September 2010

The RACGP has established a group of experienced and respected Corlis Travelling Fellows from each state and Prof Max Kamien been appointed from WA Faculty.

Mental Health Minister Graham Jacobs has announced that Mr Eddie Bartnik is WA’s first Mental Health Commissioner.

General manager of HBF Health, Ms Sheila Hood, has been appointed to the Lotterywest Board.

The director general of the Disability Services Commission, Mr Ron Chalmers, has been reappointed.

Public health tenders awarded include supply and installation of DG Aiion Servers by Computergate Australia ($150,000), provision of a Novell NDS to Microsoft Active Directory Migration Tool software by Dimension Data ($159,344), upgrade of planning system in Radiation Oncology (SCGH) by CMS Alphatech ($700,000), and provision of HP QualityCentre Licensing and Support software by Change Corporation ($123,633).

Joondalup Health Campus executive director Mr Kempton Cowan and nursing director Mr Shane Coombs were both recent guests of Johnson & Johnson at the Wharton School of Business in Pennsylvania.