New South Wales activities

RACS NSW and Women NSW co-hosted an event (JPG 366.64KB) during International Women’s week at the Parliament House on 12 March 2021 to address the barriers for female Fellows in NSW in securing equitable access to the public health system. Following this event, the Committee has met with Workforce NSW as well as the NSW Health Minister to discuss next steps to collect data, change workplace culture and develop critical milestones, which will ultimately result in improving health outcomes for patients.

This informative webinar was held on 22 January 2021, with medical students: Imogen Hines, Linna Huang and Gareth Crouch presented on topics such as rural surgery, climate and surgery, sustainability of health care cost and workforce.

Panel speakers included Susan Pearce, Dr Jean-Frederic Levesque, Carrie Marr and Dr Diane Watson.

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This webinar was held on 2 September 2020 with Dr Nick Coatsworth (Deputy Chief Medical Officer), Susan Pearce (Deputy Secretary, System Purchasing and Performance Division, NSW Ministry of Health) and John Biviano (CEO RACS), to discuss ongoing impact of COVID-19 on surgery.

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This informative webinar was held on 31 July 2020, with experts of the industry discussing personal protective equipment, regulations, supply, safety, and standards issues.

Panel speakers included: Dr Amanda Cuss from Therapeutic Goods Australia, Dr Kate Clezy and Dr Kathy Dempsey from the Clinical Excellence Commission, Mrs Melissa Coward from ASOHNS, Mr Terry Gorman from 3M and A/Prof Arthur J Richardson - Hepato-Biliary, Upper Gastro-Intestinal and General Surgeon Associate Professor, University of Sydney.

Due to recording permissions, we were unable to show Dr Amanda Cuss’ presentation and we apologise for any inconvenience.

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