among health services caring for children & young people
across Australia & New Zealand.
CHA is a vibrant and diverse non-profit community of children’s hospitals & paediatric units across Australia & New Zealand.
Our members share a passion for continuously improving the experiences & outcomes for all children & young people requiring hospital care, and their families.
Every week they generously share ideas & improvements with each other through CHA. All staff of member hospitals are welcome to participate.
Our Community
Australia and New Zealand.
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Australia and New Zealand.
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In Focus
Stroke Foundation is hosting a Childhood Stroke Webinar: Perinatal Stroke Focus on Tuesday 23rd April at 2PM-3PM AEST.
Join Best Sepsis Care for our Kids, a free virtual event on Wednesday 24 April 2024, 2–4pm AEST. In addition...
The University of Melbourne are inviting health professionals who works with children aged 5 to 12 years to take part...
Conflict is often inevitable, the outcome isn’t… While few cases end up in court, that doesn’t mean conflict within a...
Stroke Foundation is hosting a Childhood Stroke Webinar: Perinatal Stroke Focus on Tuesday 23rd April at 2PM-3PM AEST.
Join Best Sepsis Care for our Kids, a free virtual event on Wednesday 24 April 2024, 2–4pm AEST. In addition to presentations from Sepsis champions across Australia, with a focus...
The University of Melbourne are inviting health professionals who works with children aged 5 to 12 years to take part in a short survey (25 minutes) examining how adults support...
Conflict is often inevitable, the outcome isn’t… While few cases end up in court, that doesn’t mean conflict within a healthcare environment isn’t happening or isn’t serious. Disagreements between caregivers...
The University of Queensland are inviting clinicians who work in paediatric inpatient units to take part in a short survey (5 to 10 minutes) to explore the clinical alarm landscape...
We are inviting you to take part in a survey about current approaches to assessing and managing impaired consciousness and agitation for children and adolescents with moderate to severe traumatic...
The National Paediatric Bioethics Conference, The Ethics of Innovation will be held on 6 - 8 September 2023! Register now!
Monash Partners are establishing a new Child Health Consumer Advisory Panel with the fantastic Diana Edgerton-Warbuton.
Children’s Healthcare Australasia is pleased to announce that West Moreton Hospital & Health Service - Ipswich Hospital has recently joined our membership community.
"Healing and Dealing with Childhood Trauma"
What We Do
Networking
Benchmarking
Collaborative Improvement
What We Do
Networking
CHA creates opportunites for our members to connect and share ideas, learnings and innovations within networks of like-minded peers.
Benchmarking
The CHA Benchmarking Program facilitates data driven improvement in healthcare and outcomes for children and families.
Collaborative Improvement
CHA supports member services to work together, to share learning and to partner with children and families to deliver safe, high quality & equitable healthcare to all children and young people.
Upcoming Events
Every week CHA host virtual meetings on a wide range of topics to enable members to showcase their achievements and seek support from peers for challenges. Log in to our member’s website to register for free for any meetings that interest you…
The Role of the Nurse Practitioner within…
May 9th, 2024 12:30 PM AEST
During our recent CHA Director of Nursing meeting, the topic of Nurse Practitioners arose and how valuable the role is,…
EcoKidzMed
May 9th, 2024 4:00 PM AEST
KIDZMED is a programme developed for multidisciplinary teams to teach children and young people how to swallow pills. It was…
Medication Safety Face-to-Face Insight Forum 2024
May 13th, 2024 9:30 AM AEST
We are so excited to be hosting the Medication Safety Face-to-Face Insight Forum 2024 in Melbourne, Victoria. If you work…
Paediatric Rehabilitation Psychology Network - Complex Pain
May 13th, 2024 12:30 PM AEST
Agenda to be confirmed.
Huddle for Change: a SCHN pilot initiative
May 21st, 2024 12:30 PM AEST
The Huddle for Change is an integrated, trauma informed and timely response by teams in order to improve referral pathways,…
Consumer Engagement in Action: Building a Family…
May 28th, 2024 12:30 PM AEST
Alana English and Meagan O’Keefe, Advanced Social Workers with the Queensland Paediatric Sepsis Program (QPSP), will share details of the…
Parkville Electronic Medical Record Diversity and Inclusion…
May 29th, 2024 12:30 PM AEST
The Parkville Electronic Medical Record Diversity & Inclusion Project run by the Parkville Precinct, was a 12-month initiative that updated…
Amplifying the child’s voice when interests elide…
June 5th, 2024 12:30 PM AEST
In this case-based presentation, we hope to consider the ethical issues arising from the disclosure of life-limiting diagnoses in the…
From Consensus to Action : Key ingredients…
June 19th, 2024 12:30 PM AEST
Respiratory illness is a major cause of hospital admissions in young people with cerebral palsy (CP), but there is little…
Advocacy for children and
their families
for children and their families requiring hospital care. CHA is
committed to championing effective strategies for partnering with
children, young people and their families and advocating for a healthy
sustainable future for children, families and the planet.
Organisational Membership
- Connecting, supporting and developing our community.
CHA Membership is open to all public and private hospitals/health networks providing care to children and young people. All staff at member hospitals are welcome to participate in CHA networks that interest them.
Associate Membership is available* for other organisations that share CHA's commitment to excellence & innovation in children's healthcare (*on approval from our board).
CHA connects over 3,400 paediatric professionals from more than 95 hospitals and hospital networks, ranging from large specialist children's hospitals through to paediatric wards in small rural hospitals.
- Connecting, supporting and developing our community.
CHA Membership is open to all public and private hospitals/health networks providing care to children and young people. All staff at member hospitals are welcome to participate in CHA networks that interest them.
Associate Membership is available* for other organisations that share CHA’s commitment to excellence & innovation in children’s healthcare (*on approval from our board).
CHA connects over 3,400 paediatric professionals from more than 95 hospitals and hospital networks, ranging from large specialist children’s hospitals through to paediatric wards in small rural hospitals.
Organisational Membership
- Connecting, supporting and developing our community.
CHA Membership is open to all public and private hospitals/health networks providing care to children and young people. All staff at member hospitals are welcome to participate in CHA networks that interest them.
Associate Membership is available* for other organisations that share CHA’s commitment to excellence & innovation in children’s healthcare (*on approval from our board).
CHA connects over 3,400 paediatric professionals from more than 95 hospitals and hospital networks, ranging from large specialist children’s hospitals through to paediatric wards in small rural hospitals.
What our members are saying
Our health service is working with CHA to develop a benchmarking process to help us to study and improve the quality of care we provide. It is such a pleasure to work with the enthusiastic, helpful, and knowledgeable CHA team. They bring a collaborative, ‘can-do’ attitude to our meetings that helps us to break complex problems into manageable steps and work towards a shared goal.
Gehan Roberts
Paediatrician/Associate Director, CCCH, the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
We are developing something from scratch for which there is no template or logical precursor. Busy clinicians often have ideas of what could be in the data space but seldom the skills or abilities to turn this into reality. CHA is the bridge between concept and reality.
Doug Shelton
Clinical Director, Women, Newborn and Children's Services, Gold Coast University Hospital, QLD
[CHA is]…a platform for networking, consultation and collaboration to drive innovative
ideas and evidence based practice in the management of Australian children’s healthcare.
Joanne Clark
Allied Health Coordinator, WA Country Health Service
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