Governance
Good governance is vital to ensure our organisation is effective and accountable in its work. Our governance structure is described below:
Wentworth Healthcare Board
Wentworth Healthcare is governed by a skills-based Board of Directors... read more
Board Committees
Clinical Governance Committee
The role of the Clinical Governance Committee is to assist the Board in fulfilling its corporate governance responsibilities in regard to clinical governance. Committee members are:
- Fleur Hannen (Chair)
- Jeffery Jenkins
- Dr Madhu Tamilarasan
Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee
The role of the Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee is to assist the Board to fulfill its fiduciary and corporate governance responsibilities relating to financial reporting, internal control structures, risk management and compliance systems, internal audit and external audit. Committee members are:
- Bruce Turner AM (Chair)
- Andrew Bissett (non Director Member)
- Dr Nicole Langsford
- Professor Andy Marks
Governance & Nominations Committee
The role of the Governance and Nominations Committee is to assist the Board in fulfilling its corporate governance responsibilities in relation to Board appointments and diversity; Board & CEO succession, remuneration and performance; AGM processes; review of governance documents; and Director induction and continuing development. Committee members are:
- John Yealland (Chair)
- Heather Nesbitt
- Gary Smith AM
Advisory Committees
GP Clinical Council
The GP Clinical Council (GPCC), established in January 2016, serves as an advisory body to the Wentworth Healthcare Board, provider of the Nepean Blue Mountains PHN... read more
Allied Health Clinical Council
The Allied Health Clinical Council (AHCC), established in November 2016, assists NBMPHN to engage allied health professionals to deliver high quality, accessible and integrated primary healthcare...read more
Community Advisory Committee
The Community Advisory Committee is an advisory body to the NBMPHN and NBMLHD Boards, helping to shape the future direction of health services within our region... read more
Primary Health Insights
Primary Health Insights (PHI), is a storage and analytics platform, which hosts the de-identified health data of most Primary Health Networks (PHNs) across Australia. PHI brings together industry leading data security, rigorous data governance and privacy, advanced analytics, and primary health informatics experts from PHNs to improve population health outcomes for all Australians.
Governance documents
- PHN Cooperative Multicultural Health Framework (pdf, 1.37mb)
- PHN Cooperative Allied Health in Primary Care Engagement Framework
- Wentworth Healthcare Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Framework (pdf, 4.66mb)
- Wentworth Healthcare Statement of Business Ethics (pdf, 329kb)
- Wentworth Healthcare Commissioning Framework (pdf, 1.9mb)
- Wentworth Healthcare Clinical Governance Framework (pdf, 837kb)
- Wentworth Healthcare Constitution (pdf, 587kb)
- Wentworth Healthcare Board Diversity Policy (pdf, 117kb)
- Wentworth Healthcare Board of Directors Skills Matrix (pdf, 203kb)
- Wentworth Healthcare Board Charter (pdf, 653kb)
- Wentworth Healthcare Complaints Management Policy (pdf, 196kb)
- Whistleblower Policy (pdf, 363kb)
