Back Row L - R  Drs David Jones (FPM Board), Geoff Long, Gary Hopgood, Malcolm Stuart, Arthur Rudman, Amber Chisholm (New Fellow representative), Joe Sherriff
Front Row L - R Drs Jennifer Woods, Gerard McHugh, Vaughan Laurenson, Vanessa Beavis, Paul Smeele and Prof Alan Merry (Council)

Absent: Drs Alastair McGeorge, Brian Lewer, Leona Wilson (Council), Mike Gillham (JFICM NZNC Chair) and Kathryn Hagen (NZ Trainees' Committee Chair)

Chairman: Dr Vanessa Beavis
Deputy Chairman: Dr Paul Smeele
Chair New Zealand Panel for Vocational Registration: Dr Vaughan Laurenson
Honorary Secretary/Honorary Treasurer: Dr Gerard McHugh (Representative on JFICM NZNC)
National Education Officer: Dr Geoff Long
Formal Project Officer: Dr Arthur Rudman

Committee Members:
Dr Gary Hopgood (Deputy Formal Projects Officer)
Dr Brian Lewer (Chair, NZAEC)
Dr Joe Sherriff
Dr Malcolm Stuart (Representative on NZATS)
Dr Jennifer Woods (Representative on NZAEC)
Dr Amber Chisholm, (New Fellows’ Representative)
Dr Kathryn Hagen, ANZCA NZ Trainees Committee Chair

Councillors:
Dr Leona Wilson
Professor Alan Merry

Dr Mike Gillham, Chair, JFICM Faculty of Intensive Care Representative
Dr David Jones, Faculty of Pain Medicine Representative
Dr Andrew Warmington, NZSA Representative

Dr Steuart Henderson, Director of Professional Affairs

NZNC Office Staff
Executive Officer: Heather Ann Moodie
Administrative Officer: Jan Brown
Administrative Officer, JFICM and ANZCA: Juliette Adlam
Finance Officer, ANZCA: Karen Hearfield

2009 New Zealand National Committee Meeting Dates

• Friday, 27 March 2009
• Friday & Saturday, 24 & 25 July 2009
• Friday, 20 November 2009

Functions & Goals

The New Zealand National Committee (NZNC) of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists is not only responsible for activities similar to those of the Australian Regional Committees but also represents the College in dealing with national agencies such as the Ministry of Health and the Medical Council. In this respect some of its functions mirror those of the College Council in Melbourne.

In all of its activities the Committee’s guiding principle remains the College’s mission statement: “To serve the community by fostering safety and quality patient care in anaesthesia, intensive care and pain medicine”. Because the community served by NZC is the New Zealand public on occasion College policy has to be interpreted to best meet the unique needs of New Zealand. For the most part however the aims of the NZNC are identical to those of the College in Australia.

There are four major areas in which the NZNC pursues it goals:

1. Promotion of College’s policies setting standards for practice in anaesthesia, intensive care and pain medicine the aims of which are to offer the public care of a standard equal to that anywhere in the world.
2. Training is supported through the establishment of teaching programs in hospitals throughout New Zealand. The hospitals are regularly inspected to ensure their facilities and staff are able to provide safe, comprehensive, clinical experience and theoretical teaching. On behalf of the NZNC some centres run pre-exam courses for the primary and final examinations. In addition, the NZNC contributes advice and teaching to the training program for anaesthesia assistants.
3. Continuing medical education is provided for all practitioners with the principle aim of maintaining specialist skills. Most of these activities are coordinated by CECANZ, an educational initiative supported equally by the NZNC and the New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists. Through its Maintenance of Professional Standards Program (MOPS) ANZCA encourages involvement in CME and audit.
4. In advising national agencies NZNC attempts to ensure that in a multitude of ways quality anaesthesia, intensive care and pain medicine are safely provided to the public.