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Audits of Surgical Mortality

In February 2004, the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons' Council (College Council) committed to a bi-national surgical mortality audit program which has been modelled on the successful Western Australian Audit of Surgical Mortality (WAASM). The College fully supports and encourages the audit program to be fully owned by the surgeons with the understanding for the need to have partnerships with Governments and other bodies. It promotes voluntary surgeon participation in a confidential and peer reviewed audit with community participation.

The Australian and New Zealand Audit of Surgical Mortality (ANZASM) Steering Committee is the amalgamation of the state-based and New Zealand audits of surgical mortality. The ANZASM has been formed to engage and progress the audit implementation in all regions. It provides a forum to support and guide the development of the audit in all states and New Zealand to ensure consistency and standards are met. The Chair, Professor Guy Maddern, is a senior RACS Councillor and a strong advocate of surgical audits.

ANZASM Manager: Astrid Cuncins-Hearn 
Telephone: +618 8363 7513
Fax: +618 8362 2077

ANZASM is currently comprised of the following regional audits:

Western Australian Audit of Surgical Mortality (WAASM): Dr Marie Deverell (Project Manager)

Tasmanian Audit of Surgical Mortality (TASM): Lisa Lynch (Project Manager)
TASM Annual Report 2006 (pdf, 306KB)
TASM Annual Report 2007 (pdf 262KB)

South Australian Audit of Perioperative Mortality (SAAPM) Christine Barber (Project Manager). To view the inaugural SAAPM annual report, please click on this link here.

Queensland Audit of Surgical Mortality (QASM) : Therese Rey-Conde (Project Manager)

Victorian Audit of Surgical Mortality (VASM) : Claudia Retegan (Project Manager)

The Collaborative Hospitals Audit of Surgical Mortality (CHASM) of NSW maintains membership within ANZASM but is under the management of the Clinical Excellence Commission under the direction of Professor Cliff Hughes