Safety and Quality Committee

ANZCA’s Safety and Quality Committee (SQC) works with fellows and ANZCA Council to support safe clinical practice in anaesthesia and pain medicine. SQC actively monitors and evaluates safety and quality information and develops standards and guidelines, including the college’s professional documents. 


The Safety and Quality Committee oversees the following:


Committee meeting calendar

Committee members

Title

Name

Region

Chair

A/Prof Joanna Sutherland

NSW

Deputy chair

Dr Brien Hennessy

WA

ANZCA president (ex-officio)

Dr Chris Cokis

WA

FPM representative

Dr Rachel Sara

NZ

Australian Society of Anaesthetists president (or nominee)

Dr Mark Sinclair

SA

New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists president (or nominee)

Dr Morgan Edwards

NZ

Mortality Sub-committee chair (or nominee)

Dr Simon Jenkins

SA

Perioperative Allergy Sub-committee chair (or nominee)

Dr Karen Pedersen

NZ

Community representative

Ms Helen Maxwell-Wright

Vic

Trainee Committee representative

Dr Claudia von Peltz

WA

Member

Prof David Story

Vic

Member

Dr Leona Wilson

NZ

Member

Professor Guy Ludbrook

SA

Member

Dr Maryann Turner

Vic

Member 

Dr Phillipa Hore

Vic

Member

Dr Nayana Vootakuru

NSW

Member

Associate Professor Victoria Eley

QLD

Member

Dr Ben Olesnicky

NSW

Director of Professional Affairs, Professional Documents

Dr Peter Roessler

Vic

Executive Director, Policy and Communications

Ms Clea Hincks

Vic

Committee support (non - member)

Ms Dianne Bennett

Vic

Perioperative Allergy Sub-committee

The Perioperative Allergy Sub-committee reports to the Safety and Quality Committee and works with the Australian and New Zealand Anaesthetic Allergy Group (ANZAAG) to produce and promulgate guidelines regarding the prevention and management of anaesthetic related allergy, and develop resources...

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Mortality Sub-committee

The Mortality Sub-committee was developed as a collaboration between the chairs of established anaesthetic mortality committees in Australia, under the auspices of ANZCA. The group is chaired by Dr Simon Jenkins, and includes the chairs of all established anaesthetic mortality committees in the...

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Last updated 16:25 14.03.2024