The Canterbury Clinical Network (CCN) has welcomed two new members to the Alliance Leadership Team (ALT).
Dr Sue Nightingale and Garth Munro will provide Secondary Care Perspectives, replacing former members Dr Nigel Millar and Scott Babington.
Sue is the new Chief Medical Officer for the Canterbury District Health Board and has established connections across the Canterbury and national health systems.
“The Canterbury Clinical Network has a strong history of supporting clinically-led transformation and collaboration for the people of Canterbury,” Sue says.
“I work from a strong clinical governance framework which includes promoting clinical leadership, best practice and ensuring the patient voice is heard.
“I look forward to joining the CCN Alliance Leadership Team and continuing to influence this way of working.”
Garth is the Director of Allied Health at the Christchurch Hospital Combined Campus. He is involved in Realign and brings a broad scope of experience in health provision and management across the New Zealand health sector, including rural and urban and primary and community care, as well as regional rehabilitation supply.
“I am excited by the opportunity of utilising this experience within the Alliance Leadership Team to further develop an integrated healthcare system for our Canterbury population,” Garth says.
“The Canterbury health vision is for an integrated, patient-focused service which requires the current fragmented and historic structures to be explored and positively disrupted to realise this new way of working.
“This re-configuration of our healthcare system requires energy, competency and capability from the many health providers and stakeholders in our system and this is what I can bring to the ALT.”
To see the other members of the Alliance Leadership Team and perspectives they bring, visit www.ccn.health.nz/WhoWeAre/AllianceLeadershipTeam