The Mortality Sub-committee receives de-identified data from the anaesthetic incident reporting systems in each jurisdiction, and produces the triennial Safety of Anaesthesia reports on anaesthesia-related mortality in Australia and New Zealand.
Committee members
We gratefully acknowledge the members of this committee for volunteering their time and expertise.
Title | Name | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Chair, Mortality Sub-committee, South Australian Anaesthetic Mortality Committee | Dr Simon Jenkins | SA |
| Chair, ANZCA Safety and Quality Committee | Dr Brien Hennessy | WA |
| Chair, Anaesthetic Mortality Committee Western Australia Council on Anaesthetic Mortality and Morbidity | Dr Mike Soares | WA |
| Nominee, Victorian Perioperative Consultative Council | Dr Reuben (Ben) Slater | Vic |
| Chair, Special Committee Investigating Deaths Under Anaesthesia in New South Wales | Dr Carl D’Souza | NSW |
| Tasmanian Audit of Anaesthesia Mortality of the Tasmanian Audit of Surgical Mortality | Dr Margaret Walker | Tas |
| Chair, New Zealand Perioperative Mortality Review Committee | Dr Kerry Gunn | NZ |
| ACT Audit of Surgical Mortality, representative | Dr Carmel McInerney | ACT |
| Chair, Queensland Perioperative and Periprocedural Anaesthetic Mortality Review Committee | Dr James Troup | Qld |
| NT representative | Dr Philip Blum | NT |
| Director of Professional Affairs, Professional Documents | Professor David Scott | Vic |
| ANZCA President (ex officio) | Professor David Story | WA |
| Committee Support | Ms Dianne Bennett | Vic |
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