Accelerating the sharing of excellence & innovation
among health services caring for children & young people
across Australia & New Zealand.

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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

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children’s healthcare services across Australia and New Zealand.

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of children receiving public inpatient care each year are looked after by CHA members.

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children’s healthcare professionals
actively participate in our community.

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What We Do

Networking

CHA creates opportunities 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.

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…

Advocacy for children and
their families

Our members are motivated by a common goal - making things better
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

Is my employer a member?

Find out below if your health service is already a member and, if so, you are welcome to get involved today!

Great! [organization] is already a CHA member!

As a staff member of this hospital, you are invited to have your own unique log in to access all of the great discussions & resources being shared by CHA members online.

Sorry, [organization] is not currently a member of the CHA community.  To find out about the benefits and costs of joining CHA.

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