Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health

Advisory groups

We know many minds are better than one. So we've established our advisory groups to help us with the insights and knowledge to keep us relevant and make sure we are working on projects that enable positive change.

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 who pur­sue clin­i­cal improve­ment through inno­va­tion. The Clin­i­cal Coun­cil pro­vides rec­om­men­da­tions and inde­pen­dent, impar­tial strate­gic advice and advo­ca­cy to senior SA Health lead­ers, the Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­works, and oth­er high lev­el clin­i­cal groups on health sys­temwide clin­i­cal improve­ment and inno­va­tion, with a focus on the 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

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

The forum is held quar­ter­ly, host­ed by the Direc­tor Net­works Program. 

Statewide Clin­i­cal Networks 

Statewide Clin­i­cal Net­works (SCNs) are statewide engage­ment struc­tures con­nect­ing groups of health pro­fes­sion­als, con­sumers and oth­er experts who col­lab­o­rate to improve out­comes in spe­cif­ic areas of healthcare. 

We have statewide clin­i­cal net­works for a range of health care spe­cial­ties and pri­or­i­ty groups.