Victorian Consultative Council on Anaesthetic Mortality and Morbidity

About us

Terms of Reference of VCCAMM

• To monitor, analyse and report on key areas of potentially preventable anaesthetic mortality and morbidity within the Victorian hospital system
• To keep a register of anaesthetic mortality and morbidity within the Victorian hospital system
• To liaise with other Consultative Councils on issues of common concern, including the development of appropriate systems for reporting of relevant cases by practitioners
• To improve the practice of anaesthesia by publication and dissemination of relevant information and practical strategies identified during deliberations of the Council
• To report as required to the Minister for Health
• To respond to specific matters referred to the Council by the Minister for investigation and reporting, as required.

Membership

Council members are nominated by peak bodies and hospitals and are appointed for a perios of three years. The current term of the council is October 2011 – October 2014.

The Chairperson, a specialist anaesthetist, is nominated by The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, recommended by the Minister and appointed by Cabinet.

Current members 2011 - 2014

Nominating body	Representative
The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists	A/Prof. Larry McNicol – chair Dr Christopher Bain Dr Patricia Mackay – emeritus consultant Dr Philip Ragg – deputy chair
The Australian Society of Anaesthetists	Dr Alexander Babarczy Dr Robert Beavis Dr Gaylene Heard
Victorian Teaching and Regional Hospitals and the Rural Visiting Medical Officer (VMO)	Dr David Beilby Dr Jennifer Carden Dr Robert Dawson Dr Paul Francis A/Prof. Terence Loughnan Dr John Monagle Dr Bernhard Riedel Dr Andrew Ross Dr Simon Tomlinson Dr Maggie Wong
Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine/Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society	Dr David Charlesworth
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons	Dr Michael Dobson
The Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine	Dr Shelley Robertson
Australasian College for Emergency Medicine	Dr Gino Toncich
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners	(Vacant)

Meeting Dates for 2012

All meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month (except in January when there is no meeting).

Meetings commence at 4:30 p.m and conclude around 6:30-7:00 pm.

Council members will meet on the following dates in 2012:

• February 8
• March 14
• April 11
• May 9
• June 13
• July 11
• August 8
• September 12
• October 10
• November 14
• December 12