Clinical Advisory and Governance Committee

Purpose
The purpose of the Clinical, Advisory and Governance Committee is to ensure Health Hawke’s Bay is accountable for continuously improving the quality of its services and safeguarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellence in clinical care will flourish.

Status
The Clinical, Advisory and Governance Committee is an advisory sub-committee of the Health Hawke’s Bay Board. The Health Hawke’s Bay Board may delegate specified decision-making authority to the Clinical, Advisory and Governance Committee. The committee will work with the other Health Hawke’s Bay advisory committees and all providers (primary and secondary).

Membership
The Clinical, Advisory and Governance Committee is made up of representatives from the Hawke’s Bay health sector including, but not limited to, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, Māori providers, Board Directors and persons co-opted as necessary.

The Clinical, Advisory and Governance Committee is appointed by the Health Hawke’s Bay Board, from nominations received from key stakeholders and health professionals working within primary health care.

• Na Raihania, Health Hawke’s Bay Director
• Leigh White, Health Hawke’s Bay Director
• Maurice King, Balmoral Pharmacy
• Kevin Choy, The Doctors Hastings
• Julia Ebbett, Te Taiwhenua O Heretaunga
• Raewyn Paku, Te Taiwhenua O Heretaunga
• Rachel Monk, Totara Health