Acknowledgements
The Victorian Quality Council and project team would like to thank all those who contributed to this Guide.
Consumer, carer and community organisations that responded to out requests for information in order to construct this Guide
VQC Consumer Working Group
- Christine Walker (Chair)
- Maree Cuddihy
- Peter Greenberg
- Sophie Hill
- Jane Phelan
- Greg Pullen
- Sandy Robinson
- Jill Sewell
- Beth Wilson
- Lesley Thornton (Senior Project Officer)
Health Services
- Cathy Jones, Director Quality and Risk, St Vincent's Hospital
- Enid Smith, Quality Manager, Hamilton Hospital
- Heather Lampshire, Quality Manager, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
- Helen Rohan, Child Health Information Centre, Royal Children's Hospital
- Jennifer Thompson, Health Promotion and Community Development, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
- Jenny Ham, Acting Operations Manager, CHERC, Bendigo Health Care Group
- Liz Bailey, Clinical Effectiveness Unit, Bendigo Health Care Group
- Mary Jane White, Quality Manager, St Vincent's Health
- Merrin Prictor, Quality Manager, Goulburn Valley Health
Department of Human Services
- Aaron Doty
- Fofi Christou
- Jackie Kearney
- Kerry Smith
- Lois Browne
- Regina Kalb
- Sarah Wright
- Sue Casey
Other Organisations
- Annabel Barbara, Executive Manager, Centre for Culture Ethnicity and Health
- Bob Pease, Associate Professor, School of Social Planning, RMIT
- Chris Laming, Lecturer, Social Welfare, Monash Gippsland
- Christine McAuslan, Collective of Self-Help Groups
- Daryl Naylor, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Liaison Officer, Northern Hospital and Northern Division of GPs
- Diane Lowther, Journal Coordinator/Administrative Officer, Health Issues Centre Inc.
- Gary Gromb, Collective of Self-Help Groups
- Helena Maher, Research and Policy Officer, Health Issues Centre
- Kay Currie, Deputy Director, Effectiveness Unit, Monash Institute of Health Services Research
- Margaret Wohlers, Information Manager, National Resource Centre for Consumer Participation in Health
- Meera Rajendran, Knowledge Manager, Health Insurance Commission
- Tatjana Bahro, Acute Care Diversity Coordinator, Centre for Culture Ethnicity and Health
- Wendy Allen, Project Manager, Centre for Clinical Effectiveness Monash Institute of Health Services Research
Your tolerance, enthusiasm and co-operation are greatly appreciated.
Researched and written for the Victorian Quality Council by Janet Spink with assistance from Christine Hill.
