2018 Clinical Senate Debates
In 2018, the Clinical Senate debate topics were:
- November: Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing is Everybody’s Business: Our collective roles for improvement
- March: Waste not: Want not
November
November: Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing is Everybody’s Business: Our collective roles for improvement
Program
| Presenter |
Presentation |
| Ms Ingrid Cumming |
Welcome to Country |
| Mrs Tanya Basile, Clinical Senate of WA |
Welcome and senate update |
| Dr James Williamson, Assistant Director General,
Clinical Excellence Division, Department of Health
|
Director General’s response to previous debate outcomes (PDF 529KB) |
| Ms Wendy Casey, Director, Aboriginal Health Policy Directorate, Department of Health |
Setting the scene |
| Mrs Janine Mohamed, Chief Executive Officer, Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives |
Discovery (PDF 5.7MB) |
| Professor Rhonda Marriott, Centre Director, Ngangk Yira, Research Centre for Aboriginal Health and Social Equity, Murdoch University |
Research into practice (PDF 2.1MB) |
| Morning tea |
| Plenary session |
| Dr Simon Quilty, Acute and General Physician, Katherine Hospital, Northern Territory |
Plenary – Introductory Presentation – Cultural Safety and Health Outcomes – lessons from the Top End |
March
March: Waste Not: Want Not
Program
| Presenter |
Presentation |
| Ms Robyn Collard |
Welcome to Country |
| Mrs Tanya Basile, Clinical Senate of WA |
Welcome and senate update |
| Dr David Russell-Weisz, Director General, WA Health |
Director General’s response to previous debate outcomes |
| Dr James Williamson, Assistant Director General, Clinical Excellence Division, WA Health |
Waste: from bench to bedside (PDF 4MB) |
| Dr Matthew Anstey, Intensive Care Specialist, SCGH Chair, Advisory Group, Choosing Wisely Australia |
Models for reducing waste in healthcare (PDF 1MB) |
| Ms Pip Brennan, Executive Director, Health Consumers Council WA |
Waste Not: Want Not – Consumer View (PDF 1MB) |
| Morning tea |
| Plenary session |
| Dr Stephen Duckett, Director of Health Program, Grattan Institute |
Plenary – Introductory Presentation (PDF 884KB) |