Public Hearing - West Melbourne, Friday 6 July 2007

Inquiry into the operation and effectiveness of Patient Assisted Travel Schemes (PATS)

Public Hearing - West Melbourne, Friday 6 July 2007

St James Court Conference Centre
12 Batman Street, West Melbourne

9.00 am - 9.30 am

GlaxoSmithKline (Sub.60)
Mr Alex Gosman, Director, Government and Corporate Affairs Ms Sarah Stuckey, Policy Manager
Dr Gerard Cudmore, Associate Medical Director

9.30 am - 10.15 am

National Aged Care Alliance (Sub.32)
Mr Ian Yates, Australian Council on Ageing
Dr Peter Ford, Australian Medical Association

10.15 am - 10.45 am

Ms Monica Lawrence (Sub.98) (Teleconference)

10.45 am - 11.00 am

Break

11.00 am - 11.45 am

Cancer Council Australia (Sub.109)
Professor Ian Olver, Chief Executive Officer
Ms Kate Thompson, Clinical Oncology Society of Australia

Breast Cancer Network Australia (Sub.63)
Ms TerrI Smith, National Policy and Advocacy Manager
Dr Wei Leng Kwok, Senior Policy Officer

11.45 am - 12.45 noon

Royal Women's Hospital (Sub.148)
Ms Marg Darcy, Program Manager

Mallee Division of General Practice (Sub.51)
Ms Michelle Withers, Program Services Officer

Western District Health Service (Sub.71)
Ms Rebecca Morton, Coordinator - South West Community Transport Program

12.45 pm - 1.30 pm

Lunch

1.30 pm - 2.15 pm

Ronald McDonald House (Subs.38, 53 & 137)
Ms Diana Dagg, National House Development Manager (Charities)

Ms Jennifer North, Executive Officer (Monash)

Ms Adrienne Pearson, General Manager (Westmead)

Ms Nikki Boyd, House Manager, Parkville House

2.15 pm - 3.00 pm

Australian Rural and Remote Workforce Agencies Group (Sub.136)
Dr Kim Webber, Chief Executive Officer

3.00 pm - 3.30 pm

Council of Social Services NSW (Sub.59)
(Teleconference)

Mr Dinesh Wadiwel, Senior Policy Officer

3.30 pm - 4.00 pm

Ms Eileen Pica (Sub.115) (Teleconference)

4.00 pm - 4.30 pm

Ms Liz Scott, Health Consumer Advocate (TBC)

General Practice and Primary Health Care NT

 

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