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a) ACT Clinical Council
The ACT Clinical Council provides a forum for a multidisciplinary group of clinicians to share their collective knowledge and expertise. The Council also provides advice on strategic clinical and wider health system issues and local strategies to improve the operation of the ACT primary health care system for consumers, facilitating effective primary health care provision to improve health outcomes.
Members as at 30 June 2025:
- Stacy Leavens, CHN CEO (Chair)
- Jackie Lockley, Pharmacist in Charge, Terry White Chemmart, Belconnen
- Adnan Asger Ali, Physiotherapist at Accelerate Physiotherapy
- Dr Vishal Arya GP, Rutledge Family Medical Centre, Queanbeyan
- Dr Melanie Dorrington, Chief GP and Primary Care Advisor, Office of GP and Primary Care and Office of Professional Leadership and Education, ACT Health Directorate
- Mark Leighton, Managing Partner and Proprietor, Life Pharmacy Group
- Diane Bowden, Nurse Practitioner at Next Practice
- Jason McCrae, Clinical Psychologist, Think Mental Health Pty Ltd and Think Psychology Solutions
- Suman Devkota, Centre Manager, Mountain View Aged Care Centre
- Kamla Brisbane, Carers ACT Representative
- Jo Morris, Executive Director, Division of Rehabilitation, Recovery and Research, University of Canberra and Allied Health Director, Canberra Hospital
- Kate Gorman, Deputy Director, Health Care Consumers’ Association of the ACT
b) Community Advisory Council
The Community Advisory Council provides advice and recommendations to the Board to ensure that strategies and initiatives are consumer focused, cost effective, locally relevant and aligned to improving local health care experiences and expectations.
Members as at 30 June 2025:
- Stacy Leavens, CHN CEO (Chair)
- Stephen Dunkerley, Mental Health Community Coalition ACT (MHCC)
- Chin Wong, Secretary, Canberra Multicultural Community Forum (CMCF)
- Devin Bowles, CEO, ACTCOSS
- Jenny Mobbs, CEO, Council of the Ageing (COTA) ACT
- Dea Delaney-Thiele, CEO, Yerrabi Yurwang
- Av De Vries, Consumer Representatives Coordinator, HCCA
- Pat McCabe, President, ACT’s Totally and Permanently Incapacitated Ex-Servicemen’s and Women’s Association
c) General Practice Advisory Council
The General Practice Advisory Council provides advice and recommendations to the Board on its communications with GPs, strategies to strengthen and promote GP engagement and participation, and on priority areas and issues requiring GP participation.
General Practice Advisory Council as at 30 June 2025:
- Dr Jessica Tidemann, CHN Board representative (Chair)
- Dr Niral Shah, GP at MyGP Gungahlin
- Dr Dorothy Monk, GP at Hawker Medical Practice
- Dr Felicity Donaghy, Practice Principal and Owner, Garema Place Surgery.
- Dr Shona Schadel, GP at Ochre Medical Centre, University of Canberra
- Dr James Manley, GP Policy Advisor, Office of General Practice and Primary Care, ACT Health
- Dr Julie Carr, GP Advisor, North Canberra Hospital
- Dr Emma Cunningham, GP and Practice Owner, Wakefield Gardens Surgery
- Dr Anne-Marie Svoboda, Medical Director, GP Liaison Unit, Canberra Health Services