, Council Member
Professor David Henderson-Smart, Member, Health Advisory Committee

Midwifery Practice and Research Centre

Professor Lesley Barclay, Principal investigator
Ms Caroline Homer, Senior Research Midwife

Australian Society of Anaesthetists

Dr Rod Westhorpe, President
NSW Pregnancy & Newborn Services Network & Centre for
Perinatal Health Services Research
Ms Chris Blatch, Director, Policy, Planning and Service Delivery
Ms Wendy Fischer, Health Services Manager, Research, Planning and Policy

Royal North Shore Hospital - Hospital Based Midwives

Mrs Lynn Evans, Clinical Midwife Consultant
Ms Catherine Maher, Midwife Educator
Ms Yvonne McCann, Director, Nurse Management, Women’s and Children’s Health

Westmead Hospital, Division of Women’s Health and Newborn Care

Dr Andrew Pesce, Staff Specialist

 

Wednesday, 15 September 1999 at 9.10 am, Kevin Cronin Room, Ground Floor, Administration Building, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, South Brisbane, Qld

Queensland Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Morbidity and Mortality

Dr James King, Chairman

Dr Sarah Buckley (Private capacity)

Mater Misericordiae Mothers’ Hospital

Mrs Jennifer Skinner, Executive Director
Professor Jeremy Oats, Director of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Associate Professor David Tudehope, Director of Neonatology
Ms Jane Jacobs, Nurse Researcher
Ms Kathleen Ramsey, Project Officer, Women’s Health Strategic Plan

Association for Improvement in the Maternity Services

Ms Christine Grose, Vice-President, South Queensland Branch
Ms Catherine Renkin, Secretary
Mrs Bronwyn Tocker, Treasurer
Ms Ulrike Weckes, Committee Member

Home Midwifery Association (Qld)

Ms Deidre Bowman, Committee Member
Ms Marion Begalo, Public Relations Officer

Dr Kathleen Fahy

Associate Professor & Master of Midwifery Coordinator,
University of Southern Queensland

Australian College of Midwives - Queensland Branch

Ms Patricia Schneider, President
Ms Carmel Dunne, Vice-President

Queensland Health

Dr John Youngman, General Manager, Health Services

Royal Women’s Hospital Health Service District

Dr Don Cave, Director, Maternity Services
Ms Corelle Davies, Project Officer, Obstetric Services

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