Standing (from left): Drs Arthur Rudman (outgoing), Gary Hopgood, Gerard McHugh, Nigel Robertson, Steuart Henderson, Vaughan Laurenson, Joe Sherriff, Malcolm Stuart, Kieran Davis (incoming FPM Rep), Sabine Pecher and Paul Smeele (outgoing).

Middle row (from left): Prof Alan Merry (Council), Dr Leona Wilson (obscured, Council), Prof Kate Leslie (ANZCA President), Drs Vanessa Beavis (NZNC Chairperson) and David Jones (outgoing FPM Rep).

Front row (from left): Drs Geoff Long, Jennifer Woods, Indu Kapoor, Kathryn Hagen and Kerry Gunn.

Absent: Drs Amber Chisholm, Mike Gillham (CICM NZNC Chair) and Nigel Waters (NZSA President).

Officers

Chairperson:  Dr Vanessa Beavis

Deputy Chairperson: Dr Geoff Long
Honorary Secretary/Honorary Treasurer: Dr Gerard McHugh (Representative on CICM NZNC)
Chair New Zealand Panel for Vocational Registration: Dr Vaughan Laurenson
National Education Officer: Dr Geoff Long (Representative on NZ Resuscitation Committee)
National Quality and Safety Officer: Dr Joe Sherriff
Formal Projects Officer: Dr Jennifer Woods (Representative on NZAEC)

Other Committee Members
Dr Amber Chisholm
Dr Kerry Gunn
Dr Kathryn Hagen (ANZCA NZ Trainee Committee Chair)
Dr Gary Hopgood
Dr Indu Kapoor
Dr Sabine Pecher (New Fellows’ Representative)
Dr Nigel Robertson
Dr Malcolm Stuart (Representative on NZATS)

ANZCA Councillors
Professor Alan Merry ONZM
Dr Leona Wilson ONZM

Representatives
Dr Kieran Davis, Faculty of Pain Medicine
Dr Mike Gillham, Chair, College of Intensive Care Medicine
Dr Nigel Waters, NZ Society of Anaesthetists

ANZCA
Dr Steuart Henderson, Director of Professional Affairs

NZNC Office Staff

Executive Officer: Heather Ann Moodie

Administrative Officer, ANZCA and CICM: Juliette Adlam
Administrative Officer: Jan Brown
Communications Manager - New Zealand: Susan Ewart
Finance Officer: Karen Hearfield

2010 Meeting Dates

• Friday, 12 March 2010
• Friday & Saturday, 23 & 24 July 2010
• Friday, 26 November 2010

Functions and 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 NZNC 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 inspected regularly 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.