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Anaesthetic Mortality Committee
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Details as at:
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Mon, 23 November 2009
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Portfolio : |
Health |
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Board Type : |
Advisory Committees |
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Function: |
To consider requests made to it by investigators & report its considerations to the Executive Director Public Health Support Services. |
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Created by: |
Act |
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Health Act 1911 |
| Act section: |
Part X IIIC Section 340BB |
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Creation date: |
Sat, 03 Mar 1979 |
Expiry date: |
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Plan to terminate: |
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Terminated: |
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| Appointment: |
Minister |
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Statutory Requirements: |
Minister shall appoint 5 persons to be permanent members and 7 persons to be provisional members of the Committee, and 7 of those persons appointed, namely, the 5 permanent members and 2 of the provisional members selected in accordance with section 340BK(1), shall constitute the Committee. Of the 5 persons appointed as permanent members of the Committee: (a) one shall be nominated by the Western Australian Regional Committee of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, and he shall be Chairman of the Committee; (b) one shall be a medical practitioner nominated by the Commissioner; (c) one shall be a medical practitioner specialising in anaesthetics nominated by the Senate of the University of Western Australia on the advice of the Faculty of Medicine until such time as a Chair of Anaesthesia is created at that University, but thereafter shall be the person for the time being appointed as Professor of Anaesthesia at the University or a person nominated by him; (d) one shall be a medical practitioner specialising in anaesthetics nominated by the State Branch of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists; and (e) one shall be a medical practitioner specialising in anaesthetics, nominated by the State Branch of the Australian Medical Association. Of the 7 persons appointed as provisional members of the Committee: (a) one shall be a medical practitioner specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology, nominated by the Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (W.A. Branch); (b) 2 shall be general medical practitioners with at least 5 years experience and special interest in anaesthesia, nominated by the State Branch of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, of whom one shall practice within the metropolitan area and one outside that area; (c) one shall be a medical practitioner specialising in surgery nominated by the State Branch of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons; (d) one shall be a midwife having not less than 5 years experience in, and currently practising, midwifery, nominated by the State Branch of the Australian Nursing Federation; (e) one shall be a dental practitioner, nominated by the State Branch of the Australian Dental Association; and (f) one shall be the person who is for the time being the Professor of Clinical Pharmacology of the University of Western Australia.
The term of tenure of office of a person appointed as a permanent or provisional member of the Committee (other than the Chairman) expires by effluxion of time on the expiration of a period of 3 years commencing on the day specified in the notice of the appointment published in the Government Gazette as the commencing day of that term, and in the case of the Chairman the period shall be 4 years |
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Requirements: |
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Meeting frequency: |
Quarterly |
Annual report:
Yes |
Ombudsman Juris:
Yes |
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Contact details |
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Contact: |
Secretary - Anaesthetic Mortality Committee |
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Address: |
Dept of Health
189 Royal St
East Perth 6849 |
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Telephone/Fax: |
9222 4003 / |
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Email: |
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Current membership (14)
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Name : |
Gibbs, Dr N |
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Designation : |
CHAIRPERSON [M] |
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From: |
08-Aug-2000 |
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To: |
25-Mar-2010 |
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Name : |
Bruce, Dr J |
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Designation : |
PERMANENT MEMBER [F] |
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From: |
25-Mar-2002 |
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To: |
10-Apr-2009 |
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Name : |
Schug, Professor S |
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Designation : |
PERMANENT MEMBER [M] |
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From: |
05-Jun-2003 |
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To: |
26-Mar-2011 |
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Name : |
Westmore, Dr M |
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Designation : |
PERMANENT MEMBER [F] |
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From: |
31-Mar-2008 |
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To: |
26-Mar-2011 |
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Name : |
Williams, Dr K |
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Designation : |
PERMANENT MEMBER [M] |
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From: |
15-Nov-2006 |
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To: |
15-Nov-2009 |
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Name : |
Burton, Dr S |
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Designation : |
PROVISIONAL MEMBER [M] |
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From: |
02-Oct-1995 |
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To: |
26-Mar-2011 |
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Name : |
Cohen, Dr S |
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Designation : |
PROVISIONAL MEMBER [M] |
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From: |
25-Mar-2002 |
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To: |
26-Mar-2011 |
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Name : |
Lepere, Dr A |
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Designation : |
PROVISIONAL MEMBER [M] |
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From: |
05-Jan-1993 |
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To: |
10-Apr-2009 |
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Name : |
Paech, Associate Professor M |
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Designation : |
PROVISIONAL MEMBER [M] |
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From: |
06-May-2003 |
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To: |
10-Apr-2009 |
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Name : |
Stokes, Professor B |
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Designation : |
PROVISIONAL MEMBER [M] |
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From: |
16-Mar-1979 |
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To: |
10-Apr-2009 |
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Name : |
Fong, Dr S |
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Designation : |
DEPUTY PERMANENT MEMBER [M] |
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From: |
05-May-2008 |
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To: |
26-Mar-2011 |
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Name : |
Ledowski, Ass Prof T |
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Designation : |
DEPUTY PERMANENT MEMBER [M] |
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From: |
31-Mar-2008 |
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To: |
26-Mar-2011 |
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Name : |
Wells, Dr J |
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Designation : |
DEPUTY PERMANENT MEMBER [M] |
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From: |
05-Jun-2003 |
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To: |
10-Apr-2009 |
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Name : |
McDonald, Dr D |
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Designation : |
DEPUTY PROVISIONAL MEMBER [M] |
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From: |
02-Apr-1997 |
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To: |
10-Apr-2009 |
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