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
At CHA we are seeing rising concern across the children’s healthcare sector about the negative impacts of climate change on...
Congratulations to Executive Director of Medical Services, Professor Trish Davidson who was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for...
CHA is proud to be partnering with our members to make the best child and adolescent focused Grand Rounds talks accessible to a wide...
There are more than 95 services of various sizes participating in the CHA community. These services bring a wealth of expertise...
At CHA we are seeing rising concern across the children’s healthcare sector about the negative impacts of climate change on the health and wellbeing of today’s children & young people...
Congratulations to Executive Director of Medical Services, Professor Trish Davidson who was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for her contribution to health.
CHA is proud to be partnering with our members to make the best child and adolescent focused Grand Rounds talks accessible to a wide audience from across the CHA community. With the consent of...
There are more than 95 services of various sizes participating in the CHA community. These services bring a wealth of expertise about paediatric healthcare to the table.
Children’s Healthcare Australasia stands in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and all its healthcare workers. The Russian attack on Ukraine is presenting an enormous challenge on the specialised and...
Climate change: a threat to human wellbeing and health of the planet – the time for action is now. The scientific evidence is unequivocal. Climate change is a threat to...
In the lead up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in November, we urge the federal government to commit Australia to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050...
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…
Promoting the best mental health outcome following…
August 16th, 2022 12:30 PM AEST
Hospital-based healthcare aims to promote the best health outcomes for children, this should include mental health outcomes. Yet we know…
Specialized Teams for the Care of Micropremature…
August 17th, 2022 10:00 AM AEST
Micropremature infants (born at < 26 weeks’ gestation) have a high risk of mortality or morbidity and are amongst the…
New Zealand Climate Change Risk Assessment Project…
August 24th, 2022 12:30 PM AEST
Join this web conference to hear how numerous health districts in NZ joined forces to create a regional climate change…
Working towards Standard 8: using the electronic…
August 31st, 2022 12:30 PM AEST
The Escalation Mapping Template (EMT) is a quality improvement tool which can be used to assess the effectiveness of health…
Adolescent Mentalization-Based Integrative Therapy (AMBIT): A framework…
September 6th, 2022 12:30 PM AEST
In this talk we will focus on an introduction to AMBIT and how this has been implemented in to a…
Improving access to care for trans, gender…
September 7th, 2022 12:30 PM AEST
Referrals to specialist gender services across Australia have increased significantly over the past 10 years in Australia. Unfortunately, the increased…
Order out of chaos? Autism spectrum disorder…
September 13th, 2022 12:30 PM AEST
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) affects 1 in 160 children globally. Each individual with autism has a unique life experience with…
Positive Behaviour Support in Children and Adolescents…
September 14th, 2022 12:30 PM AEST
Acute Behaviour Disturbance presents a significant challenge and burden for health services to manage. Understanding and identifying potential triggers and…
Parental recognition of the deteriorating child in…
October 25th, 2022 12:30 PM AEDT
Children in the Emergency Department (ED) deteriorate unexpectedly. Paediatric sentinel events and coroners’ cases have recurring themes related to parent/carers'…
Murra Mullangari Program - Cultural Safety and…
November 2nd, 2022 12:30 PM AEDT
Murra Mullangari developed by The Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) is the first…
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
Membership with CHA sets a platform whereby you feel supported, guided and inspired by like-minded people. The many different Networks allow you to navigate your way directly to experts in that field that can help you with advice, opinions and ideas... The ability to watch recordings of the webinars is amazing, it allows you to find what you’re looking for well after the presentation
Clinton Griffiths
Nurse Unit Manager Paediatrics, Ballarat Health Services, VIC
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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