Annual report 2010 - Australian and New Zealand College of ...

policy andgovernmentcontinued• Medical Board of Australia –Consultation Paper on Codes andGuidelines – April 2010• Senate Standing Committee onCommunity Affairs – HealthcareIdentifiers Bill 2010 and HealthcareIdentifiers (ConsequentialAmendments) Bill 2010 – March 2010• National Health and Medical ResearchCouncil – Australian Infection ControlGuidelines – Consultation Draft– March 2010• Medical Board of Australia –Consultation Paper 2 – Proposals forRegistration Standards for LimitedRegistration, a Code of Practice for theMedical Profession and a Revised Listof Specialties and Specialist Titles– February 2010• Australian Commission on Safety andQuality in Health Care – ConsultationPaper on the Draft National Safety andQuality Healthcare Standards– February 2010• National Health and Medical ResearchCouncil – Ethical Issues Involved inthe Transitions to Palliation and Endof Life Care for People with ChronicConditions – January 2010Note: Submissions lodged in2010, available via ANZCA’s website,www.anzca.edu.au/news/submissions-to-governmentMedical Board of AustraliaANZCA was pleased to see the rolloutof the new national registration andaccreditation scheme for the healthprofessions and the establishment of theMedical Board of Australia (MBA).The College submitted a furtherfive submissions in relation to thedevelopment of the registrationstandards and associated guidelines,ensuring they are in alignment withprotecting clinical standards and patientsafety. This brings the total numberof submissions in relation to the newscheme to 15.National Pain SummitThe College was a major sponsor andheavily involved in the National PainSummit that was held in March 2010at Parliament House in Canberra.The summit was the culminationof considerable preparatory workundertaken by the College and otherorganisations to raise the profile of painmanagement and deliver a workableimplementation strategy for change. Thepolicy unit contributed to the formationof the pain strategy and accompanyingsupporting information for government.Community representationFollowing an extensive review, acommunity representation policywas launched in June 2010. The newapproach is based on best practice andinvolves closer collaboration with theConsumer Health Forum of Australia(CHF) and other consumer bodies. TheCHF is a peak organisation that providesleadership in representing the interestsof Australian healthcare consumers. Thisapproach has enabled ANZCA to ensurecommunity and consumer interests areadequately and equitably represented,providing greater transparency indecision-making. Additional communityrepresentatives were sourced forthe international medical graduatespecialists (IMGS) interview panels andthe Education and Training Committee.The College has now transitionedto an annual review of communityrepresentation, aligned with committeemembership more broadly.Professional documents co-ordinationIncreased resources in the policyunit and the appointment of Directorof Professional Affairs (ProfessionalDocuments), Dr Peter Roessler, hasenabled a comprehensive review of thestatus of all professional documents. Inclose liaison with the ANZCA president,a priority-setting activity was undertakenin the latter part of 2010 to assistwith allocation of resources to thoseprofessional documents most in needof review. The review process outlinedin ADP1 Professional Documents isbeing progressively implemented.New ZealandThe New Zealand National Committeeconsidered 54 external and internalconsultation documents and requestsfor representatives during 2010.Key submissions included:• Medical Council of New Zealand(MCNZ) – Vocational Recognitionof Pain Medicine scope of practice.• MCNZ – ANZCA reaccreditationinterim report.• Ministry of Health (MoH) – Review ofthe Health and Disability CommissionerAct 1994 – Right 7 (6) (c).• MoH – legislative barriers to workforceinnovation.• MoH – annual report on protectedquality assurance activities.• PHARMAC – A national approachto hospital pharmaceutical funding.Nominations for Government,statutory bodies and non-Governmentorganisations• Medicines Assessment AdvisoryCommittee (Dr Malcolm Futter).• Health Quality and Safety CommissionBoard (Prof Alan Merry).• MoH – Acute Services in ProvincialHospitals Advisory Group (Dr PaulSmeele, Dr Vanessa Beavis and DrNigel Robertson).• Perinatal and Maternal Mortality ReviewCommittee (Dr Graham Sharpe).• MoH – Elective Services Productivityand Workforce DevelopmentProgramme Steering Group(Dr Vanessa Beavis).• MoH – Concept of Disaster MedicalAssistance Teams Potential Traumaand Surgical Modules Working Group(Dr Maurice Lee).• MoH – New Zealand MaternityStandards Working Group (Dr TedHughes).• MoH – DHB Maternity ServiceSpecifications Working Group (Dr ElaineLangton and Dr John S Walker).• University of Auckland – Research intoMedication Safety in NZ Hospitals(Dr Cornelius Kruger).Opposite page from top: Parliament House, Canberra;NZ Minister of Health, Mr Tony Ryall and formerANZCA president Dr Leona Wilson ONZM.12 ANZCA Annual Report 2010ANZCA Annual Report 2010 13