Clin­i­cal Council

The Clin­i­cal Coun­cil is the peak clin­i­cal body respon­si­ble for pro­vid­ing clin­i­cal engage­ment and input into statewide and strate­gic deci­sions that affect clin­i­cal care in South Australia.

It con­sists of a team of clin­i­cal lead­ers, con­sumer rep­re­sen­ta­tives and senior admin­is­tra­tors to enable clin­i­cal improve­ment, based on the pur­suit of excel­lence through inno­va­tion. The Clin­i­cal Coun­cil pro­vides rec­om­men­da­tions and inde­pen­dent, impar­tial strate­gic advice and advo­ca­cy to senior SA Health lead­ers and to the Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­works, Statewide Com­mu­ni­ties of Prac­tice, and oth­er high lev­el clin­i­cal groups regard­ing health sys­temwide clin­i­cal improve­ment and inno­va­tion focus­ing on issues that affect qual­i­ty, afford­abil­i­ty, effi­cien­cy and sus­tain­abil­i­ty of patient care.

The over­ar­ch­ing pur­pose of the Clin­i­cal Coun­cil is to:

• pro­vide rec­om­men­da­tions and inde­pen­dent and impar­tial strate­gic advice about sys­temwide issues that affect qual­i­ty, afford­abil­i­ty, effi­cien­cy, access, equi­ty and sus­tain­abil­i­ty of patient care
• review and pro­vide advice on the sys­temwide clin­i­cal impacts of pro­posed changes to patient care (e.g. mod­els of care, plan­ning and deliv­ery of health ser­vices etc.)
• pro­vide a forum for col­lab­o­ra­tion on com­plex sys­temwide issues, share best prac­tice, and learn from and sup­port each other
• pro­vide oppor­tu­ni­ties for broad­er sys­temwide clin­i­cal col­lab­o­ra­tion to com­plex sys­temwide issues (e.g. sec­tor wide ses­sions or forums on pri­or­i­ty issues)
• fos­ter a cul­ture of excel­lence and inno­va­tion with­in the health system

HCEC Clin­i­cal Coun­cil Terms of Ref­er­ence June 2024

Clin­i­cal Leads Forum 

We build capa­bil­i­ty in the health sys­tem by cre­at­ing connections.

The Clin­i­cal Leads Forum brings togeth­er the clin­i­cal leads from each of the Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­works to fos­ter col­lab­o­ra­tion and iden­ti­fy oppor­tu­ni­ties and pri­or­i­ties for cross net­work ini­tia­tives to enable sus­tain­able sys­tem change.

The forum is held quarterly.

Youth Advi­so­ry Group

The Youth Advi­so­ry Group (YAG) is a joint ini­tia­tive of the CEIH and the Ado­les­cent Tran­si­tion Care Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­work (SCN) to help us under­stand the voice and health­care expe­ri­ences of young South Aus­tralians, to dri­ve change and improve their health­care out­comes.

The group will pro­vide rep­re­sen­ta­tion on the Ado­les­cent Tran­si­tion Care Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­work as well as col­lab­o­rat­ing with the oth­er Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­works.

The YAG is for young peo­ple between the ages of 12 — 25 years, who reg­u­lar­ly engage with health­care services.

Read more about the Youth Advi­so­ry Group.