Board
The Australian Self-Care Alliance is a collaboration between healthcare consumers, health promotion charities, policy experts and industry partners.
John Bell, AM
Practitioner/Teacher
Graduate School of Health
University of Technology Sydney
John Bell, AM – Chair
Professor Sharon Lawn – Director
Professor Sharon Lawn
College of Medicine and Public Health
Flinders University
CEO
Asthma Australia
Michele Goldman – Director
Dr Deon Schoombie – Director
CEO
Consumer Healthcare Products Australia
President
Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association
Karen Booth – Director
Karen Booth is a Registered Nurse with a keen interest in health policy, workforce development and advocating for the role of the nurse in primary care. Karen is currently the President of the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA), a position which she has held for the past six years. She has worked as a manager in general practice and has set up systems to support a team approach to care, including nurse clinics for preventative health and supporting people with chronic health conditions. Karen is currently a member of the Primary Health Reform Steering Group advising the Commonwealth on the National Ten-Year Primary Health Plan and the primary care committees of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Health Care. Karen is passionate about self-care because prevention is a key role for nurses.
Dr Andrew Cottrill - Director
Dr Andrew Cottrill is Chief Medical Officer for HCF, Australia’s largest not-for-profit private health insurer. He joined HCF in 2004 and during that time he has been responsible for chronic disease management programs, clinical governance, doctor networks and utilisation review (analytics). Andrew is a pioneer of self-care having initiated Australia’s largest chronic disease management program which has supported 51,000 people with chronic conditions to reduce complications leading to hospitalisation. He is a reviewer for the HCF Research Foundation, a fellow of the International Federation of Health Plans and is a member of their Expert Panel on Clinical Effectiveness and High-Cost Drugs. Since 2017 he has been a member of the Research Advisory Committee for the National Foundation of Medical Research and Innovation.
Chief Medical Officer
HCF
Professor of Health Policy
Mitchell Institute of Health Victoria University
Professor Rosemary Calder, AM – Policy Advisor
Randall Pearce – Company Secretary
Managing Director
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