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Sandy BlakeSandy Blake has been appointed as Clinical Lead for the National Falls Harm Prevention Programme. She is the Director of Nursing, Patient Safety and Quality, at Whanganui District Health Board, where she led the development of the DHB’s falls injury prevention programme, and sponsored a care indicator survey in the hospital and community to measure the prevalence and impact of falls. Read more about Sandy... |
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Dr Shankar SankaranShankar is a Consultant Geriatrician at Middlemore Hospital and also Clinical Head, Community, Health of Older People, Counties Manukau District Health Board (CMDHB). Read more about Shankar... |
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Dr Andrew JullAndrew joined the group in October 2012 and represents the ‘First, Do No Harm’ |
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Beryl WilkinsonBeryl Wilkinson is a consumer representative in the Commission’s expert advisory groups for both the falls and medication safety programmes. Read more about Beryl... |
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Sandy TurnwaldSandy is a Registered Nurse with extensive experience in aged residential care in Clinical Manager and Care Home Manager roles. She currently holds a national role at Bupa Care Services as Deputy Director of Nursing, having been in a national Quality and Risk Management role with Bupa for seven years. Read more about Sandy... |
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Jan AdamsJan is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Waikato District Health Board, having been appointed to that position after holding general management positions and the Director of Nursing and Midwifery role. Read more about Jan... |
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Nicola TurnerNicola is General Manager of Enliven, Presbyterian Support Central (PSC). Initially an occupational therapist, Nicola has a Masters in Business Studies, and has been in health management roles for the last 23 years, working for the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners and Hutt Valley District Health Board. Read more about Nicola... |
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Sonia GamblenSonia is the Director of Nursing for Tairawhiti District Health, a position which also carries the DHB portfolio for quality and risk management, and as such has great influence on patient safety. Read more about Sonia... |
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Professor Ngaire KerseProfessor Ngaire Kerse is a general practitioner with training in geriatric medicine and a PhD from Melbourne University in health promotion for older people. Ngaire returned from a sabbatical year mid-2014, during which time Associate Professor Clare Robertson had joined the EAG to bring a strong research perspective. Read more about Ngaire... |
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Judith JohnsonJudith is a Registered Nurse (RN) with extensive experience in education and aged care, including owning and operating facilities and holding senior management roles in large companies. Read more about Judith... |
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Associate Professor Clare RobertsonAssoc Prof Clare Robertson joined the EAG in February 2013 to replace Professor Ngaire Kerse who is on sabbatical leave. Clare is an internationally recognised falls prevention expert who has recently retired after working for 20 years as a falls prevention researcher at the Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago. Clare has had formal training in science, information systems, statistics, and health economics. She has a PhD in Public Health from the University of Otago. Read more about Clare... |
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Ken Stewart |
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Former membersWe would like to acknowledge these people for their input as members: Gina Langlands (General Manager – Quality and Risk, Bupa Care Services) from the group’s inception until early 2014 Bubsie MacFarlane (Chief Executive Officer for Aroha Mai Cancer Support Services) from mid 2013 to mid 2014 Caroline Gall (Manager, Public Injury Insurance at ACC). |
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Commission TeamCarmela Petagna, Senior Portfolio Manager Gabrielle Nicholson, Senior Project Manager (Implementation) Shelley Jones, Programme Advisor (Development) Gillian Bohm, Principal Advisor Quality Improvement Richard Hamblin (Director, Health Quality Evaluation) and Matthew Pitt (Senior Advisor, Reportable Events) both bring specialist expertise to support the programme's work. |