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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 and to the statewide Quality Council

• To respond to specific matters referred to the Council by the Minister for investigation and reporting, as required.

Membership of VCCAMM

Chairman: A/Prof. Larry McNicol - 5 April 2005

Emeritus Consultant: Dr Patricia Mackay

Confidential Project Officer: Zenaida Magtoto

Section 24 of the Health Act 1958 which relates to the operation of Consultative Councils was revised in 1996 to provide for co-option, with approval of the Minister, of additional members from time to time where special expertise may be required. Such co-opted members are bound by the same rules of confidentiality, as are Council members. Provision was also made to enable the Council to distribute other documents, such as the information bulletin, in addition to the formal reports.

Nominated Representatives

Since establishment in 1976 there have been changes in membership and the current membership comprises:

The Chairperson, a specialist anaesthetist nominated by The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists, recommended by the Minister and appointed by Cabinet - A/Prof. Larry McNicol

16 specialist anaesthetists nominated by:

• The Australian Society of Anaesthetists - Dr Gaylene Heard, Dr Alexander Babarczy, Dr Robert Beavis
• The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists - Dr Patricia Mackay, Dr Philip Ragg, Dr Christopher Bain
• Victorian Teaching and Regional Hospitals and the Rural Visiting Medical Officer (VMO) - Dr Jennifer Carden, Dr Margaret Griggs, A/Prof. Terence Loughnan, Dr John Monagle, Dr Andrew Ross, Dr David Beilby, Dr Simon Tomlinson, Dr Maggie Wong, Dr Robert Dawson, Dr Paul Francis

6 representatives nominated by:

Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine/Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society - Vacant

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 - Dr Angelina Salamone

Department of Human Services - Dr Michael Ackland

Members are appointed for three years.

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Meeting Dates - 2009

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

Location: To be advised on a monthly basis. Please refer to meeting agendas.

Meetings commence at 4:30 p.m and conclude at 6:30/7:00 p.m.

Council Contact:
Zenaida Magtoto
Telephone:(61 3) 9096 1381
Fax: (61 3) 9096 2700

Postal Address:
GPO Box 4923
MELBOURNE VIC 8060

For more information on the Victorian Consultative Council for Anaesthetic Mortality and Morbity, see the following pages in this section:

• Operation of VCCAMM
• Historical Notes

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